The 2009 Chainmaille Book Project - Recently Updated Pages

Index to Metals/Materials

MusicMan2008 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:04:15 CST

There are many types of metals that are used for mailling. In this section we will try to present a brief description of the different types of metals along with some properties that are considered when making a selection for a piece of maille. In following pages we hope to have specific pages for things like Copper and its alloys, Steel, Precious Metals where we can go into detail about metal information and issues that relate to those specific metals.

Iron
(typically called Wrought Iron)
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
Has little to no carbon
called various names like Tie wire or bailing wire.

depending on sources can be inexpensive
usually is found black

Mild Steel

Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
Has some carbon
Can come in black
Has a variety of uses including fencing
is a gray color

Iron	(typically called Wrought Iron)
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information	Has little to no carbon called various names like Tie wire or bailing wire. depending on sources can be inexpensive usually is found black

Mild Steel
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information	Has some carbon Can come in black Has a variety of uses including fencing is a gray color

Galvanized Steel
Electric fencing, Galvy
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers: Armor: 14, 16
Jewelry:14, 16, 18
General Information
good beginning metal
Cheap and easy to find ($3 - $6 for 100-200ft)
Can be found at most hardware stores / farm supply stores
common armor metal
does not rust easily
can produce an unpleasant odor when it gets wet
CAUTION: do not weld, the zinc that protects the wire can give off fumes that are dangerous and even deadly.
very few allergic problems
Caring for the Metal

Galvanized Steel	Electric fencing, Galvy
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:	Armor: 14, 16 Jewelry:14, 16, 18
General Information	good beginning metal Cheap and easy to find ($3 - $6 for 100-200ft) Can be found at most hardware stores / farm supply stores common armor metal does not rust easily can produce an unpleasant odor when it gets wet CAUTION: do not weld, the zinc that protects the wire can give off fumes that are dangerous and even deadly. very few allergic problems
Caring for the Metal

Stainless Steel

Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
Premium metal for making armor

Cleaner than Galvy does not usually leave marks

Can be heated to change colors safely
Does not rust
Recommend Quarter hard tempering (from TRL)
Alloys / Embellishments
Alloy 316 Surgical Stainless
few allergies
Alloy 304 (from TRL)
Blackened / colored
can be done through an anodizing process or by heat
Caring for the Metal

Aluminum

Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
Light material
can come in many tempers - hard good for armor
good alloy 5154 (from TRL)
good temper Full Hard (from TRL)
Alloys / Embellishments
Dirty
produces a black oxidization that can rub off
easy to obtain at hardware store
cheap

Bright
Good for Maille - armor and jewelry
Does not produce the black rub off easily
good alloy 5356 (from TRL)

Anodized
Is colored in almost any color

Usually will not rub off, but can be scratched by harder metals

Can be anodized in the garage (with the proper equipment)
Caring for the Metal

Copper

Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
Can be found in many tempers from soft to extra spring
Easy to find in the softer tempers at hardware stores or similar places
Can tarnish because of a reaction with the skin
Alloys / Embellishments
Alloys of Copper
C110 (from TRL)
Brass
Bronze
Nickel Silver / German Silver
Red Brass
Enameled Copper
Can come in a variety of different colors
Fairly easy to find at hobby stores

Color may rub off
Usually comes in softer tempers
Full Hard temper recommended (from TRL)
Nickel Silver
one of the many copper alloys
Is not actually silver but a zinc, copper, nickel alloy
A.K.A. - German Silver
will darken, but not rust easily
recommend C745 (from TRL)
recommend half hard temper (from TRL)
Caring for the Metal Copper will tarnish so easy ways to clean and polish it include:

Brass

Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
good brass is a nice strong metal
One of the many copper alloys
will tarnish, but easily cleaned
used for both armor and jewlery
tempers range from soft to spring - harder recommended
recommend alloy C260 (from TRL)
recommend half hard (from TRL)
Alloys / Embellishments
Yellow Brass
Yellow in color
frequently used as trim or inlays in armor
Jeweler's Brass
gold in color
frequently used as trim or inlays in armor
Caring for the Metal

Bronze

Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
one of the many copper alloys
many tempers - harder recommended
used for Jewelry and Armor
dark penny color
will tarnish to look like old penny or statue, but it is easily cleaned
recommend alloy C510 (from TRL)
recommend half hard (from TRL)
Alloys / Embellishments
Phosphor Bronze
nice to work with but can be difficult to get
Silicon Bronze
very similar in appearance to Copper
good for mailleing ?
Tin Bronze
common for mailleing
CuSn6 is a standard welding Bronze
easy to work with
can be work hardened to a very good temper
Aluminium Bronze
sea water resistant (more resistant than other Copper alloys)
Caring for the Metal

Titanium

Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
Strong and clean
Pricey

used for "hypo-allergenic" products
Very light
Recommend Quarter hard temper (from TRL)
Can be changed color by the addition of heat
can become brittle if worked alot
Alloys / Embellishments
Different Grades and Alloys
Anodized
Caring for the Metal

Silver

Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
Very nice precious metal to work with
Alloys / Embellishments
Fine Silver
Recommend Full Hard temper (from TRL)
Sterling Silver
Argentium

Nickel Silver
one of the many copper alloys
Is not actually silver but a zinc, copper, nickel alloy
A.K.A. - German Silver
will darken, but not rust easily
recommend C745 (from TRL)
recommend half hard temper (from TRL)
Obscure Silver Variants
Platinum Sterling
Palladium Sterling
Silver Fill
Caring for the Metal

Gold

Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
Alloys / Embellishments
Karat
Colored
Rose
White
Other
Plated
Fill
Stronger than pure gold
a.k.a. rolled gold
More durable than plated gold
Gold wire with a Brass (I think) core, which makes it stronger
Caring for the Metal

Platinum

Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
Very precious metal
Alloys / Embellishments
Caring for the Metal

Niobium

Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
one of the "hypo-allergenic" products
Alloys / Embellishments
Anodized
comes in many colors
Caring for the Metal

Iconel

Common Armor Gauges and Tempers:
Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
very corrosive resistant
looks like Stainless steel
good for welding
Alloys / Embellishments
Caring for the Metal

Stainless Steel
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information	Premium metal for making armor Cleaner than Galvy does not usually leave marks Can be heated to change colors safely Does not rust Recommend Quarter hard tempering (from TRL)
Alloys / Embellishments	Alloy 316 Surgical Stainless few allergies Alloy 304 (from TRL) Blackened / colored can be done through an anodizing process or by heat
Caring for the Metal

