Lots of *suggestions to use a drill* for making the helices. About that: I don't do it because twisting them by hand will still quickly generate more links than I care to assemble. The assembly is the tedious part. Further, forming the helix by hand is easy, reliable, quiet, waste efficient, and it's even somewhat entertaining. And again, long copper coils simply become too springy, which alters the ring diameter. If you are trying to make production chainmail, these probably aren't the techniques you are looking for. This video is for the passive hobbyist, so I still don't recommend using a drill, and please try to understand that I'm not interested in your passionate appeal for me to change.
I would never advocate using a drill to make a coil - that sounds like a recipe for disaster. I can tell you that at the jewellers workshop, we use the lathe to hold the round steel bar and wedge one end of the wire, then simply turn the stock with one hand (never switching it on, obviously). We also only make short lengths, because we're using precious metals, but I found your use of a jig really cool. thanks!
You could use a drill to straighten the wires, clamp one end in the vice, other end in the chuck, i found it also hardens the copper, and it leaves an interesting twist feature in the wire. Don't do it too much or it will break ;)
I wouldn't use your video for chain mail use, not because there's anything wrong with your design, but simply because chainmail requires a larger circumference to support the other connections, this Idea is wonderful and I look forward to trying it out
Saw your chain making video abt 4 years ago. I said to myself, someday I am going to make that. Today was the day. Chain turned out great, jig was easy to make. Thank you for the inspiration and the video.
After years of making chainmail from steel wire I can safely say I think you found the most efficient method, because it's nearly what I do when I make butted mail. However, that cutting jig will become a new part of my work station. I dont' think I can ever thank you enough for that idea. It seems to give a much nicer cut than I'd get with my trusty wirecutters. I just wish I could find a pocket-esque method of cutting those links with a small overlap when it comes to making riveted chainmail. For me, it's just some modified wire snips with a notch cut in the blade that's large enough for the wire to comfortably sit in it, I can only imagine you'd come up with an answer that'll make me kick myself. But yes, thanks for the jig! it's absolutely going to save me so much time.
+Managarmr420 How about cutting the formed spring a little bit off center? Instead of a vertical cut to the apex of the spring's circle (12 o' clock), a vertical cut at the 1 or 2 o' clock point should produce a mating tapered edge on both ends. My guess is that, a cut like that would be best if you intend to solder the link's tips. Not sure if it would help for riveting them though. Best of luck!
My father supplied me with a bunch of loops he made so I could chain mail (I learned when I was eight) and now I'm running out so I am looking for ways to make more loops
You know, I was all ready to go and make a chain until you showed at the end that I won't be able to hang a 25lb pendant around my wife's neck. There goes *that* birthday idea!
I know the oddly satisfying feeling of playing with the chain. I made some chain mail from stainless steel wire a long time ago and the way it feels as you let it flow back and forth is pretty cool.
I know pretty much nothing about carpentry and your videos are still entertaining to watch. I like to see how the materials turn into a finished product even if I have no idea what's actually going on.
i did this last summer when i was in a course for electrical installations and we had tons of wire left over every day... i made chainmail though, instead of just lines :) i jdid it a little different though: i wrapped the wire around a screwdriver and cut the helix with a pair of sidecutters. i connected the links together (probably a few hundred to make a small patch of chainmail), and i even soldered the links shut one by one. That way the chainmail was surprisingly strong!
I'd recommend using a jeweler's saw for separating the links. the kerf will be much smaller and it will take less effort to close the rings. The cutting jig is a great idea!
That vinegar and salt trick. How have I never seen this before! I've been cleaning pennies all morning just for fun since you told me this! I've used plain vinegar before, but the salt really supercharges it!
Very cool. Copper is such a lovely color. I don't normally like to wear jewelry but that chain wants to be on my neck. I wish I was feeling motivated enough to try making some.
Pocket83 thank you so much for making this video, it's opened a whole new area for me to work with copper! I've been playing with different gauges, I've done 12 all the down to 4awg or 0.20"!
Used it as a stop chain for my childrens homemade pirate chests, and made a copper pipe windchime using the chain as the hanging method for the pipes :) can't imagine all the possibilities
I've beed doing some chainmail stuff at home (mostly self taught) and I want to thank you for the tips on making links (I usually cut them one-by-one with a cutter. cut halfway and break them aside. the links are almost perfect but a lot of palm pain afterwards I think next time I will do the woodwork you showed here.) going now to stick leather to my pliers. thanks a lot and have a beautiful life :)
to all the recliner professionals out there telling him what he needs/ should do...if you don't like his method go make your own video.. he is doing quite fine!!! thank you!!
