Some great chain tutorials

Wow. That's cool. I will have to check it out when I get more 'speriance

OK this what I found for the tool needed to make jump rings, if this doesn't help I guess I can look for my receipt

Koil Kutter A device to easily and safely cut coils into rings. The device attaches to any 1 in. (25.4 mm) diameter flexshaft handpiece, e.g. # 30 Foredom or motor tool, e.g. Dremel, Ryobi etc. The device consists of an arbor with replaceable cutter blade, cutter guide/sheild, coil holder, wrench and installation gage.

He sells it for $69.95 (+$3.50 Shipping/Handling in the US) and it includes all that is mentioned above (flex shaft or motor tool not included). Dr. Arens asked me to stress that this tool works for NON-FERROUS MATERIALS ONLY. If you try to cut steel or other iron based materials, the blade will loose its temper and stop cutting. I can personally say that it works very well on brass and copper, though cutting aluminum with this setup caused a few problems for me when I tried it about a year ago. You can order one from him by emailing him at snipped-for-privacy@gci-net.com. He happily accepts Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and Paypal, as well as checks and money orders, though orders paid by check do not ship until the check clears (about 10 days).

It actually runs for $89.00 now, and doesn't include the mandrels to wrap your wire. That's an additional $45.00. Dave is ABSOLUETELY wonderful to do business with, the down side is replacement parts are going to cost you a bunch.

I manufacture rings. and I go through a lot of parts.... the "normal" person probably wont.

I'm in the process of creating a similar tool that will use all drummel parts, so that you can go purchase them when they possibly wear down; however, would HIGHLY reccomend the Koil Kutter, and shopping with Dave. He's good people!

I've had the koil kutter for a couple of years, have cut 10's of thousands of rings, have never had a problem with any parts, and have started monitoring my blade...i use plain old Dawn as my lubricant, and get thousands of rings cut...i know others say they don't, so on one of my groups, i am doing an experiement to see how many i get out of one blade.

interesting to hear about the new price..i received Dave's literature on Thursday to pass on to someone, and the price is still 69.95 ... hmmm.

will be interested in seeing what you "come up with" for the dremel.

The lubricate we use is called BUR LIFE 117-003 we bought ours from Rio Grande We only got 6 months out of our first blade (but didn't use a lubricant) our second blade still going strong

BTW we use dremel brand motor tool, I would not recommend the cordless for this but you probably can use an off brand dremel type tool also I would suggest looking at harbor freight

I've used the dremel for years. I tried "lubricant" and found that the Dawn works better than anything. I use it for tumbling, also. I usually just need to polish, rather than debur, so this way, my Dawn does double duty. (I've heard that you can use Dawn for washing dishes? Hmmm, might have to try doing the dishes some time...or not LOL!)

I'm eager to hear about Lynda's new toy!!! Lynda, if you need a product tester, feel free to drop me a line!!!

In article , lgreene works better than anything. I use it for tumbling, also. I usually just

Note: Do not tumble dishes.

:-)

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@panix.com (Stef) :

]Note: Do not tumble dishes.

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