Aluminum
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information	Light material can come in many tempers - hard good for armor good alloy 5154 (from TRL) good temper Full Hard (from TRL)
Alloys / Embellishments	Dirty produces a black oxidization that can rub off easy to obtain at hardware store cheap Bright Good for Maille - armor and jewelry Does not produce the black rub off easily good alloy 5356 (from TRL) Anodized Is colored in almost any color Usually will not rub off, but can be scratched by harder metals Can be anodized in the garage (with the proper equipment)
Caring for the Metal

Copper
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information	Can be found in many tempers from soft to extra spring Easy to find in the softer tempers at hardware stores or similar places Can tarnish because of a reaction with the skin
Alloys / Embellishments	Alloys of Copper C110 (from TRL) Brass Bronze Nickel Silver / German Silver Red Brass Enameled Copper Can come in a variety of different colors Fairly easy to find at hobby stores Color may rub off Usually comes in softer tempers Full Hard temper recommended (from TRL) Nickel Silver one of the many copper alloys Is not actually silver but a zinc, copper, nickel alloy A.K.A. - German Silver will darken, but not rust easily recommend C745 (from TRL) recommend half hard temper (from TRL)
Caring for the Metal	Copper will tarnish so easy ways to clean and polish it include:

Brass
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information	good brass is a nice strong metal One of the many copper alloys will tarnish, but easily cleaned used for both armor and jewlery tempers range from soft to spring - harder recommended recommend alloy C260 (from TRL) recommend half hard (from TRL)
Alloys / Embellishments	Yellow Brass Yellow in color frequently used as trim or inlays in armor Jeweler's Brass gold in color frequently used as trim or inlays in armor
Caring for the Metal

Bronze
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information	one of the many copper alloys many tempers - harder recommended used for Jewelry and Armor dark penny color will tarnish to look like old penny or statue, but it is easily cleaned recommend alloy C510 (from TRL) recommend half hard (from TRL)
Alloys / Embellishments	Phosphor Bronze nice to work with but can be difficult to get Silicon Bronze very similar in appearance to Copper good for mailleing ? Tin Bronze common for mailleing CuSn6 is a standard welding Bronze easy to work with can be work hardened to a very good temper Aluminium Bronze sea water resistant (more resistant than other Copper alloys)
Caring for the Metal

Titanium
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information	Strong and clean Pricey used for "hypo-allergenic" products Very light Recommend Quarter hard temper (from TRL) Can be changed color by the addition of heat can become brittle if worked alot
Alloys / Embellishments	Different Grades and Alloys Anodized
Caring for the Metal

Silver
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information	Very nice precious metal to work with
Alloys / Embellishments	Fine Silver Recommend Full Hard temper (from TRL) Sterling Silver Argentium Nickel Silver one of the many copper alloys Is not actually silver but a zinc, copper, nickel alloy A.K.A. - German Silver will darken, but not rust easily recommend C745 (from TRL) recommend half hard temper (from TRL) Obscure Silver Variants Platinum Sterling Palladium Sterling Silver Fill
Caring for the Metal

Gold
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
Alloys / Embellishments	Karat Colored Rose White Other Plated Fill Stronger than pure gold a.k.a. rolled gold More durable than plated gold Gold wire with a Brass (I think) core, which makes it stronger
Caring for the Metal

Platinum
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information	Very precious metal
Alloys / Embellishments
Caring for the Metal

Niobium
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information	one of the "hypo-allergenic" products
Alloys / Embellishments	Anodized comes in many colors
Caring for the Metal

Iconel
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information	very corrosive resistant looks like Stainless steel good for welding
Alloys / Embellishments
Caring for the Metal

Nickel Plated
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information
Alloys / Embellishments

Rubber
Common Armor Gauges and Tempers: Common Jewelry Gauges and Tempers:
General Information	Can come in may colors
Alloys / Embellishments	Neoprene EPDM Nitrile Silicone Rubber

12. Welding Wire (While alloys of many of the above metals they are a good source of wire with some unique properties)

Temper

Wire can come in one of several tempers, which roughly reflect how easy it is to work compared to other tempers of the same metal; soft, quarter hard, half hard, hard extra hard, spring, extra spring. Some metals are inherently stronger than others (like stainless steel compared to copper), so even a soft temper of a harder metal may be harder than a spring temper of a softer metal. Also, not all metals will be available in all temper designations.

Gauge

Gauge systems are used to assign a number designation to a specific diameter of wire. The two most common gauge systems are American Wire Gauge (AWG) and Imperial Standard Wire Gauge (SWG). Aside from one or two designations at or near either end of the two systems, the two systems do not match up directly. For example, 16AWG is .0508"(1.2903mm) and 16SWG is .064"(1.626mm) but .064" is 14AWG.

While wire is sold by gauge, many times which system isn't specified. When system is not specified, the general rule is that AWG is typically used for non-ferrous (non iron bearing) metals and SWG is generally applied to ferrous (iron bearing) metals. Due to the drawbacks of gauge systems, many maillers take to referring to wire by actual diameter, either in imperial (inches) or metric (millimeters), depending on their country's standard and personal preference.

K- Comments
Nice content....I like having a Metals Homepage like this, getting fleshed out to include brief descriptions of each metal and it's alloys, keeping the alloys to the relative ones, the practical, meaning available in wire form and workable.

I'll work on putting all this into PDF files so we can see what they would look like, and be easily down-loadable and printable......we'll also want sub-pages for each prime metal, listing alloys and properties in a more detailed way. Just my thoughts....the Metals/Materials subject can get pretty involved, but we can edit to keep it relevant.

The sub-pages would be something like:
Steel, non-ferrous, includes Stainless...
Copper, includes all the brasses/bronzes and nickel silver, it being a copper alloy(65% copper)....
Precious, includes silver, the alloys being sterling, Argentium and the others....gold, karat and it's alloys....
Ti/Ni could be together as an elemental group....
Aluminum, it's alloys
Maybe a Super-Alloy page, includes Inconel....
Plated/Filled/Anodized.....??
Alternative, rubber, plastics....

Again, nice work, and great that it's coming along....We've got a custom Domain name you can use, www.maillesmith.com , it comes striaght here, so if you want to link here, the link is something that looks good and makes sense....also if anyone wants to donate, cover a months subscription, it costs $20 a month, they can pay-pal the donation to kodiak@maillesmith.com ........we'll be staying here for the forseeable future I suppose, and it's worth it in my eyes, so I'm covering the fee's at this point....we can always revert to free, and have the ads back if I get in a bind.....Kodiak-

MusicMan

MusicMan2008 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:29:20 CST

Aspect Ratio

MusicMan2008 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:55:20 CST

So What's This Aspect Ratio Thing All About?