Clever way to open a jump ring, genius! Also the cutting jig is marvelous. Excellent for chain making. I suggest you use a finer jewelers fret saw rather than a hacksaw so the links have a smaller gap. You will have to pry them open using your wood tool but no issue with closing it up after that and you don't lose much copper in filings. There are nylon jaw pliers you can buy but this leather hack is a great idea. I suppose you can also dip the nose plier jaws in liquid rubber to make padding. I would also do that with your hand tools so your hands don't wear out. Let me leave you with some healing supplements for your hands. Do this and you will not wear out your precious hands: Swim! Relaxes all the hand muscles. Swim in sunlight not indoors. Glucosamine/ MSM 750 mg Costco, Zinc 50 mg, CoEnzyme Q10 300 mg, Fish Oil 1000 mg, Vit C powder in water. This combination heals carpal tunnel syndrome fast, removes inflammation and speeds up healing of any fatigued hands or wrist. Take Gelatine unflavored for rebuilding cartilage and connective tissue. Also good for hair and skin. DMSO gel - apply on hands and let it dry. Use a flat knife or ice cream stick to apply. Do not use any chemicals when this is on your hands. Let dry fully, then wash with soap. Then dry. Wear gloves and you can work with chemicals 2 hrs later. DMSO will rapidly fix damaged muscle tissue. All natural. But chemicals will go thru the skin barrier immediately if there is any DMSO on it.
This would really lend itself well to one of those ornamental downspout rain chains things - which would lend itself well as a Christmas present for the little lady. As always, very cool.
I have been making small bare copper coils for current carrying loops. To join the ring-split together so there is no 'split', I bent the ends out like you did, but also pushed them slightly inward so that to rejoin the open loop, you not only have to simply slide the ends back, but you have to pull outward on them and let them, upon release, press against each other. This way, I can tin the inside the surfaces with solder. Then when they are heated, the pressure will melt the solder, holding them in place with a thin layer of hidden solder--gives a much stronger 'breaking' force. Make sure that a piece of Al foil is between the soldering tip and Cu so no solder will be visible.
Nice! Love the jig, I had a bunch of copper wires, clippings and left over bx from my renovation and I held on to them for the longest time wanting to put them to good use in a progect and finally brought them to the scrap yard... I wish that i would have seen this video sooner 😣👍🏼👍🏼
That's really cool, thank you for the awesome video and great information. I have fair amount of scrap wire and have been looking for some ways to use it. As I already make wind chimes this is a great way to customize them a little more.(and eat up those rainy days off on the couch) Keep up the good work.
There is a lot of great stuff in this video! I've used a mandrel in a drill to coil different types of wire before. Fast and works great! For instance, drill a hole to fit the wire just past where the mandrel would chuck in the drill. Thread a bit through to hold it and spin the drill at a low speed while keeping tension on the wire by hand. Just my 2c. All in all, a great tutorial!
I have been making chains for a while but this jig setup I really do like, the only difference is I am making silver chains mostly but have made copper as well. Next time I’m up in the workshop I will be making a few of the jigs to go,into my kit box’s thanks for the brilliant idea for the jig🤗🤗🤗
Slick tricks! Even though I have zero interest in making chain, this was fascinating because it is concise, clearly photographed and well edited. Your methods for handling small parts in batches and neat jigs can apply to many other projects. I'll blatantly steal your idea of gluing small parts upon a glass plate. That's far better than my old method of wax paper on the granite countertop, which for some reason irritates my wife. ;-) Also, that copper cleaning solution will come in VERY handy! Between these techniques and the baby-powder / unsticking-shellac-finger trick, I now owe you a lunch or three. Thanks!
Thank you. The glass is from one of those halogen work lights that usually come on a stand. I now use those for everything. They have survived 15+ years, even counting being dropped to the concrete. When I was younger, I remember warming my bacon sandwiches on one of those lights (in foil). The other guys at work laughed at me- while they ate their cold lunchmeat.
