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Featured Tool of the Week: Easy Ear Wire Maker #HOL-100.00
by Rose Marion, Wire-Sculpture.com
Tool of the Week for
March 19, 2012
This week’s tool: Easy Ear Wire Maker, #HOL-100.00
Demonstration by Kate, JewelryTools.com
You know, when I started out making jewelry, I was using premade surgical steel ear wires from the craft store: not too spendy, already made. For a long time, I was pretty happy with them. That is, until I started photographing my work, and I realized that the ear wires really stuck out. They gave my jewelry a bit of a factory look, which was a surprise for me, since I spent so long creating the handmade components! Making ear wires that are easy to "batch" a lot at once, but still look handmade, is really important! The Easy Ear Wire Maker will allow you to make dozens of ear wires in one sitting, with just a couple twists of the wrist. See Kate demonstrate in the video above just how easy the Easy Ear Wire Maker is to use! |
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Donna
March 19, 2012 at 6:55 am
I would like to see a close up of the finished earwire. I make all my earwires using a mandrel and pliers. It’s really not hard to do and I don’t expect to change that. Still it would be nice to see the finished project on this a little more clearly.
Mary Hallengren
March 19, 2012 at 9:58 am
I have the ear wire maker and I love it its fast, easy, and fun. I highly recomed it.
Mary
CM Hartman
March 19, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Did I miss the price of this gadget?
Rose
March 20, 2012 at 8:25 am
Hi CM You can find it here: http://www.jewelrytools.com/eurotool/additional-beading-tools/Easy-Ear-Wire-Maker-Black.html
Daniella
March 24, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Does it only make the one design? Can other earwire designs be made on it??? I would love to find out. Thanks!
Rose
March 28, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Hi Daniella, you can make the earring as Kate demonstrated, or you can pause during the process after making the initial big bend and then manually form the wire into a kidney ear wire or any other shape you wish. Thanks for asking!