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[MarcAFK]

Those things sound terrible and you've really piqued my interest, am i the only one here who wants to see just how bad those clasps are?

[Girlinhat]

http://s1022.photobucket.com/albums/af342/girlinhat/TRL%20Clasps/

In particular:

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af342/girlinhat/TRL%20Clasps/DSCN0062.jpg
This is the clasp from the front, so it's facing the thin edge, and is looking at the large arch part of the hook.  This was the angle that provided the narrowest view, it's simply too warped to face directly head-on.

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af342/girlinhat/TRL%20Clasps/DSCN0064.jpg
This one shows how it's bulged with excess metal material, and also how it's warped at the ring part.  It looks like bad lightning here, and while it's an overcast day the lighting available is solid.  That's not an optical illusion made by reflections, it's twisted and warped in all the worst ways.

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af342/girlinhat/TRL%20Clasps/DSCN0063.jpg
They arrived twisted together, I have to wonder what manufacturing method was used to produce them already tangled...

EDIT:
Also
http://www.etsy.com/listing/92909347/stainless-and-silver-bracelet

[silverskull39]

And I was thinking about buying clasps from them, too. Thankfully I had waited too long already to wait for shipping (bday gift for a friend, I'll post pics later) and had to pick some up at a craft shop. Joanne's Fabric and crafts I think it's called. They didn't have a great selection, but the quality is decent and they're pretty cheap. Stuck out like a sore thumb in there, though, as one of maybe five males in a veritable warehouse.

[MarcAFK]

I see what you mean about the workmanship, i'm liking all the stuff you have up on etsy, but my fav is definitely the 'micromail' bracelet, surely a bargain considering how much work must go into those small rings.

[Girlinhat]

Yeah, I'm seriously debating the price.  5 hours of work, bit less maybe, but it's such annoyingly tiny rings I feel like I'm underpaying myself per hour.  Then again I haven't sold anything on Etsy so it's not like I can raise prices to meet demands...

[forsaken1111]

I can say that I will almost certainly buy something at some point, I just cannot right now because I am both moving to a new apartment and getting married in the 2nd half of this month.

Needless to say, I am broke right now.

[tommy521]

...and getting married in the 2nd half of this month.

Congratulations!

On another note, my rings and such are on their way... thanks for all the help GIH!

[Rgamer]

.....getting married in the 2nd half of this month.

Congratulations! Hopefully everything goes off without a hitch.

[Blargityblarg]

.....getting married in the 2nd half of this month.

Congratulations! Hopefully everything goes off without a hitch.

Well, except for that one hitch that's kinda necessary to the whole deal.

[forsaken1111]

er.. didn't intend to derail here, was just explaining.
...
thanks!

[tommy521]

Eurgh, does anyone have any good ideas for an edge weave for euro 4-1?.. Because I don't want to leave the edges open as they have a tendency to tangle.

[silverskull39]

I've seen persion 3-1 done nicely as seams and edges in euro, and I imagine you could do the same with 4-1, and perhaps gracelock.

[Girlinhat]

I'm rather upset with TRL right now.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I got some 20g 3/32"" bright aluminum rings some while ago (months), and recently got a lot more (weeks ago). I started attempting a normal weave with them, but they don't seem to fit just right. Since this is an extremely small AR, it wouldn't take much variance to make it too small to be workable, and I'd hate for several thousand rings to be worthless. It may just be the handful that I picked up off the top, but if the others turn out to be this awkward, is there a way that I could send a handful of them back to check the size, since I don't have a sizing meter, and if they are mis-sized can I get them replaced?

The entire batch will be the same size. Like you said a slight variation may cause them to bee too tight. I'm not sure what your last batch was but this batch uses 0.035" wire instead of 0.032". The 0.032" was used a while back but I don't have any dates.

You can return or exchange any rings we sell.

For details please have a look at these links from the customer service area.

Currently contacting Blue Buddha Boutique to see if their sizes are what they actually claim.  TRL listed .032" as the size on the sale page, but it wasn't.  That, combined with the clasps, I think I'm gonna stick with B3 for a while.  Tad pricier, but what I got from TRL isn't usable at all.

Also yes, Persian generally makes a good edge hem.  A leather strap may work as well, depending on what you're doing.

[Thief^]

Eurgh, does anyone have any good ideas for an edge weave for euro 4-1?.. Because I don't want to leave the edges open as they have a tendency to tangle.

I just used smaller rings to add an edge row, see the picture in my earlier post: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=93928.30

[tommy521]

Ah, in that case I would have to order some smaller rings... Maybe I'll do that when I'm finished.