Learner-Learns I just de-commissioned an old printer/scanner. I saved the glass from the scanner & l use that to segment pieces of wood that I use to make bowls. It keeps them perfectly flat. Not sure how I'll use the rest of the parts. But, this is ONE good reason for being a horder ! I'm just sayin. ....Jim
This is an amazing idea and something I'm going to have to try. I make chain mail in my off time here and there and I make my own rings one simple suggestion if you don't mind me adding! The rod you use to make your coils on if you drill the same size hole on one side you and insert your wire and use a drill to spin the rod and it takes half the time doing it by hand! Just leave enough wire sticking through the other side so you can push a little and clip it to remove from the rod and the you can still use your jig to cut your rings! I don't claim to be an expert but it's little tips I've picked up over the time that helps to make a bunch of rings in a short period of time! Thanks again for the video and again this is an amazing idea
That's a truly awesome idea I was trying to make something kind of like what you have made here for use with a Dremel however there was no true way to keep the cuts straight and from wondering you my friend have solved the conundrum and no longer a perplexing theory how to make a better ring cutting jig sort of the same idea in principal however I am making chain mail stuff and the knowledge of the making of rings from wire and all quite the same Thank you for sharing K
As someone who does chainmaille jewelery I do reccomend the wiggle closing method. Just pushing the ends together will deform the rings. You *could* also try welding each ring together to make it more permanent but for aesthetic looks and function I do not reccomend it.
You can work harden your chains by using a tumbler. That will make the copper harder and less prone to spreading apart under load if you decide to make chain from a smaller gauge but also more brittle. For light jewelry that works just fine.
Very Nice! Following your idea and with the appropriate rod shape and wooden cutting jig, one could make oval shaped rings for a different looking chain, egg shaped rings, infinity shaped rings... infinity, maybe not. Even though... Cut ellipse shaped rings, assemble 2 of them as you show, twist one of them pi radian along its major axis, add an ellipse ring, twist the previous one, etc...
I also use a port-a-band, band saw to cut the larger gauges. Only limited by the opening on the port-a-band for the coil length. To coil mine, I put the 1/2" brass stock in my cordless drill, secure one end of the copper in my vice and if you can imagine a winch drum, just wind up the copper, pulling me closer to the vice as it rotates.
Great idea! FYI, if you want to prevent the copper from oxidizing to begin with, dip it in some blond shellac; after it's dry, you'll never know it's there & is enough to prevent the air & moisture from getting at it and stop corrosion.
Seriously, this is such a great channel I kinda just stumbled upon. It's really relaxing but always educational with every video. Love what your doing -kek
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Thank you so very much, for sharing your gifts from God . It looks so easy when you make the chain. You are a Blessing. I love to work with copper., and sometimes I find it very hard especially if I don’t have a the tools that you do. Is it possible for you to make a chain with things that we might have at home like simple tools🤗 thank you . God Bless
It looks lovely but I simply stick whatever size of bit (or crochet hook whatever if you want oval or other than round links) into my drill with the tail end of the wire then make a coil, cut rings and assemble.
That is ingenious! I would have tried using math for the circumference when wrapped around whatever mandrel. Then I would have cut the pieces to that length and made one link at a time. Then I'd decide it's not worth it after about ten links.
Amazing! For non-electricians: there are two types of copper wires for electricity: massive, as shown in the video, and tiny threads which are twisted around each other. Those you cannot use for this purpose.
This is amazing. This is a project I might actually do. Also, when I was in Prague, I saw that they were selling marble puzzles that break into pieces like your pyramid one.
Lots of *suggestions to use a drill* for making the helices. About that:
I don't do it because twisting them by hand will still quickly generate more links than I care to assemble. The assembly is the tedious part. Further, forming the helix by hand is easy, reliable, quiet, waste efficient, and it's even somewhat entertaining. And again, long copper coils simply become too springy, which alters the ring diameter.
If you are trying to make production chainmail, these probably aren't the techniques you are looking for. This video is for the passive hobbyist, so I still don't recommend using a drill, and please try to understand that I'm not interested in your passionate appeal for me to change.
I would never advocate using a drill to make a coil - that sounds like a recipe for disaster. I can tell you that at the jewellers workshop, we use the lathe to hold the round steel bar and wedge one end of the wire, then simply turn the stock with one hand (never switching it on, obviously).
We also only make short lengths, because we're using precious metals, but I found your use of a jig really cool. thanks!
plz make a copper cooking pot
You could use a drill to straighten the wires, clamp one end in the vice, other end in the chuck, i found it also hardens the copper, and it leaves an interesting twist feature in the wire.
