Jump Ring Mandrel For Drill

Each full loop will create one jump ring so continue until you ve created enough loops for the number of jump rings you need.

Jump ring mandrel for drill.

Cut the rod if using 1 4 inch round rod your end jump rings will be equivalent in size to the 6mm jump rings found in craft stores. The wire is wrapped around a mandrel to make spring like coils. The resulting coils are then cut using a jeweler s saw. Your only real material needed is your round rod to serve as your mandrel.

Clamp the drill handle into a vice and chuck the mandrel into its jaws. Carefully feed the wire onto the mandrel while slowly and steadily cranking the drill. You want it affixed to something as you need two hands to operate the mandrel once it is in use. To get the rings off the mandrel anneal the rings on the mandrel and here comes the real trick.

These mandrels are zinc plated to prevent corrosion and last for years. You can make a jump ring coil by using an old fashioned hand drill to hold the mandrel. Drill two pilot holes into your base about 1 inch in from either side. We used copper and brass mandrels in the cross section of the required jump ring ovals rounds and so on.

We used copper and brass mandrels in the cross section of the required jump ring ovals rounds and so on. Drill a hole in your piece of wood that is exactly the size of your mandrel 1 4 in the picture. When i worked in a factory in pforzheim we would use a specialized jump ring winding tool which was essentially a kind of fancy hand drill with gearing and a jacobs chuck. This set consist of 20 plated steel mandrels sizes range from 2 5mm to 12mm.

Take a mandrel in the correct diameter for the size of jump ring you want to create and your chosen wire. Wrap your wire around the mandrel keeping each loop close to the previous one. Pound your little nail into the wood just to one side of the hole. When i worked in a factory in pforzheim we would use a specialized jump ring winding tool which was essentially a kind of fancy hand drill with gearing and a jacobs chuck.

If using a 3 8 inch round rod your jump rings will be close to 9mm jump rings. These can be used to attach charms to bracelets build chains for jewelry or simply to attach clasps. Stretch the mandrel either by clamping one end in a vise and hold the other end in a pair of draw tongs and give a quick and firm jerk or stretch it in the draw bench and voila the coil of oval jump rings comes off like butter. Pepetools jump ring maker mandrels that are included with the jrm2 jump ring making kit now sold separately.

Then secure your new jump ring mandrel to your work table or wherever else you plan for it to live.