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Make Your Own Hook or Ear Wire

by Denise Peck
If you can make a loop with a round-nose pliers, you can make your own ear wires. And if you can make an ear wire, you can make a hook clasp! Watch how simple it is.
Instructions
Working from the spool, or long length of 20g wire, make a small loop at one end.
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Now hold the loop you just made against a Sharpie marker and bend the wire over the marker.
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Cut the wire to any length you’d like the ear wire to be, and make a gentle bend at the end of the wire.
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If you want to make a hook instead, just bend the wire over a narrower pen or pencil and cut the wire opposite the loop. Hammer the curve of the hook to work harden it.
Denise Peck's Make Your Own Hook or Ear Wire - , Findings & Components, Toggles & Clasps, Earwire & Headpin, Findings, Clasps, Components, Hammer Sterling Silver Ear Wire to harden

Materials

20 Gauge Round Half Hard .925 Sterling Silver Wire
H8-20H
  • Lesson Quantity: 6.00 inches
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 1FT
  • Price: $4.08
  • Gold Club Price: $3.06
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Tools

Marker -extra fine
  • Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
Round Nose Wire Pliers
G2-507
  • G2-507
  • Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
  • Price: $32.95
  • Gold Club Price: $24.71
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C.H.P Milano Italian Flush Cutter, 5 1/2 Inches
PLR-487.00
  • PLR-487.00
  • Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
  • Price: $16.97
  • Gold Club Price: $12.73
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Chasing Hammer with Wooden Handle, 1 1/8 Inch Face
G3-27
  • G3-27
  • Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
  • Price: $13.95
  • Gold Club Price: $10.46
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Bench Block Helper with Steel and Nylon Blocks
DAP-500.30
  • DAP-500.30
  • Lesson Quantity: 1.00 pieces
  • Purchase Quantity: 1.00 each
  • Price: $29.95
  • Gold Club Price: $22.46
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  • Category: Findings
  • Technique(s): Making Findings

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