What is this Aspect Ratio everybody talks about? Why should I bother to learn this? Will this really improve my mailling? All these are good questions and questions most beginning maillers, as well as some intermediate, ask themselves.

First, what is Aspect Ration or AR? Aspect Ratio is the relation between the inner diameter of a ring and the outer diameter of the wire being using. This outer diameter of the wire, commonly referred to as gage, must be converted/translated into either inch or millimeter measurements, and match whatever you have measured the inner diameter (ID) of your rings in. If we mix our measurements things will not work out correctly. These two measurements are all you will need in order to figure out the Aspect Ratio of a ring.

Why should you bother to learn this? Aspect Ratio is a very important concept once you get to more advanced weaves and projects. In fact, some weaves cannot be accomplished if you have the correct Aspect Ratio and if you use the wrong AR in a project it may not turn out. As far as improving your mailling skills, that is debatable, but it will definitely help make your mailling easier. I have talked to many people who don't worry about Aspect Ratio and are fine artisans, but on the other hand I know people who know all about Aspect Ratio, but their actual projects are less than stellar because they have to work on their technique. So, the question I would ask is "Will knowing and understanding Aspect Ration help make mailling easier?" To this I would say, YES! Read on and you will find out not only the formula for figuring out Aspect Ratio, but how to use that information to make your mailling life a little easier.

Three formulas that will help you with Aspect Ration and make your mailling life easier:

	AR - Aspect Ratio ID - Inner Diameter of the Ring WD - Wire Diameter
Finding the Aspect Ratio AR = ID / WD	Finding the Correct Wire Diameter WD = ID / AR	Finding the Correct Inner Diameter ID = AR x WD

Now, let us take a look at the process of finding out the AR of the rings you are using. Below is a chart that shows two examples of the process to figure out the Aspect Ration of different rings.

	Formula Used	Plugging numbers put into the formula	Aspect Ratio of the Rings
Large Rings	AR = ID / WD	AR = 9.56 mm / 1.97 mm	4.89
Small Rings	AR = ID / WD	AR = 6.54 mm / 1.54 mm	4.25

As you notice the AR of the two different rings do not vary greatly even though the actual size of the rings do vary greatly. As a reminder this information tells you the relationship between the inner diameter of the ring and the outer diameter of the wire or you that you should be able to fit that many rings side by side inside one ring. The reason that the two AR's are so close is because we used different wire to make the rings.

So what? I can find the AR of a ring, what good does it do me now? - Good question, let's look at a practical application of this information.

Process for figuring out the Aspect Ratio and using that information to complete a New Project

The Situation: Let's say that you made a Celtic Vision Christmas ornament that used the two above ring sizes. You come back to it later and decide that you want to make a smaller version of these same ornaments into earrings for you girlfriend. But, what ring sizes do I need? This is where an understanding of Aspect Ration can help.

The Question: What rings do I need to make this project?

The Problem: I have the wire that I want to use, but do not know what size to make the rings.

The Process:

Find the AR for the old projects rings

Big Rings 9.65 /1.97 = 4.89
Small Rings 6.54 / 1.54 = 4.25

Take the wire for the new project and measure out the diameter of the wire in the units (inches/mm) that you want to use.
Using the AR information from the old project and the wire diameter of the new wire to be used select the correct formula from above to find the new Inner Diameter.

ID of New Big Rings = AR of the Big Rings x New Wire Diameter

ID = 4.89 x .737
3.60 mm = 4.89 x .737

ID of New Small Rings = AR of the Small Rings x New Wire Diameter

ID = 4.25 x .636
2.7 mm = 4.25 x .636

Now find the appropriate mandrel to make the needed new ID (make sure to take into consideration the springback of the wire used)
Wind and Cut your new rings
You now have the appropriate ring sizes to make your earrings

From This	To This

Note: This process can also be used if you know what size rings / mandrel you will use and need to know what type of wire to buy, you just need to select the correct formula from above.

This is just one example of why it is important to have an understanding of Aspect Ration. Some weaves cannot be accomplished if the rings have the wrong Aspect Ration, some projects can look totally different depending on the Aspect Ratio that is used. These are just a few of the ways a small thing like AR can make your mailling easier, more enjoyable and possibly even more profitable.

***I would like to put in a thank you to Legba3 of Corvus Chainmaille who provided these three formula's to me when I was learning about Aspect Ratio. After you showed me these I finally started to understand how useful AR and the related information could be. Thanks.

E 4-1 Dice Bag

MusicMan2008 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:56:49 CST

E4-1 Dice Bag / Coin Purse

The E4-1 dice bag is a great beginner project and introduces the beginning mailler to many different concepts including the basic European 4-1 weave and expanding and contracting in the European 4-1 weave to create a circle.

For my first big project I used 14 g galvanized steel and wound it around a 3/8 metal mandrel. So for the sake of nostalgia I will use those rings for this project.

Before we get into the actual project I want to talk about two techniques that will become extremely important: Contraction and Expansion in relation to creating a circle.

Expansion - is the technique of adding more rings in the last row of maille to allow the circle being created to grow.

Contraction - is the technique of taking away rings from the last row of maille, causing the circle to become smaller.

Creating your Bag

Add 8 rings to one ring. This one ring is commonly called the Queen Ring.
Add a second row in the E 4-1 fashion.

Persian Family

MusicMan2008 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:54:31 CST

Persian Family

History/ Information about this family:

Not necessarily named for what region it comes from, but more because......

Popular Weaves in this family:

(Insert weaves here that you like. We may not have a tutorial for that weave in our book, but it will offer a list of more possibilities for maillers to explore.)

Chains	Sheets
Full Persian 6-1 Half Persian 3-1 Half Persian 4-1	Half Persian 3-1 sheet 6 GSG * * can also be made as a chain

European Family

MusicMan2008 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:50:47 CST

European Family

History/ Information about this family:

(Insert information here that you feel would help a mailler understand this family better. Make subsections if needed.)

Popular Weaves in this family:

(Insert weaves here that you like. We may not have a tutorial for that weave in our book, but it will offer a list of more possibilities for maillers to explore.)

Chains	Sheets
Byzantine Box Round Maille Inverted Round Capitve Inverted Round Dragonscale	European 4-1* European 6-1* European 8-1* *may also be made just as a chain

Community Page: Daily What's Up?

