Beautifully made. Our rose gold filled light half flat dapped bar cable chain is beautiful alone or embellished.
Flat Bar Link Measurement:
- Bar Length: 11.65mm
- Bar Width: 1.15mm
- Bar Wire Thickness: 0.35mm, 28.5ga
- Recommended open jump ring/ wire: ID link is very small. Best to wire wrap : 26ga Wire by-the-Meter
- If soldering/ welding: 2.3mm 26ga
HOW IT’S MADE: Flattening sections of chains is called “dapping”. The factory first makes the cable chain that you see with the links, then they run it through a dapping machine that flattens sections of the chain (with force, like pounding it). The links in the flattened section are not soldered, melted or glued in any way. The flattened links add interest and reflect light differently, even when the flattened links don’t stay in sections together – they glisten. With bending and twisting the flattened links will not necessarily stay together in the bar shape, but will stay in wearable freeform.
Round Link Wire Measurements:
- OD: 1.37×1.65mm
- ID: 0.66mm
- Wire Thickness: 0.39mm, 27.5ga
- What gauge open jump ring to use: Up to 22ga, 0.64mm
- Recommended open jump ring/ wire: ID Link is very small.
- Best to wire wrap 26ga Wire by-the-Meter
- If soldering/ welding: 2.3mm 26ga or 2.5mm 24ga or 3mm 22ga
- 22ga is a tight fit. You can enlarge link with a pin or thumbtack. Watch this video to see how to enlarge the end loop for easier use.
- If soldering/ welding: 2.3mm 26ga or 2.5mm 24ga or 3mm 22ga
- Best to wire wrap 26ga Wire by-the-Meter
Recommended Findings for the Half Flat Cable Chain:
- Clasps – 5mm Spring Ring Clasp
- Soldered Ring (Closed) – 5mm 22ga Closed Ring
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