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Eyepin Templates by Vicky Brown
Start with 3" of 12 gauge Copper DS wire.
- Make eyepin of desired size (eg. at base,
mid point or tip of your particular pliers).
- Measure remaining length of wire and subtracted
that number from 3". This gives you the amount of wire you
used to make the eyepin.
- Measuring up from the end of your remaining
wire, mark the length you calculated (see image below).
You now have a template for the length of
12 gauge wire needed to make that sized eyepin.
Repeat the procedure for each gauge wire and
eye pin size that you
commonly use. (12,14,16 gauge are shown.) (see image below).
The bottom template was made from 7" of 20 gauge wire for
a double wrapped eyepin.
You can now string all of your templates together
for easy access and
don't have to "reinvent the wheel" each time you want
to make
eyepins!! (see image below).
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