Kodiaknamaste — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:49:17 CST

11-17-09 And we're still here.....thanks John! Everyone have a great Thanksgiving and Christmas. K-

Ads are gone again....if anyone wants to contribute to the cause, message Musicman or Kodiak-

9-23-09 We are in the process of re-establishing the project and trying to finish up the rough draft. Personally, I would love to see content portion of the book get finish by the end of the year and than take next couple of months to edit and find out where we have holes. There is a great deal of discussion that still needs to go on about content, the finalized look of the book, etc. Please continue to add content when and where you can (add in the Rough Draft section to the left), start a discussion you think needs discussing and give your opinions. This has great potential and we have a great group of people working on this project.

9-13-09 Wow it's been a while! I know for a lot of people, "school has happened", but I'm hoping we can try to get the ball rolling on this project again. Since I've been absent from this scene, as well as the chainmaille scene as a whole, the only skills I can really give right now are proofreading and editing. I've been going around and editing some stuff, making it look better, that kind of thing. So, since that's what I'm good at, I'd like to ask you guys to contribute whichever skills you're good with. If you're good at taking the step-by-step pictures, but not the layout and writing part, please contribute what you have, it will be a great benefit to those of us who don't have that kind of skill, or like me, the supplies to make chainmaille anymore. The store I used to go to to get wire no longer supplies it so I've been at a loss as how to get some afforably, and, like I said, my skill in chainmaille has atrophied. Thanks!!! -NinjaTails

3-16-09 Well, I've got rid of the ads, don't know if I'll keep it going paying here, like I said below, we may move to a better, full function, lower priced wiki....let me know your thoughts....please? The background can be changed anytime.....Yeah, this works better...something that was pissing me off, was the navbar on the left there, always shortened up and ads there....now, just pull the bottom of the menu down, and it'll stay.....Kodiak-

Reply from NT: Oh, yikes. I never liked the idea of paying for a wiki, but I guess having "ninjatails" added to the name doesn't sound very chainmaille-like. We just moved here though and things are going smoothly, so I don't know. maybe we should have a vote on it?

3-11-09
Gem Show finally past, yea! I'll be first doing some converting and saving to PDF and .doc files, pages that have quite a bit of content on them....these files will be at the bottom of the related pages, and folks will be able to download and open, print, whatever, save if they'd like.
I'm still looking at upgrading to remove the ads, and may fool around with the background.....price is an issue, as well as features, and I'm also looking into some other options for wiki hosters. Kodiak-

2/10/09 ~
Hey MusicMan, sure glad you've been keeping an ember going here, and Xander too....time for us slackers to get to blowing on it though maybe? I've got my Rock Clubs promo responsibilities that'll have me busy until after March 9th, but I'm always here, checking a few times a day, and will make time to at least throw a comment or two in the mix....I think we all have stuff we'd like to get put into this, but finding to time and opportunity to collaborate, for me anyway, sometimes takes a back seat to life, as usual.
12/23/08 ~
Merry Christmas all, hope everyone's healthy and happy....we'll get back to this in 2009, you'll see....thanks to MusicMan, Bors and MaxumX, we've had some really nice work done there in the last few months, but then we've all put some kind of mark here, it won't get lost.....don't get discouraged, we'll get back on it....take care, and best wishes for the season.....Kodiak-
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Thursday, 27 November, 2008 - Great things have been happening lately on the site. We have some new tutorials up with some more on the way, more information has been appearing weekly and we have been having some good discussions! Things are really starting to come together and people are starting to ask the questions that will help to shape this project into a great book.

On this Thanksgiving I would like to say that I am thankful for all of you, my friends all over the world. I have learned a great deal from all of you and I have been greatly encouraged by how everybody has been working together. I hope that all of your holiday planning and projects go smoothly. - MusicMan

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Saturday, 11-08-08 - I like what I'm seeing!!! I also noticed that at the end of each week, a message called "The 2009 Chainmaille Book Project Weekly Digest" is sent out, or at least it is to me. That being said, instead of having to go around to see what's happened, you can just wait until the end of the week to see for yourself :P Nice feature, I might say, and for that I'm glad Kodak has started the wiki here. I know I haven't been doing my job--I have way too many things going on right now, to be honest, and when I re-jump-started this project I didn't know that it would get hectic all the sudden (Which is to say: SORRY!!!)

Nevertheless, I still see great progress here. Thanks guys, you rock! -NinjaTails

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Tuesday 10-28 ~ Just a note to say it all looks good, we're making slow progress, and that's what it'll be, slow. Hope we all are OK with the pace. There's a bunch to think about, what to add, where and how much....it's gonna take patience, but I think in a few months time, it'll be a whole lot different looking....once a week or so, take a look at the arrangement and organization of the individual pages, make suggestions or just move things around a bit to help the content/topics flow nicely...it'll feel more natural, have a better feel to it as we go along.K-
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10-25-08

How bout this, kind of blog this, I suppose...we can put a dbl line chart edit to separate the days, keepmg the current day on top.K-
I've done a bit of re-arranging, added pages and we've got a new comrad, Bors from MAIL, but he found that someone already that name, so, mgw906 be his name. I think we can still call hin Bors....sounds better?
Anyway, he's a welcome and needed source for knowledge in armor and SCA....K-

10-16-08 Well, I got home from work today and saw the list of activity. Nice work and progress. I did bring up a point or two in a discussion thread, and Kodiak has given his input on it. If anybody else has any input on the subjects addressed, hop right in there and let loose with it :). I think I'm done here for the night. I am in the inside spot tomorrow at work, so I will probably be tinkering off and on all day, tomorrow, as traffic allows.
-E.D.

10-15-08
Quick note to E.D.: Wow, thanks for all the tips and the calendar :) I can see it.

Just wanted to make a couple of notes here, firstly being that I'll (and I hope "we") will try to keep this calendar at the top, it's a great reminder on our deadlines.

Secondly, I wanted to say that most of my work/nagging will be done on the weekends, school and all. Just had the most annoying day ever with Pre-SAT's, the whole school had to take them.

Also, if anyone needs to shoot me an e-mail, that is my primary form of communication, trying to get something to me here is just hectic. My e-mail address is my name, caleb.wellauer@gmail.com

10-14-08
Looks like a day was skipped. No news is good news? :)

Anyway, we've been making some progress and doing some learning about the tools we have available here. We've got a few good discussions going about what directions we think we ought to take with a few different things, so check out the Discussion Forum when you get a chance.

I think I'm going to try to keep a list of little things that we can do with the tools we have available here. For instance, one thing that the tools here seem to lack is an official way to add a horizontal division (a horizontal rule, or <hr> for those who have some HTML knowledge) simply. One workaround is to create a one cell table (1 row by 1 column) and click the "fit to page" button. Edit the table cell and put either a top or bottom border on it, depending on the spacing you want (I'm using the bottom border, on this page). You can also adjust spacing by selecting the table and changing the font size. The smaller the font size, the lower the table height, the less whitespace between the selected border and the nearest text.

