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Step 7: Place the loop just made on peg one.
Add your bead to the wire and slide it all the way down so that it rests
against the loop just made. Now using your bent chain nose pliers,
grasp the wire and make a 90 degree bend just before the wire gets to Super
Peg 2. (Please note that the bead was omitted from the picture at
right.) Step 8: Wrap the wire around Super Peg 2 and bend the wire against peg 3. The wire should appear as shown at right. Step 9: Cut the wire at peg 4 and remove from the
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Step 10: Now we need to harden the rounded part of
this ear wire by hammering it on an anvil with a chasing hammer.
Hammer until the wire is visibly flattened. Avoid hammering the bead
as it can break. Step 11: Add the ear drop to the ear wire just made and wrap the loop closed (about 2 wraps around). Cut the excess wire and flatten the loose end using two pair of bent chain nose pliers. One to hold the ear wire the other to squeeze the wire tail flat. Step 12: To finish this earrings jewelry making project, you need to smooth the end of the cut wire on the ear wires. This is easily done using a cup bur as shown here. Do this for both ear wires and now you can admire your finished earrings. |
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