Don't do it too much or it will break ;)
i found something out, instead of using salt and vinegar for cleaning off corrosion, use baking soda and vinegar
I wouldn't use your video for chain mail use, not because there's anything wrong with your design, but simply because chainmail requires a larger circumference to support the other connections, this Idea is wonderful and I look forward to trying it out
Saw your chain making video abt 4 years ago. I said to myself, someday I am going to make that. Today was the day. Chain turned out great, jig was easy to make. Thank you for the inspiration and the video.
Great to hear. You'll find uses for that stuff everywhere. Thanks!
After years of making chainmail from steel wire I can safely say I think you found the most efficient method, because it's nearly what I do when I make butted mail. However, that cutting jig will become a new part of my work station. I dont' think I can ever thank you enough for that idea. It seems to give a much nicer cut than I'd get with my trusty wirecutters.
I just wish I could find a pocket-esque method of cutting those links with a small overlap when it comes to making riveted chainmail. For me, it's just some modified wire snips with a notch cut in the blade that's large enough for the wire to comfortably sit in it, I can only imagine you'd come up with an answer that'll make me kick myself. But yes, thanks for the jig! it's absolutely going to save me so much time.
+Managarmr420 How about cutting the formed spring a little bit off center? Instead of a vertical cut to the apex of the spring's circle (12 o' clock), a vertical cut at the 1 or 2 o' clock point should produce a mating tapered edge on both ends. My guess is that, a cut like that would be best if you intend to solder the link's tips. Not sure if it would help for riveting them though. Best of luck!
Managarmr420 close the ring so that it overlaps a little then smash the ends with a punch and hammer.
My father supplied me with a bunch of loops he made so I could chain mail (I learned when I was eight) and now I'm running out so I am looking for ways to make more loops
Started making rings after wstching this video, been 6 years now.
This was the video that started it all.
Thank you
You know, I was all ready to go and make a chain until you showed at the end that I won't be able to hang a 25lb pendant around my wife's neck. There goes *that* birthday idea!
Make two chains to hold the 25 pound pendant! Hope she loves it
ogenmatic lol
Matt Johnston Are you going to have her go swimming with it on?
Matt Johnston why is it so heavy???
With a bit of patience and some brass wire (or more copper), you can weld the cuts shut and drastically increase the strength of the chain
That drill bit-as-depth gauge tip was worth the price of admission!
I deeply appreciate that you are as much about the process (perhaps more?) as you are about the product. Brilliant, as usual. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! What can I say? I guess I've just been touched by his noodly appendage.
The box for cutting the links is genius.
I know the oddly satisfying feeling of playing with the chain. I made some chain mail from stainless steel wire a long time ago and the way it feels as you let it flow back and forth is pretty cool.
Nicely thought out process for doing this.
+John Heisz my dick fell of
Hey thankyou very much! You have answered some questions I've had for years and you make a good instructor. Very clear precise and useful ideas
I know pretty much nothing about carpentry and your videos are still entertaining to watch. I like to see how the materials turn into a finished product even if I have no idea what's actually going on.
i did this last summer when i was in a course for electrical installations and we had tons of wire left over every day...
i made chainmail though, instead of just lines :)
i jdid it a little different though: i wrapped the wire around a screwdriver and cut the helix with a pair of sidecutters. i connected the links together (probably a few hundred to make a small patch of chainmail), and i even soldered the links shut one by one. That way the chainmail was surprisingly strong!
They're called chains.
I'd recommend using a jeweler's saw for separating the links. the kerf will be much smaller and it will take less effort to close the rings. The cutting jig is a great idea!
Ahh, but remember the scene where I assemble; the kerf is already very conveniently sized for linking them together.
You sacrifice symmetry when you leave the cut so wide and then close the links. They become more oval.
Great demo. The weight bearing demo was charming
That wire cutting jig is now my new best friend for making chainmail. Thanks pocket83 👍
That vinegar and salt trick. How have I never seen this before! I've been cleaning pennies all morning just for fun since you told me this! I've used plain vinegar before, but the salt really supercharges it!
Also works for removing rust stains.
ONE OF THE BEST INFORMATIVE VIDEOS I HAVE EVER SEEN .ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT ALL .
