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[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> If you need to buy rings. check out this site http://www.theringlord.com/
> They have them in many sizes and materials including steel, galvinized
> steel, stainless steel, aluminum. etched aluminum, anodized aluminum,
brass,
> bronze, gold filled and rubber.
>
> They also have many different weaves, tools, wire and instructions.
> All for a price of course.
> Wow
> enjoy
> Marc

Here we go again- why buy, when it's easy enough to make your own? We're
smiths, right?

;-)

Get a variable speed drill, or other rotating device with controllable
speed, insert a rod or the preferred diameter, wrap your wire neatly around
the rod, until it forms a longish coil, then snip off your rings- most folks
I know use aircraft snips, since they tend to give a more even cut.
Alternatively, you can use a hacksaw, although they work best if you either
use a (replaceable) wooden dowel, or have a groove in the rod you're using
as a mandrel.

Saint Phlip the cheap,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....