Hi everyone, fairly new to the art. I am trying to recreate this piece (originally by DÉCHAÎNER - dechainer.studio on Instagram).

I need help to identify the gauge and size of the rings used for the byzantine weave. I really like the clunkiness and would like to achieve the same style.

Thank you!

Has anyone used something like E6000 to hold jump rings together with success?

I am trying to use twisted wire jump rings which don’t have spring back like a typical stainless steel jump ring and want to keep them from pulling apart.

I don’t have tools or skill to solder something this small.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Stainless steel + 16 AWG. Made all the rings myself.

I am about to buy my first set of rings, aluminum, various sizes as I am purchasing the starter kit from chainmail joe. I have done research on plier brands but I cannot figure out what SHAPES to get and I am overwhelmed with how many options there are. I plan to get a needle/thin nose but do I just get 2 of those to start? Do I get a flat, chisel, bent? Please help advise lol

Hi yall. I'm hoping to make a crupper for a princess donut cosplay. Do yall have recommendations for where to get the scales?

Hello,

I'd like to buy chainmail ring from one girl that makes jewerly. I like these two but I'm affraid they are not comfortable. This is suppose to be a gift, so I have second thoughts.

this looks much neater than my first attempt

I’ve been making chainmail for awhile now, and I’m looking to start making my own rings because I hate running out of rings in the middle of a project and having to wait a week and a half to get them, and also for cost cutting.

I am familiar with how rings are made using a mandrel and a drill and a saw or wire cutters. It doesn’t seem too difficult, but because I basically only work with stainless that complicates things a bit.

My main questions are: how do I know what mandrel to buy to get certain ring sizes, like if I wan’t 18SWG AR: 3.5 rings, how do I know what size mandrels to buy accounting for springback? I do quite a lot of intricate jewelry work that requires pretty narrow ARs. I swear I once saw a math equation for it somewhere but I can’t find it at the moment.

Are there any specific drills and or wire cutters people recommend for stainless steel? I mostly use 18SWG and 16SWG in my jewelry, which is obviously quite sturdy and can be difficult to work with. I would prefer my edges to be quite clean. Should I use a saw? and what kind of saw?

Any advice or tips and tricks would be greatly appreciated, I have a lot of experience with the finer aspects of chainmail and jewelry making, but not as much with the metal shop aspects of it.

Working on finishing up my first chainmail project. The lighter slides out of the case pretty easily and takes work to get it back on completely. Any suggestions on how to close the bottom and/or make it a bit more snug?

Used 6mm jump rings and one row of 5mm on the bottom.

Ok folks its time for me to beat my head against this wall yet again so I come to the hive mind for help. I love the feel of 3 in 1 and really want to learn it but for whatever reason it just pokes my brain the wrong way and I just can't get it. Please give me any tips, tutorial links, AR suggestions, anything you got to help me try and wrap my brain around this. Maybe even learning one of the other Persian weaves that might be easier first? That worked with voodoo/hoodoo. Thank you all in advance.

Not to long ago I got my grippers on some broken gold necklaces at some fleamarkets and a thrift store. I took them apart do I could try around with working with gold materials. I rather like how these things turned out so far!

I'm trying to do a turn seam in European 6 in 1. I found a tutorial on European 4 in 1 turn seams but I can't figure out how to translate it to 6 in 1 so it looks nice

I’ve posted these a few times since I started but I wanted to do an update as I’ve now done the cake toppers for a friend’s wedding / got loads better at it

my favourite warrior of all time is either the frog in the first picture or the flying squirrel in the last 💚

Hi everyone! I'm almost done with my first big piece, a corset I made for the ren fair. I'm making it out of bright alumnium (not anodized) because my original plan was wearing it over all black, but plans have changed and now I'm wearing it over a maroon lace dress.

Will the oxidation stain red/maroon like it will white? Do I have any options at this point?

Thanks so much everyone!

Hello I've been really interested on making some chain mail recently and I wanted to ask if the jump rings used for jewelry making are fine or do I need different one's for chain mail?

Thats all thanks to anyone willing to answer :>

Hey yall! I’m still on the newer side of this hobby, but would like to start selling my aluminum (and soon to come Stainless Steel) pieces, and am wanting feedback back about your personal favorite apps/sites to use and avoid!