MANY THANKS TONY
Mate, that is the neatest, cleverest little jig I've seen for ages, well done.
Very cool. Copper is such a lovely color. I don't normally like to wear jewelry but that chain wants to be on my neck. I wish I was feeling motivated enough to try making some.
Pocket83 thank you so much for making this video, it's opened a whole new area for me to work with copper! I've been playing with different gauges, I've done 12 all the down to 4awg or 0.20"!
Used it as a stop chain for my childrens homemade pirate chests, and made a copper pipe windchime using the chain as the hanging method for the pipes :) can't imagine all the possibilities
wow.. a copper chainmail trench coat. . .
you just initiated my next art project. I can't thank you enough.
I've beed doing some chainmail stuff at home (mostly self taught) and I want to thank you for the tips on making links (I usually cut them one-by-one with a cutter. cut halfway and break them aside. the links are almost perfect but a lot of palm pain afterwards I think next time I will do the woodwork you showed here.)
going now to stick leather to my pliers.
thanks a lot and have a beautiful life :)
to all the recliner professionals out there telling him what he needs/ should do...if you don't like his method go make your own video.. he is doing quite fine!!! thank you!!
Good video. Nice project for a bunch of left over copper wire.
Genius ! I love working with copper wire and yes salt and white vinegar is amazing.
Clever way to open a jump ring, genius! Also the cutting jig is marvelous. Excellent for chain making.
I suggest you use a finer jewelers fret saw rather than a hacksaw so the links have a smaller gap. You will have to pry them open using your wood tool but no issue with closing it up after that and you don't lose much copper in filings.
There are nylon jaw pliers you can buy but this leather hack is a great idea. I suppose you can also dip the nose plier jaws in liquid rubber to make padding. I would also do that with your hand tools so your hands don't wear out.
Let me leave you with some healing supplements for your hands. Do this and you will not wear out your precious hands:
Swim! Relaxes all the hand muscles. Swim in sunlight not indoors.
Glucosamine/ MSM 750 mg Costco, Zinc 50 mg, CoEnzyme Q10 300 mg, Fish Oil 1000 mg, Vit C powder in water. This combination heals carpal tunnel syndrome fast, removes inflammation and speeds up healing of any fatigued hands or wrist.
Take Gelatine unflavored for rebuilding cartilage and connective tissue. Also good for hair and skin.
DMSO gel - apply on hands and let it dry. Use a flat knife or ice cream stick to apply. Do not use any chemicals when this is on your hands. Let dry fully, then wash with soap. Then dry. Wear gloves and you can work with chemicals 2 hrs later. DMSO will rapidly fix damaged muscle tissue. All natural. But chemicals will go thru the skin barrier immediately if there is any DMSO on it.
This would really lend itself well to one of those ornamental downspout rain chains things - which would lend itself well as a Christmas present for the little lady. As always, very cool.
This is simply ingenious! I have many ideas for using these copper chains.
Thank You
I have been making small bare copper coils for current carrying loops. To join the ring-split together so there is no 'split', I bent the ends out like you did, but also pushed them slightly inward so that to rejoin the open loop, you not only have to simply slide the ends back, but you have to pull outward on them and let them, upon release, press against each other. This way, I can tin the inside the surfaces with solder. Then when they are heated, the pressure will melt the solder, holding them in place with a thin layer of hidden solder--gives a much stronger 'breaking' force. Make sure that a piece of Al foil is between the soldering tip and Cu so no solder will be visible.
Really cool, thanks for sharing! I love it how you use a old fashioned type of measurement for an old hands on type of manufacturing process.
Nice! Love the jig, I had a bunch of copper wires, clippings and left over bx from my renovation and I held on to them for the longest time wanting to put them to good use in a progect and finally brought them to the scrap yard... I wish that i would have seen this video sooner 😣👍🏼👍🏼
That's really cool, thank you for the awesome video and great information. I have fair amount of scrap wire and have been looking for some ways to use it. As I already make wind chimes this is a great way to customize them a little more.(and eat up those rainy days off on the couch) Keep up the good work.
There is a lot of great stuff in this video! I've used a mandrel in a drill to coil different types of wire before. Fast and works great! For instance, drill a hole to fit the wire just past where the mandrel would chuck in the drill. Thread a bit through to hold it and spin the drill at a low speed while keeping tension on the wire by hand. Just my 2c. All in all, a great tutorial!
