Open and close a ring
Our tutorial in video and photo:
Grab your pliers , your beads and your findings...you're going to learn how to open and close a ring with pliers.
For this, it will be necessary
- a ring (round or oval)
- your next two pliers : flat pliers without teeth and fine flat pliers without teeth.
If you are right-handed, the fine flat-nose pliers should be used with your right hand and the flat-nose pliers with your left hand. And for left-handers, it will be the other way around.
Take your flat-nose pliers with your left hand. These allow you to hold the ring during movement.
Then, take your fine, flat, toothless pliers with your right hand. These allow you to open the ring with a movement that you must make with precision.
Position your pliers on either side of the opening of your ring. Using your right hand, you will make a rocking movement towards you to open your ring.
To close the ring , do the same movement as for opening it in the other direction to bring the two ends together.
Tip: When rocking to close the ring, apply a little pressure to the left with your fine flat pliers so that the ring is properly closed.
You are ready to mount a necklace with a chain
