I tried it with great success.
Sawing jump rings.
After coiling wire around a mandrel thread your saw blade through the coil to cut the jump rings apart and saw from the inside out this makes sawing the coil easier as your blade tends to slip when starting to cut from the outside of the coil she uses a jiffy jump ring tool to hold the jump.
If you are making just a few jump rings for use here and there just remember to double cut them.
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Because a blade pinches the wire it tends to leave a slightly domed or pointed center with rough edges.
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This is a brief tutorial on making your own saw cut jump rings for jewelry or chainmaille.
Having stock of jump rings is a big time saver.
Tammy powley offers a tip on cutting jump rings in her online newsletter jewelry making.
Wind the mostly annealled depending on your requirement wire around the desired mandrel diameter in.
The coil of wire is then moved to a 1 4 wooden dowel to cut the jump rings with a jeweler s saw coping saw.
Meaning cut both ends so they are flat or flush.
The jump rings are cut with a saw not a blade like wire cutter.
Please note it is crucial that the saw blade be taut.
This tip makes sawing jump rings much easier.
They produce a nice sharp cut that makes it easy to tightly close the jump rings or to solder them closed.
This can make it hard to make the jump ring closed tightly.
The best way to cut jump rings as flush as possible is to use a jeweler s saw you will lose a bit of the size as the blade will eat some of the metal.
I like to use laser gold saw blades 110304 size 4 0 from rio grande.
Also i always make extra jump rings which i then keep in my jump ring box with a big selection of different wire thickness and diameter jump rings.
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Disclaimer this is probably not the safest way to cut jump rings as i have cut my own.
Simple metal dowel is used to turn a coil of wire i used 1 4.