I have been making chains for a while but this jig setup I really do like, the only difference is I am making silver chains mostly but have made copper as well. Next time I’m up in the workshop I will be making a few of the jigs to go,into my kit box’s thanks for the brilliant idea for the jig🤗🤗🤗
Slick tricks! Even though I have zero interest in making chain, this was fascinating because it is concise, clearly photographed and well edited. Your methods for handling small parts in batches and neat jigs can apply to many other projects. I'll blatantly steal your idea of gluing small parts upon a glass plate. That's far better than my old method of wax paper on the granite countertop, which for some reason irritates my wife. ;-)
Also, that copper cleaning solution will come in VERY handy!
Between these techniques and the baby-powder / unsticking-shellac-finger trick, I now owe you a lunch or three. Thanks!
Thank you. The glass is from one of those halogen work lights that usually come on a stand. I now use those for everything. They have survived 15+ years, even counting being dropped to the concrete.
When I was younger, I remember warming my bacon sandwiches on one of those lights (in foil). The other guys at work laughed at me- while they ate their cold lunchmeat.
Learner-Learns j
Learner-Learns I just de-commissioned an old printer/scanner. I saved the glass from the scanner & l use that to segment pieces of wood that I use to make bowls. It keeps them perfectly flat. Not sure how I'll use the rest of the parts. But, this is ONE good reason for being a horder !
I'm just sayin. ....Jim
thanks a lot for making videos like these. very nice and good information. the voice is so relaxing...thanks.
On your Flexi Cube video you made these cupper links to lock the elastics and i was amazed by the method. I'm now suprised by this video!
Never going to do this but totally absorbing watching this. Kudos to you.
This is an amazing idea and something I'm going to have to try. I make chain mail in my off time here and there and I make my own rings one simple suggestion if you don't mind me adding! The rod you use to make your coils on if you drill the same size hole on one side you and insert your wire and use a drill to spin the rod and it takes half the time doing it by hand! Just leave enough wire sticking through the other side so you can push a little and clip it to remove from the rod and the you can still use your jig to cut your rings! I don't claim to be an expert but it's little tips I've picked up over the time that helps to make a bunch of rings in a short period of time! Thanks again for the video and again this is an amazing idea
That's what I did when I made chanimail.
Tony Alexander it's amazingly fast and easy
i cannot stress how amazing this is. my friend and i are starting to make jewelry and this is just so cool looking.
Nice video, clear instructions and clever jigs. Looking forward to what you will make next. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing, have been doing jewelry for a while now and you make it (chain making) look easy.
Wow, so glad I found your channel,! Thank you for sharing your very well thought out and practical methods to crafting chains etc…love it.
that's awesome! the cutting jig is genius... thank you
skip to 5 minutes to skip the woodwork. lol, woodworking is the reason I watch your channel.
Very nicely done! I will have to try this!
That's a truly awesome idea I was trying to make something kind of like what you have made here for use with a Dremel however there was no true way to keep the cuts straight and from wondering you my friend have solved the conundrum and no longer a perplexing theory how to make a better ring cutting jig sort of the same idea in principal however I am making chain mail stuff and the knowledge of the making of rings from wire and all quite the same
Thank you for sharing
K
Great cutting jig. Well worth watching for that really smart and neat idea. Spot on
As someone who does chainmaille jewelery I do reccomend the wiggle closing method. Just pushing the ends together will deform the rings. You *could* also try welding each ring together to make it more permanent but for aesthetic looks and function I do not reccomend it.
You can work harden your chains by using a tumbler. That will make the copper harder and less prone to spreading apart under load if you decide to make chain from a smaller gauge but also more brittle. For light jewelry that works just fine.
Love the jig i make chain maile this will save me a ton of time
Very similar to making chainmail. One tip that people do when making mail is to get to sets of curved needle nose pliers to close the links.
Very Nice! Following your idea and with the appropriate rod shape and wooden cutting jig, one could make oval shaped rings for a different looking chain, egg shaped rings, infinity shaped rings... infinity, maybe not. Even though... Cut ellipse shaped rings, assemble 2 of them as you show, twist one of them pi radian along its major axis, add an ellipse ring, twist the previous one, etc...
You could also solder the ends, and thus, have a stronger chain! (It will have a silver spot remaining, however)
red7fifty it may be expensive but you can use gold soulder which looks like copper enough to hide the joints.
