How to Use a Wire-Rounder Tool/Pin Vise
Want to know how to round wire ends? Want to make sure your handmade ear wires are silky smooth instead of sharp? Tune in as jewelry maker Rose demonstrates the magic of wire rounding tools. With various models, see how this handy tool rises to accommodate your level of deburring needs, saving you both time and energy. Gone are the days of using basic files to smooth sharp wire ends.
How to Use a Wire-Rounder Tool/Pin Vise
Available is a versatile tool called a pin vise. A pin vise is used to hold wire and other slender jewelry-making components so you can work on them. But a pin vise can also hold a wire-rounding attachment so it can be used like a standard wire rounder.
Instructions
Step 1
Assemble pin vise with a size appropriate collet and a cup burr attachment.
Step 2
Hold the pin vise handle and insert wire end into cup burr.
Step 3
Grasp the knurled steel chuck and turn the cup burr.
Step 4
Repeat until wire end is rounded.
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