I've also added the Google calendar widget up here to the left on the front page. Let me know if that's a useful addition or not.
Edit: Okay, I took it off, again. Evidently, it would only display for me, since it was from my account. I do think I want to look into a usable calendar widget for the front page, though, unless somebody has any objections.
Edit again: May be able to use Google calendar after all, looking into it now.
Edit once more: Can y'all see the calendar? Do you think that's a useful addition?

I think that's my words for now. I hope I didn't step on anybody's toes by doing this. I'll be around.
-Vince, aka Elemental Dragon

10-12-08 by NinjaTails-
Hey all! Just wanted to make the announcement that I'm going to just suck it up and join this site, even if it hurts my ego :P Right now I'm just going around and trying to make everything look good... I love this theme, Kodiak, I think it's a keeper. I'm guessing that this daily thing should be done by an admin every day... Me, Kodiak or MusicMan (who has been through all this and has been so patient with me =]) and whoever else ends up being a leader in the end. I'm going to try my hardest to keep a backup on my own computer, and I may upload said backup to my own server so that people can look at what I do/don't have (it will just be in a ZIP file) and also just as an added backup in case my archive gets deleted or I lose my lappy (I hope not!!!)

Thanks for all your patience guys! I hope we can really get the ball rolling this time.

Note: So far it looks like Wetpaint has chosen Georgia font as its default. Just try and keep it that way, pages with a bazillion fonts look WEIRD! We'll save our fancy fonts for PDF versions =]

Sizing Your Jewelry

MusicMan2008 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:11:09 CST

Sizing your jewelry is easy, correct? You get the person's wrist size, finger size or necklace size and you just make you chain that size and it fits. . . Not always. Below you will find some sizing tips to insure that your customer will always walk away with a piece that fits perfectly.

Other Projects

MusicMan2008 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:21:32 CST

Here is where we can create a photo gallery of all the other things that can be made from maille.

Baskets

Basic Info
Designing tips

Wraps/Drapes

Bottle, jar, vase, candleholder

Bags & Clothing Accessories
Dice bag, purses, backpacks,
Belt, Ties, Watchbands/chains, tie tacks

Inlays
Examples of all the ways an inlay can be used

7. What can be made

MusicMan2008 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:20:25 CST

I see this as sort of an inspiration chapter where we display things that can be made and give a brief description on the differences if necessary.

Please add more to the list or any other item you think should be here. Or if you think this page is totally unnecessary say so!~MM

Armor Shirts (hauberks, Haubergons, byrnies, etc.) Description and Pictures include differences between different types Construction Methods barrel and straps, tailored, etc.) Coifs Description and Pictures Construction Methods expanded circle, Triangle Method... Gloves Description and Pictures mitten, individual finger, full maill, maille back, etc. Construction Method Bracers Description and Pictures Construction Method Greaves Description and pictures Construction Methods Repeat as necessary for other armor bits Description and pictures Construction Methods Construction Tips Pattern	Jewelry Necklaces Lengths Designing tips Photos Bracelets/Anklets Lengths Designing tips Photos Finger rings Sizing Designing tips (wire type, size, etc.) Photos Handflowers/Slave bracelets How they combine bracelet and finger ring Designing tips Photos Earrings Designing tips (weights, etc.) Photos	Other projects Baskets Basic Info Designing tips Wraps/Drapes Bottle, jar, vase, candleholder Bags & Clothing Accessories Dice bag, purses, backpacks, Belt, Ties, Watchbands/chains, tie tacks Inlays Examples of all the ways an inlay can be used

Armor

Shirts (hauberks, Haubergons, byrnies, etc.)

Description and Pictures

include differences between different types

Construction Methods

barrel and straps, tailored, etc.)

Coifs

Description and Pictures
Construction Methods

expanded circle, Triangle Method...

Gloves

Description and Pictures

mitten, individual finger, full maill, maille back, etc.

Construction Method

Bracers

Description and Pictures
Construction Method

Greaves

Description and pictures
Construction Methods

Repeat as necessary for other armor bits
Description and pictures
Construction Methods
Construction Tips
Pattern

Jewelry

Necklaces
Lengths
Designing tips
Photos

Bracelets/Anklets

Lengths
Designing tips
Photos

Finger rings

Sizing
Designing tips (wire type, size, etc.)
Photos

Handflowers/Slave bracelets

How they combine bracelet and finger ring
Designing tips
Photos

Earrings
Designing tips (weights, etc.)
Photos

Other projects

Baskets

Basic Info
Designing tips

Wraps/Drapes

Bottle, jar, vase, candleholder

Bags & Clothing Accessories
Dice bag, purses, backpacks,
Belt, Ties, Watchbands/chains, tie tacks

Inlays
Examples of all the ways an inlay can be used

MusicMan2008 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:06:51 CST

Put your thoughts/Comments here

Thought it might be a good idea to add a Table of Contents here to get a layout of what we're going to be adding--Will work on it when I get home! -NT

This is a good idea. I have been following to some degree both your and ED's outline in the Brainstorming section. ~MM

Still working on this... It's so confusing to look back and forth and see how everything matches up. Maybe we should think about rearranging what we have so far? -NT

NT I put an alternate Table of Contents next to yours to reflect everything that you have, but just reorganized a little to reflect the structure we already have set up. That does not mean we have to keep it I just put it out for discussion. ~MM

Wow! That was a good idea, I appreciate it. It helps us see where we are compared to what we had planned. -NT

I have added to the Table of Contents what we have currently and things that either need to be or questions on what should be in the section, put in (). Please give comments and change things if you feel it would be better done another way. ~MM