A quick search informs me there are copper solders.
Or use copper phosphor brazing rod.
@@seigeengine copper solders look like silver a lot of the time.
I also use a port-a-band, band saw to cut the larger gauges. Only limited by the opening on the port-a-band for the coil length. To coil mine, I put the 1/2" brass stock in my cordless drill, secure one end of the copper in my vice and if you can imagine a winch drum, just wind up the copper, pulling me closer to the vice as it rotates.
I really enjoyed watching your video. This is a very smart and useful idea! I make alot of jewelry including chain maille. Thank you for sharing!
Hey I really like your videos and I wish you posted more and I just got started in a wood shop class and I have been enjoying it
Coming right along buddy, can't wait for the new year to see ya getter finished up.
dang.....I love this channel so much.
Burnish on!thx for the upload.all the best to you and yours.
Terrific video--well explained and the result is beautiful.
That is some oddly attractive chain!
Great idea!
FYI, if you want to prevent the copper from oxidizing to begin with, dip it in some blond shellac; after it's dry, you'll never know it's there & is enough to prevent the air & moisture from getting at it and stop corrosion.
Nice jig, very clever
Well thought out and very nice. Great cinematography too.
very nice, I want to work with metal more and more, this is inspiring !
Keep on trucking !
I made some of this chain and your right it feels real cool to the touch 👍
Pretty clever stuff, man! Neat project. Thanks!
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Seriously, this is such a great channel I kinda just stumbled upon. It's really relaxing but always educational with every video. Love what your doing -kek
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By the way, we are lacking a clear definition on how to count memes... I mean, does your comment count? Can we count more than once for a comment? By comment you mean "your comment" or "this comment (thread)"?
So many dobuts that I'm going to use my imagination...
Pepe,sheev spin,illuminati,aliens guy,are you a wizard???,oooommmmggggggggggg
Im sorry the memes must be released
Wonderful work !
Your channel is sort of like Primitive Technology. Awesome to watch, even if I'm never gonna do any of it, not sure why.
Omg LOVE prim tech! xD and yeah, fuck all that, I wouldn't do one five thousandth of what he does, even if I had to in order to survive
Beautifully neat idea with the jig and saw :)
Thank you so very much, for sharing your gifts from God . It looks so easy when you make the chain. You are a Blessing. I love to work with copper., and sometimes I find it very hard especially if I don’t have a the tools that you do. Is it possible for you to make a chain with things that we might have at home like simple tools🤗 thank you . God Bless
awesome process
well, youve certainly got that down to a system ! thanks!
Very well done video, you've inspired me to give it a try.
It looks lovely but I simply stick whatever size of bit (or crochet hook whatever if you want oval or other than round links) into my drill with the tail end of the wire then make a coil, cut rings and assemble.
Hi Pocket,
have you never thinks to make a copper chain mail, 1 feet by one feet to see the beauty of a copper chain mail
Wow that's a super cool idea!
This channels off the chain
Dovah Bear
4 day old gold level comment and no likes. That's simply unacceptable!
Max Power 1 minute old nice comment and simply no likes. That's simply inacceptable!
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Thank you. One of those things I have been wanting to do and they came out great.
very informative. can be used to make links for making chainmail!
Hello from Italy, your work is very cool !
That is ingenious! I would have tried using math for the circumference when wrapped around whatever mandrel. Then I would have cut the pieces to that length and made one link at a time. Then I'd decide it's not worth it after about ten links.
very nice...i have use a very similare method for making chain mail...perhaps a copper version is now in order..well done sir
Amazing!
For non-electricians: there are two types of copper wires for electricity: massive, as shown in the video, and tiny threads which are twisted around each other. Those you cannot use for this purpose.
Real cool and artistic project !! love it !
Beautifully clever. (again)
This is amazing. This is a project I might actually do. Also, when I was in Prague, I saw that they were selling marble puzzles that break into pieces like your pyramid one.
this is so satisfying!
cannot wait to try this. Thanks.
I think a good application for this would be chaining the chuck key to the pillar drill.
Savvas Papasavva 👍 Personally I use an old speaker magnet on every stationary tool with its own chuck key, Allen key, etc.
Very nice I will be making some in the future
wow that was a very cool video.
Great Video 🤟🏻🥰thank you.
Really cool!
Thx 4 the info...just what I was looking for.
Starrett calipers? Fancy!