Ze beginning of ze chains....

The beginning processes of the chain construction involves making hundreds of tiny jump rings. We used .999 fine silver 22 gauge wire and wrapped the wire around a dowel with the measurements of 5/16". Once a good amount of wire has been wrapped, you carefully slide the wire off the dowel. Using extremely sharp scissors, you cut the wire down the center of the circles created, making the jump rings. Instead of soldering the jump rings together, we fused the ends with butane torches on solderite pads (it was a difficult process to get used to, many jump rings melted). Then, you use needle nose pliers to stretch the jump rings and pinch them at the center to get your jump rings ready for the chain construction. The fused end should always be in the center of the jump ring.