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Howw to Makke a Coiiled Wirre Framee for an Undrillled Stonee

Thisisaveryquickand
deasywrapfo
oranundrilleedstone.Itworksgreatforcrystalpoints(bothsingle
anddoubleterminated
d)aswellasttumbledstones.Thependantpictureso
onlytookabo
out30minuteesto
complete.I'vedoneso
omesmallero
onesinlesstim
methanthat.Thisisastyllethatisgreaatformen's
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mpleandnotovertlyfemin
nine,butcanalsobeworn
nbywomenaaswell.
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onassumesyo
oualreadyknowhowtodo
oafewbasictechniques.YYouwillneed
dtoknowhow
wto
coilandhowtomakeaabail.Youcanuseoneofmanymethodsformakinggthebail.Theeoneshownhere
isonlyanexample.

Suppplies:

20gwire*
*
28gwire*
*
Undrilledsstone(crystallpointsandtumbledstoneesworkreallyywellforthissdesign)

Toolss:

Wirecutte
ers
Chainnose
epliers
4mm,6mm
mor8mmmandrel(depen
ndingonthessizeyouwantttomakethebail)

ountofwireu
usedwilldepeendonthesizzeoftheston
neyouarewrrapping.
*Theamo

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Step1

Startwithapieceof20gwirethatisabout4"
longerthanthecircumferenceofyourstone.
Cutabout5'of28gwireandbegincoilingit
ontothe20gwireabout11/2"fromoneend.
Thelengthofthecoilwillbedeterminedby

thestoneyouareusing.
Step2

Shapethecoiledsectionofthewirearound
thestone.Youshouldstopcoilingwhenyour
coilhasgonearoundthebottomofthestone
anabout1/4"uptheothersideofthestone.

Step3

Holdingtheframearoundthestone,wrapthe
coilingwireoverthefrontofthestone,wrap
itaroundthewireontheoppositesideofthe
stone1time,thenwrapitaroundthebackof
thestone.Wrapthecoilingwirearoundthe
bare20gwireagain.Iusuallydothisabout3
times,butyoucanwrapitmoretimesthan
thatifyouthinkitisnecessary.
Step4

Aftersecuringthestoneatthebottomofthe
pendant,continuecoilingoverthebare20g
wireuntilyoureachthenextplaceyouwant
tosecurethestone.ForthispendantIamonly
securingitatthetopandbottom,butyoucan
dothisinmorethantwoplacesifyoulike.

Step5

Wraparoundthetopofthestonethesame
wayyoudidthebottom.

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Step6

Continuecoilingagainuntilyoureachthetop
ofthependant.

Step7

Makethebail(loopforthechain)inwhatever
styleyoulike.ForthisoneIwrappedbothof
the20gwirestogether,shapedtheloop,and
thensecuredallofthewirestogetheratthe
baseofthebailwiththecoilingwire.You
couldalsodoawovenbailifyouprefer,or
youcanjustdoawrappedloop.

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