All posts tagged "chain"

  • Daily Wire Tip Apr. 18: Make Your Own Bronze Chain

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for April 18, 2011 Question: Hi Dale. I love your videos, I am learning a lot and get great responses from people that see what I’ve made! It’s very gratifying. My question...

    • Posted April 17, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Apr. 8: Perfect Chain for Wire Jewelry

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for April 8, 2011 Question: I am having trouble deciding the correct-sized chain to purchase for my projects. Is there a standard or a rule of thumb I can refer to? -Dorothy...

    • Posted April 7, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Mar. 21: Building on Snake Style Chain

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for March 21, 2011 Question: I have some lovely sterling snake-style chain that I would like to experiment with. I want to open up one link so I can add a jump...

    • Posted March 20, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Feb. 22: Make a Finished Ribbon Necklace

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for February 22, 2011 Question: Hi Dale, I love your instruction style on your DVDs. I’m almost ready for your Advanced Series. In an earlier Daily Tip you mentioned using ribbon as...

    • Posted February 21, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Feb. 3: Cutting Hundreds of Jump Rings

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for February 3, 2011 Question: I plan to make a Byzantine chain maille necklace for my adult son. Does the Pepe jump ring maker make flush-cut jump rings to enable me to...

    • Posted February 2, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Jan. 6: Tumbling Jump Rings for Chain Maille

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for January 6, 2011 Question: I have started making chain maille jewelry, but I find that most rings are too soft for my liking. I hear that tumbling the rings will temper...

    • Posted January 6, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Sept. 9: Mirror, Mirror

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for September 9, 2010 Question: When making earrings, I notice the instructions will say, “Make a second earring in the mirror image of the first.” Please explain how this is done, I’m...

    • Posted September 8, 2010
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  • Daily Tip June 25: Why is my Sterling Silver Magnetic?

    We’ve Updated Our Blog! Discover over 1,000 FREE Jewelry-Making Patterns & Wire Jewelry Tips Today. Click Here to view this Wire Jewelry Tip’s NEW Design! Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip Updated: July 5th, 2024 Question: I bought...

    • Posted June 24, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip May 31: What Chain Sizes Are Best?

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip May 31, 2010 Question: Dale is it possible to have you tell me, when making pendants or working with beaded necklaces, what chain sizes are the best sizes? Do you go by the...

    • Posted May 31, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip March 4: Alternative to Chain for Necklaces

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip March 04, 2010 Question: I have purchased some cut glass pendants and would like to know how to make a chain of sorts to hang them from for necklaces.  I do not...

    • Posted March 4, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip Feb. 25: How to Make a Bail

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip February 25, 2010 Question: Is there any way to make a nice bail for a chain without going through a lot of hassle, a nice plain bail for a neck chain or a...

    • Posted February 25, 2010
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