- 1). Cut a 4-inch section of wire and thread it through the hole of your stone. Place the stone in the halfway position on your wire.
- 2). Press gently with your fingers the wire in an upward direction toward the top of the stone.
- 3). Cross both halves of the wire over the top of the stone so that they are at equal angles facing away from each other.
- 4). Hold the stone with one hand and with your other hand twist the two halves of the wire around each other four times, forming a coil.
- 5). Position your wire cutters close to the coil and cut off the end of the first half of wire.
- 6). Flatten with the needle nose pliers the end of the cut wire to the coil so that it does not stick out.
- 7). Position your needle nose pliers on the remaining half of the wire 1/4 inch above the coil and bend the wire in a right-angle position.
- 8). Place your round nose pliers above the right-angle bend and wrap the wire around the jaw of your pliers in the opposite direction of the bend, forming a complete loop. The end of your wire will be in a perpendicular angle to the top of the stone.
- 9). Hold the loop in your fingers and with your other hand wrap the wire around the 1/4 inch of wire above the first coil. Wrap the wire until the coil you are creating meets the first coil.
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Cut off the excess wire with wire cutters. Use the needle nose pliers to tuck the end close to the coil so that it does not stick out. - 11
Press the loop with the needle nose pliers and twist it to align the loop with the stone. Press the coil with your needle nose pliers to straighten the bail.
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