The Wire Writer http://www.wire-writer.com About wire writing, wire crafts etc. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:31:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Tips for making Jewelry http://www.wire-writer.com/tips-for-making-jewelry/ http://www.wire-writer.com/tips-for-making-jewelry/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:31:29 +0000 Andy Turner http://www.wire-writer.com/?p=169

Find Lots Of Jewelry Making Lessons & Tips

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Here is one method on how to join two Names together to go on a Personalized wire name necklace

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Like to know more about how to make money by making names?

Go to www.makenamejewelry.com

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I have tracked down the (almost) ideal pliers for making wire names.

Here they are:

stusa pliers made by swanstrom are ideal pliers to make personalized wire jewelry with

Stusa round nosed pliers

Forget the endless search for the elusive pastorino pliers, I ordered a pair of these from Rio Grande and they are just the job for wire names.

Ok, they could be a little finer on the tips for those very small loops, but you ain’t gonna get much finer than 1 mm on the tips.

If you need finer you will have to do a little filing on the tips, which is what I had to do with the pastorino’s anyway.

For $29 they are a very reasonable price. Not a box joint on the hinge, but they are very well made and there is no play on the tips.

Also the flat part of the jaws of the pliers are very well machined which makes your crimping a hell of a lot easier :)

I imagine the Stusa side-cutters are fine too, so on the whole a Stusa set for your Name Bending needs is as far as you have to look.

The Stusa brand are made by Swanstrom a US company who sell their products through Rio Grande – and they ship worldwide so no problems there.

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This is how I use the flat part of the jaws of the round nosed pliers to “crimp” wire to make letters of the alphabet – or put another way, bend a wire backward or forward upon itself, and compress them together.

This is shown in a Capital letter “M” where there is first a backward crimp, followed by a forward crimp and finally a backward crimp.

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Hello Andy, I have the e-book and it is great, clear pictures and easy to follow instructions. I am doing well with my bending. Just one quick question. About how big are the letters that you make. I know that size will be longer, obviously for more letters, but how large (or rather small) should I be aiming for to make a nice necklace.
My letter shapes are good now I am trying to get a comfortable and consistent size.
Thanks,
Karen K

Hi Karen, Great to hear you are doing well ! OK, here are the dimensions of a name in the diagrams below:

Sue Dimensions
Joanne Dimensions
Margaret Dimensions

Generally, the spacings between the letters, and also the letter sizes decrease with the length of the name.

Spacing between letters is between 1 – 2 mm (1/32 to 1/16 of an inch)

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Hi all,

I have now got some great free content for you if you want to know how to make wire writing and personalized jewelry.

Also there is an option to join my mentoring program if you want to absolutely everything there is to know about making personalized wire jewelry and other projects, all the way from choosing the tools to making personalized jewelry quickly and selling it on craft markets, festivals, or any event you can think of that accepts jewelry stalls.

Also I detail how to make a craft stall that is light and portable and also how to build and sell your jewelry and projects on a web site.

You can access the free content by clicking on this link

Enjoy !

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Sorry haven’t posted for a while, will be keeping blog up to date more from now on. Just working on my membership site that is going to be full of absolutely everything that I know about making Wire Name Jewelry, right down to how to make a stall and set up at craft markets to sell your wares.

And make a website to sell them too… watch this space.

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