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Boxchain 4-1 (photos, ring flip method)

Submitted by Elemental Dragon ( elementaldragon at yahoo.com )
The rings used in these pictures are made from aluminum ground wire. Approximate
measurements are 1/8"(.0125") wire diameter and 3/4"(.75") inside diameter making
it an approximate AR of 6. The use of these rings was so that I could work them by
hand and so that the weave was fairly open so that you could see what was
happening.

I find this method easier to understand than the stitch method. As they say, if you
have a problem, odds are that someone else has the same problem, so, having found
a solution to that problem that suits me, I will share it here so that others may
potentially benefit. I may not be the first one to construct boxchain with this method,
but it appears that I am the first to take the time to write it up and document it.

This method was developed from the Byzantine tutorial written by Kateryne. In fact,
it starts exactly the same way.

Please note that I will not refer to open and closed rings. Each mailler may do things
in a way that is comfortable for them. The way I connect may be different than the
way you connect. I will leave it up to you as the mailler to decide.

Also note that I may get a little verbose with my text, so it may be less confusing to
look at the pictures.

Step 1: Connect 6 rings as pictured. A simple 3 link chain where each link consists
of 2 rings.

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Step 2: With one pair of the end rings (marked with a "1" in these images), flip each
ring back, one to each side. You should end up with a configuration similar to what
is pictured.

Step 3: Spread the middle set of rings (marked with a "2" in these images) far
enough that you will be able to loop two rings between them and through the flipped
rings. See image for details.

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Step 4: As indicated in the last step, loop two rings between rings 2 and through
rings 1. This completes and secures your first "box". Some of you may be able to
continue the weave from here. For those who can't, I'll do a few more steps to show
how to form a box with a box already there.

Step 5: Loop two rings through the two end rings of your previous unit.

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Step 6: Flip the two newly added rings back (as in step 2) and spread the prior two
rings (as in step 3) to allow insertion of two more rings.

Step 7: Add two rings between the spread rings and through the flipped back rings.

Repeat adding, flipping, spreading, adding as neccesary to create the length of chain
you desire.

For practical use, you will probably want to use a smaller AR. Probably somewhere
in the neigborhood of 4.2 at the smallest AR.

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