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USING A FORMER TO PRODUCE CHAIN LINKS

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Individually designed chain links, can be manufactured using a former. Formers are relatively easy to manufacture, although the smaller the link, the smaller the former and therefore, the more ‘fiddly’ to make.
 
The former shown below, is made from pine and a number of steel pegs. The pegs could be round section nails or even pins. The former is secured in a vice and annealed wire is ‘bent’ around the pegs, producing individual hexagonal links.
 
 
 
 
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The chain seen below, has been created as individual links using a former. Each of the links has been joined with a ‘ring’.
 
 
 
 
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