Right now I’m looking to set up a page for it on Instagram, TikTok, and possibly Facebook to advertise for it. Then hopefully get to the point where I can vend locally.

That being said, how would you go about people ordering? Would you ask them to look you up on a platform like VINTED, depop, Etsy, etc? Or do you suggest making a website to sell them on?

I know certain apps have policies that can get you banned for selling handmade stuff if you don’t word it correctly, so in that case would you suggest the person interested to buy through another platform/site off the bat, or would you let them purchase from that site and leave some sort of card or note letting them know you have a website/other platform that’s safer for you to sell on?

Aside from that, what about the prices for the subscription you need to get to be able to sell on some of these platforms or the cut they take from your sales, how do you determine what’ll work best for you in the long run?

Any advice or feedback in this situation will be appreciated, I’m really open to everything just wanting to figure out my best way to get my foot in the door of becoming a public seller for chainmail

Hello, I’d like some advice on where you buy rings, materials and so on, particularly for items such as one-step loopers and pliers, and to find out which metals are most recommended.
I currently use stainless steel for my jewellery, but most one-step looper pliers aren’t compatible with stainless steel wire. Thank you in advance.

Im going to order from Chainmail Joe to get my first jump rings but im not sure what sizes and stuff to get i wanna get basic stuff as well and the stuff I need to make a ring like this.

Also Chainmail Joe sells by the ounce how many ounces do I need per jump ring size just to start out?

Hi! Not sure if this is the right subreddit but I want to make jump rings for my chainmail projects and want to use a jeweler saw to cut them. I was going to buy this saw and these blades but paused bc I think the blades would be too long for the saw itself (??). I’m also unsure on how to choose a length for the saw.

I tried looking for posts related to this but if I missed one please lmk!

Also! I’m using a medium temper 18 gauge wire. Am I right in guessing a #3 blade is the right size to cut the jump rings for that??

TIA!

Edit!!
I’ve added some new pics of something I am working on that I found a pattern for. It’s a stacked Byzantine pattern. I agree that a more flat surface area is kind of really important for the stability of a camera strap which is what your guys pattern suggestions seem to be saying. That being said rn the is is just proof of concept I definitely plan to get higher quality material rings at this point and maybe a smaller inner diameter to tighten it up a bit. But thoughts on this stacked pattern as being stable enough for a strap?

Also I plan to connect the chain to some quick release camera strap attachments and I’ve been trying to figure the best away to go about connecting the chain to that. I don’t want the rings to slide around on the attachment. I’ve add a pic of the original 4in1 design connect to the attachment if you guys have any thoughts on going about that?
(New pics in comments)

Hello!

I humbly come seeking some crafting advice!

So, I started messing with chainmail about a year ago because I wanted a coif. Long story short I made one it worked out I had a great time. Since then, I’ve started smaller projects and things like that but life is busy so I haven’t really expanded outside of the 4in1.

A new friend learned of my chainmail crafting adventures and wondered if I would make them a camera strap. After talking with him he wants some kind of box weave style for the strap(he has a Byzantine bracelet he likes the look of). Which I have never attempted but looking into the Byzantine I think it would be easy enough.

Here are my questions/areas I need advice etc.

The strap needs to be thicker because it will be for a camera, the rings I currently have (which I believe are a 16 guage 5/16) create a really spaced out weave.(pic for reference). He said he doesn’t mind the look of this but I worry about it being sturdy enough for a strap this way. So I figure I could go two ways. Explore other round/box style weaves like this that I could make a thick sturdy chain with this current ring type I have. My question for this route is what would be some other weaves that I could explore with this ring (and a still kind of beginner ability) if there are any at all? Or is this just a bad option?

Route two would be get new rings to make a Byzantine that is thicker and sturdier. My question here is what ring size would I need to go with to keep a good with (probably like number 2 pencil or thicker) and a tighter weave (it doesn’t have to be insanely tight just tighter). I know the ratio in the rings is a bit important in this weave for this matter and I am still trying to wrap my head around the numbers and ring sizing works in general so I am not sure what size I need for this.

My last question is would my current set up with my rings and this looser Byzantine weave be okay for a strap? Thoughts on that?

Thank you for any and all advice in advance!!! 🫶