What we initially Proposed Preface Origins Introduction i. What is Chainmaille? ii. History iii. Community iv. Safety Chapter One - Getting Started What You Need Rings Pliers Making Your Own Rings What you need (wire, mandrels, cutters, other tools) Hand coiling vs power coiling Cutting methods and cut types (saw, nippers, score and break, etc.) Metals (advantages, disadvantages, cost for each) Mild Steel Galvanized Steel Stainless Steel Aluminum (dirty, bright) Copper (bare, enameled) Brass Bronze Silver (fine, Sterling, Argentium) Gold (solid, fill, plate) Titanium Niobium Iconel (if I forgot something, feel free to add) Alternatives to wire(What did we have in mind, here? -E.D.) A Dedicated Workspace Surface Lighting Ventilation Metal particles/dust Chapter Two-Weaves European Description Technical info Uses Pictures Japanese Description Technical info Uses Pictures Persian Description Technical info Uses Pictures Spiral Description Technical info Uses Pictures Hybrid Description Technical info Uses Pictures Forms Chain Sheet Web or net 3D . . . . Chapter Three - Armor Shirts (hauberks, haubergons, byrnies, etc.) Description and pictures (include differences between the types) Construction Methods (barrel and straps, tailored, etc) Construction Tips (expansion/contraction, 45 degree seam, etc.) Pattern Coifs Description and pictures Construction methods (expanding circle, 6 (or whatever) triangles, etc.) Construction Tips Pattern Gloves Description and pictures (mitten, individual finger, full maille, maille back, etc.) Construction Methods Construction Tips Pattern Bracers Description and pictures Construction Methods Construction Tips Pattern Greaves Description and pictures Construction Methods Construction Tips Pattern Repeat as necessary for other armor bits Description and pictures Construction Methods Construction Tips Pattern Chapter Four - Jewelry Necklaces Lengths Designing tips Photos Bracelets/Anklets Lengths Designing tips Photos Finger rings Sizing Designing tips (wire type, size, etc.) Photos Handflowers/Slave bracelets How they combine bracelet and finger ring Designing tips Photos Earrings Designing tips (weights, etc.) Photos Chapter Five - Other projects Baskets Basic Info Designing tips Simple Pattern Wraps/Drapes Bottle, jar, vase, candleholder Hanging design tips Bags & Clothing Dice bag, purses, backpacks Belt, Ties Watchbands/chains Appendix One - Glossary	What we already have in place and possible additions. The way I have written it out any sub categories under the chapter description are different pages ~MM Preface Origins Introduction i. What is Chainmaille? ii. History iii. Community iv. Safety v. What you Need to get Started Chapter One - Getting to Know Your Materials General information on metals and their properties as well as different uses for different types of metals and different wire shapes Index to Metals (*Possibly add pages as needed for detailed metal information) Wire Information such as different shaped wire, possibly the differences between the different gauge systems and other information dealing with the wire itself. Chapter Two - Tools of the Trade* All the different tool that you need to make maille. From Pliers to Tumblers and everything in between. Pliers Mandrels Types of Nippers Saws - Hand saws and power saws Tumblers - Rotary and Vibratory (??? Can you think of any other tools we use?) Chapter Three - Making Your Own Rings Different methods of coiling and cutting rings. From manual to powered for both coiling and cutting and try giving at least one example of each method, and acknowledging that there are many other possibilities. Winding your coils Manual - (Should it just be addressed on the winding coils page or do we want to show some set-ups on a seperate page?) Power - (Should it just be addressed on the winding coils page or do we want to show set-ups on a seperate page?) Cutting your Coils Saw Cutting Jewelers (hand) Saw Rotary Saw (needs to be made) Nipper Cutting Types of Nipper Cuts Chapter Four - Working With Your Rings How to open and close your rings as well as how to keep from damaging your rings. Issues: Scratching rings, Pringling rings, and any other topic that we can think of that deals with how to or not to work with rings. Opening and Closing your Rings Tumbling (What else should go here?) Chapter Five - Weaves Here would be a place to give information on the rings,weaves, but not tutorials on how to do them. Could include rings sizes, AR'S ... Do we need to make separate pages for each of these groups or should it be one big page? Each of the sections, I think, should have the Description, Teachnical information, and Pictures of select weaves from that family. European Japanese Persian Spiral Hybrid Forms (this could possibly be covered in an introductory page or have a designation if it can be made into these forms or not. - Chain, Sheet, Web, or net 3D Chapter Six - Changing the Properties (Look) of your rings This is where we can talk about Annodizing, Electro Plating, and any other techniques that a mailler may use to change their rings. I think we should remember when doing this that we want the book to be beginning to intermediate book so we can include some more advanced things. Annodizing Heating Chemical application Do It Yourself Projects (Should this also go into Glossary Projects section?) Chapter Seven - The uses for Maille I see this section as an inspiration gallery with some information on methods of creation and not full descriptions. While I would love to give detail on everything I think we just want to inspire instead of write tutorials for everything. (All yet to be discussed) Armor Shirts (hauberks, haubergons, byrnies, etc.) Description and pictures (include differences between the types) Construction Methods (barrel and straps, tailored, etc) Coifs Description and pictures Construction methods (expanding circle, 6 (or whatever) triangles, etc.) Gloves Description and pictures (mitten, individual finger, full maille, maille back, etc.) Construction Methods Bracers Description and pictures Construction Methods Greaves Description and pictures Construction Methods Other armor pieces? Jewelry (here is where the most variation will occur and I think we should have different examples that show the widest use of weaves, techniques and designs possible. Any thoughts?) Necklaces Lengths Designing tips Photos Bracelets/Anklets Lengths Designing tips Photos Finger rings Sizing Designing tips (wire type, size, etc.) Photos Handflowers/Slave bracelets How they combine bracelet and finger ring Designing tips Photos Earrings Designing tips (weights, etc.) Photos Other projects Baskets Basic Info Designing tips Wraps/Drapes Bottle, jar, vase, candleholder Bags & Clothing Dice bag, purses, backpacks Belt, Ties Watchbands/chains Inlays Inlays of different types Chapter Eight - Finishing What do you do to get your piece ready to either sell or just look completed. May also include or talk about what to do if you do not have a tumbler and what you can use. Appendices: Appendix One - Glossary of Terms Appendix Two - Project/Weave Tutorials Weaves [below is what we currently have] European E4-1 Byzantine (others) Japanese J4-1 J6-1 (others) Other Families and weaves to be determined Projects (Yet to be discussed) Possibly things from the changing the color of your rings page. Using Household items to polish you Maille Appendix Three - Weave Theories/Articles AR Weave Identification Theory Maille Entomology Copyright and what to do if someone steals your photo's/tutorials/info (other theory type topics?)

What we initially Proposed

Preface

Origins

Introduction

i. What is Chainmaille?
ii. History
iii. Community
iv. Safety

Chapter One - Getting Started

What You Need

Rings
Pliers
Making Your Own Rings
What you need (wire, mandrels, cutters, other tools)
Hand coiling vs power coiling
Cutting methods and cut types (saw, nippers, score and break, etc.)
Metals (advantages, disadvantages, cost for each)
Mild Steel
Galvanized Steel
Stainless Steel
Aluminum (dirty, bright)
Copper (bare, enameled)
Brass
Bronze
Silver (fine, Sterling, Argentium)
Gold (solid, fill, plate)
Titanium
Niobium
Iconel
(if I forgot something, feel free to add)
Alternatives to wire(What did we have in mind, here? -E.D.)
A Dedicated Workspace

Surface
Lighting
Ventilation
Metal particles/dust

Chapter Two-Weaves

European
Description
Technical info
Uses
Pictures

Japanese

Description

Technical info
Uses
Pictures
Persian
Description
Technical info
Uses
Pictures
Spiral
Description
Technical info
Uses
Pictures
Hybrid
Description
Technical info
Uses
Pictures
Forms
Chain
Sheet
Web or net
3D

.
.
.
.

