Make Your Own Chainmail Rings

How to make chainmail jump rings chainmail jewelry can be achieved by any average person with a few tools time and materials.

Make your own chainmail rings.

Chainmail armor is typically made from steel wire with a thickness between 18 gauge and 14 gauge. And now i m going to teach you what he taught me. This article is a guide for making chainmail armor from start simple wire to finish a finished chainmail shirt. To start your box chain make a strip of chainmail in the european 4 in 1 style just slightly longer than you d like your box chain weave to be.

A shirt of chainmail will require about 1 2 mile 0 8km of wire. There are several sections to this guide. As shown in earlier pictures my shirt has a cross made out o 14 gauge copper 1 4 rings. This is the weave that you usually see in movies.

The only material that you need to make basic chainmail is metal wire. How to make your own chainmail. You can make whatever symbols shapes you want but more than likely you will have to make up the designs on your own. The kind of wire that you need depends on the specific application.

Making a chain mail shirt is quite an amazing feat and i commend everyone that is able to finish one. X research source this means that you ll need to wind the wire and use wire cutters to create loops then attach them together 3 rings at a time. Thank you for reading my instructable. Materials making the rings weaving the rings and making the shirt.

But his triumph is also testimony to his skill at making chainmail.