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Making and using your own Quick and Easy Earring Thing

Published: 02-29-2012 01:05am

Cut a 2 1/2 inch piece or so of 1" x 2" wood or pvc board and drill 4 holes in it, one 6mm hole, one 7.5mm hole and two tiny 2mm holes as shown in the diagram. These will act as pilot holes for your pegs. Using a pipe cutter, a hack saw or your jeweler's saw, cut a 1" piece from the center of one 6.5mm knitting needle and one from an 8mm knitting needle and pound them into the holes you drilled in the little piece of board. Cut the heads off of two finishing nails and hammer them into the pilot holes. Okay, you're set now! Now you can make all the earring wires you can use. Using 20 or 22 gauge wire, wrap as shown in these photog... » Read More

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