Chapter Three - Armor

Shirts (hauberks, haubergons, byrnies, etc.)
Description and pictures (include differences between the types)
Construction Methods (barrel and straps, tailored, etc)
Construction Tips (expansion/contraction, 45 degree seam, etc.)
Pattern
Coifs

Description and pictures
Construction methods (expanding circle, 6 (or whatever) triangles, etc.)
Construction Tips
Pattern
Gloves
Description and pictures (mitten, individual finger, full maille, maille back, etc.)
Construction Methods
Construction Tips
Pattern
Bracers

Description and pictures
Construction Methods
Construction Tips
Pattern

Greaves

Description and pictures
Construction Methods
Construction Tips
Pattern
Repeat as necessary for other armor bits
Description and pictures
Construction Methods
Construction Tips
Pattern

Chapter Four - Jewelry

Necklaces

Lengths
Designing tips
Photos

Bracelets/Anklets

Lengths
Designing tips
Photos

Finger rings

Sizing
Designing tips (wire type, size, etc.)
Photos

Handflowers/Slave bracelets
How they combine bracelet and finger ring
Designing tips
Photos

Earrings

Designing tips (weights, etc.)
Photos

Chapter Five - Other projects

Baskets
Basic Info
Designing tips
Simple Pattern

Wraps/Drapes
Bottle, jar, vase, candleholder
Hanging design tips

Bags & Clothing

Dice bag, purses, backpacks
Belt, Ties Watchbands/chains

Appendix One - Glossary

What we already have in place and possible additions.
The way I have written it out any sub categories under the chapter description are different pages ~MM

Preface

Origins

Introduction

i. What is Chainmaille?
ii. History
iii. Community
iv. Safety
v. What you Need to get Started

Chapter One - Getting to Know Your Materials

General information on metals and their properties as well as different uses for different types of metals and different wire shapes
Index to Metals
(***Possibly add pages as needed for detailed metal information***)
Wire
Information such as different shaped wire, possibly the differences between the different gauge systems and other information dealing with the wire itself.

Chapter Two - Tools of the Trade
All the different tool that you need to make maille. From Pliers to Tumblers and everything in between.

Pliers
Mandrels
Types of Nippers
Saws - Hand saws and power saws
Tumblers - Rotary and Vibratory
(??? Can you think of any other tools we use?)

Chapter Three - Making Your Own Rings
Different methods of coiling and cutting rings. From manual to powered for both coiling and cutting and try giving at least one example of each method, and acknowledging that there are many other possibilities.

Winding your coils

Manual - (Should it just be addressed on the winding coils page or do we want to show some set-ups on a seperate page?)
Power - (Should it just be addressed on the winding coils page or do we want to show set-ups on a seperate page?)

Cutting your Coils

Saw Cutting

Jewelers (hand) Saw
Rotary Saw (needs to be made)

Nipper Cutting

Types of Nipper Cuts

Chapter Four - Working With Your Rings
How to open and close your rings as well as how to keep from damaging your rings. Issues: Scratching rings, Pringling rings, and any other topic that we can think of that deals with how to or not to work with rings.

Opening and Closing your Rings
Tumbling
(What else should go here?)

Chapter Five - Weaves

Here would be a place to give information on the rings,weaves, but not tutorials on how to do them. Could include rings sizes, AR'S ...
Do we need to make separate pages for each of these groups or should it be one big page?
Each of the sections, I think, should have the Description, Teachnical information, and Pictures of select weaves from that family.
European

Japanese
Persian

Spiral
Hybrid

Forms (this could possibly be covered in an introductory page or have a designation if it can be made into these forms or not.
- Chain, Sheet, Web, or net 3D

Chapter Six - Changing the Properties (Look) of your rings
This is where we can talk about Annodizing, Electro Plating, and any other techniques that a mailler may use to change their rings. I think we should remember when doing this that we want the book to be beginning to intermediate book so we can include some more advanced things.

Annodizing
Heating
Chemical application
Do It Yourself Projects (Should this also go into Glossary Projects section?)

Chapter Seven - The uses for Maille
I see this section as an inspiration gallery with some information on methods of creation and not full descriptions. While I would love to give detail on everything I think we just want to inspire instead of write tutorials for everything. (All yet to be discussed)
Armor

Shirts (hauberks, haubergons, byrnies, etc.)
Description and pictures (include differences between the types)
Construction Methods (barrel and straps, tailored, etc)

Coifs

Description and pictures
Construction methods (expanding circle, 6 (or whatever) triangles, etc.)

Gloves
Description and pictures (mitten, individual finger, full maille, maille back, etc.)
Construction Methods

Bracers

Description and pictures
Construction Methods

Greaves

Description and pictures
Construction Methods

Other armor pieces?

Jewelry (here is where the most variation will occur and I think we should have different examples that show the widest use of weaves, techniques and designs possible. Any thoughts?)

Necklaces

Lengths
Designing tips
Photos

Bracelets/Anklets

Lengths
Designing tips
Photos

Finger rings

Sizing
Designing tips (wire type, size, etc.)
Photos

Handflowers/Slave bracelets
How they combine bracelet and finger ring
Designing tips
Photos

Earrings

Designing tips (weights, etc.)
Photos

Other projects

Baskets
Basic Info
Designing tips

Wraps/Drapes
Bottle, jar, vase, candleholder

Bags & Clothing

Dice bag, purses, backpacks
Belt, Ties Watchbands/chains

Inlays
Inlays of different types

Chapter Eight - Finishing

What do you do to get your piece ready to either sell or just look completed. May also include or talk about what to do if you do not have a tumbler and what you can use.

Appendices:
Appendix One - Glossary of Terms
Appendix Two - Project/Weave Tutorials

Weaves [below is what we currently have]

European

E4-1
Byzantine
(others)

Japanese

J4-1
J6-1
(others)

Other Families and weaves to be determined

Projects

(Yet to be discussed)
Possibly things from the changing the color of your rings page.
Using Household items to polish you Maille

Appendix Three - Weave Theories/Articles

AR
Weave Identification Theory
Maille Entomology
Copyright and what to do if someone steals your photo's/tutorials/info
(other theory type topics?)

