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Measuring Techniques for Making Recycled Jewelry

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Summary: How to use various measuring techniques for making jewelry from recycled parts; get expert tips and advice on tools and techniques for hand made jewelry in this free instructional video.

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Joe Maughan Joe Maughan is a second-generation jeweler with over 15 years experience in the jewelry industry. Joe is the owner of "The Vug" jewelry store in Salt Lake Ci... read more

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Measuring Techniques for Making Recycled Jewelry

Hi. I'm Jason. I'm shooting on behalf of expertvillage.com today. We're making a beaded necklace out of materials that we've found, recyclable materials, or things people have given me. We've went through and cleaned edges, shaped things on the charm, we've measured and marked the wire we're going to use, we've tied the knot in the first, where the bead goes, and we have added the clasp. We took all of the beads back off and we made a mark where the last knot should go on the wire, which is here. Now, the reason we took everything back off, is because I'm just going to do a simple measuring technique without a ruler that's easier than doing with your eyes. Just take a piece of paper, any white piece of paper, whatever you have. Lie each side down. Where the mark is one side, make a mark with your Sharpie. And where the next mark is, make another mark. Find your mark on the wire, place it on either mark, and then determine where the length of the necklace is going to be on that mark. We still have to tie a knot. So, we know we've still got plenty to work with, but we have to keep this mark because we don't want it any smaller than this mark here. So, we will also need to mark our wire there again. So, just a simple mark. And as before, about an eighth of an inch back for the knot, make a second dot. This will be approximately where the knot will attach to the clasp, and we will end up in the middle of the necklace. So, now we will restring and make sure that we've measured and marked correctly.

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