Glossary

MusicMan2008 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:58:16 CST

A

Alloy - A mixture of two or more metals to create a new enhanced metal. The new metals can have enhanced color, strength, and corrosion resistance, some alloys may even have a new common name for example Red Brass.

Anodizing - The process of adding a colored coating to the metal.

Arbor - The piece that a rotary jeweler's saw blade is fastened to in order to provide rotation to the blade from a motor. [Hmmm...I think it may need a bit more work. -E.D.]

Aspect Ratio (AR) - The mathematical relationship between the inside diameter (ID) of a ring and the diameter of the wire (WD) used to make the ring. AR=ID/WD.

AWG - American Wire Gage, used primarily for non-ferrous metals, metals without iron in them.

B

Burr - A small sliver or splinter of metal material left on a ring end after saw cutting rings. Burrs can either be
aligned straight across the cut, or be bent away from the cut. Burrs are typically caused when saw cutting
and the ring breaks off the coil just before the saw finishes cutting through the ring.

Burring - The act of a saw creating burrs.

C

Coil - A length of wire that has been wrapped around a mandrel to form a compressed spring shape.
Contraction - The act of taking away rings to a piece in order to make it smaller while not changing what was made before.

D

E

Expansion - The act of adding rings to a piece in order to make it larger while not changing what was made before.

F

Ferrous - Wire that does not contain iron such as Copper, Silver, Gold, Brass...

G

Gauge - A number that represents a specific diameter of wire. The two most common gauge systems are
American Wire Gauge (AWG) and Imperial Standard Wire Gauge (SWG).

H

I

Ideal Aspect Ratio (IAR) - The aspect ratio that results from using standard data instead of measured data in the AR formula. Standard data is typically industry standard wire sizes and mandrel diameters.

J

Jumprings - The name commonly used by jewelers to identify a ring used to make maille or other jewelry.
(see also ring)

K

Kerf - The space left by cutting the rings. The distance between the two ends of the rings.
Kusari - is Japanese meaning chain. Commonly found in combination with other words.

L

M

Macula - Latin meaning net, believed that this is the root word for maille.
Mandrel - A rod that is used to wrap wire around to form coils or springs before cutting them into rings.

N

Nippers - A general term for any hand held cutters used in cutting coils into rings. Terms for specific types include bolt cutters, flush cutters, end nippers, and diagonal pliers, to name a few.
Non-ferrous - wire that contains iron in it's composition such as Galvanized Steel, Mild Steel, Stainless Steel, Inconel...

O

P

Q

R

Ring - The wire structure used to make maille. (see also Jumpring)

S

Springback - The tendency of newly coiled wire to try to return to it's original shape. This results in rings that are slightly larger than a given mandrel size. The stronger the wire the more springback will occur.

SWG - Imperial Standard Wire Gage, used primarily for ferrous metals, metals with iron in them.

T

Temper - The strength of a wire, or how easy it is to work compared to other tempers of the same metal. Soft, quarter hard, half hard, hard extra hard, spring, extra spring are typical descriptors from easiest to work to hardest to work. Not all metals will be available in all tempers.

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

I am not sure what we would want to put here, but I thought I would start with just some of the words I know I had to look up when starting. - MM

Yep. Good idea. I did rename the page, but yep, this will be useful. -E.D.

Now I just need to get it out of the Team Members folder. Darn I will get the hang of this yet! - MM

I flipped it over under Rough Draft, if that is alright. -E.D.

Sorry, I moved it to the bottom before I saw you did that. I like your spot better I will move it back. - MM

How bout a 2 column table format? Better for a booklet page.K-

I don't know. What exactly did you have in mind? I kind of have a hard time picturing any sort of term+definition list as 2 column if what you are envisioning is term in one column, definition in second column. Part of my issue, I guess, is I'm also not quite picturing the general booklet format. -E.D.

I really like this full page version for the book. What would happen if we created a separate Glossary for the booklet? Once we have a little more content in the larger book as a whole I was planning to transport and edit it into the appropriate booklets. Then after we have the information in the booklets that we feel is appropriate to the respective booklet we can create a glossary that only has terms in it that relate to that booklet. Already I think we would have terms in the current glossary that would not really apply to a beginners booklet home or teachers edition. I was thinking that with all the new people I/someone should put in the list of pages the two types of booklets that we have discussed to this point. Little off topic... So I would say keep this glossary the same and create 2 column glossaries for the booklets - MM

European Weaves

MusicMan2008 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:05:10 CST

Here are a few examples of European weaves, some theory into what makes them European weaves / how to identify them, as well as technical information that could be helpful if you want to try any of them out.

Weave Characteristics:
Technical info: AR's and possible ring sizes for the most common European weaves as well as pictures of each weave

Hybrid Weaves

MusicMan2008 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:04:21 CST

Weave Characteristics: Hybrid weaves display the characteristics of two or more families.

Spiral Weaves

MusicMan2008 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:03:32 CST

Weave Characteristics:

Persian Weaves

MusicMan2008 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:03:19 CST

Weave Characteristics:

Japanese Weaves

MusicMan2008 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:01:29 CST

Weave Characteristics: The Japanese weaves are characterized by the use of 90 degree ring interactions. The larger rings are normally horizontal while smaller rings are used to connect things together and are usually connected in a vertical fashion.

Beginners Booklet Home Edition

MusicMan2008 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:15:40 CDT

This is a booklet designed for those who do not have access to an instructor or classes and would like to learn on their own

Articles

MusicMan2008 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:12:24 CDT

This is a place where people can put articles we feel would be beneficial for a beginning / intermediate mailler. I feel that this MAY be a place where we can do a little creative writing so to speak and write something that is informative, but not the normal formal style that you may see in a book. For example an explanation of Aspect Ration, How to Identify the different families of weaves, Entomology of the term Maille, . . . . . . any other ideas/comments? ~MM

Tutorials

MusicMan2008 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:10:04 CDT

The 2009 Chainmaille Book Project - Recently Updated Pages

Index to Metals/Materials

Iron

Mild Steel

Galvanized Steel

Stainless Steel

Aluminum

Copper

Brass

Bronze

Titanium

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Niobium

Iconel

Nickel Plated

Rubber

Temper

Gauge

MusicMan

Aspect Ratio

So What's This Aspect Ratio Thing All About?

Process for figuring out the Aspect Ratio and using that information to complete a New Project

E 4-1 Dice Bag

E4-1 Dice Bag / Coin Purse

Creating your Bag

Persian Family

Persian Family

History/ Information about this family:

Popular Weaves in this family:

European Family

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