Chainmail update: 548 rings

Here it is on the same magazine as before so you can compare the difference. I only worked on it three nights this last week, but I managed to make it more than six times bigger (the picture from last week was 88 rings).

I'm going to be out of town next weekend (Friday to Monday), so my next update on this will likely be two weeks from now.

Chainmail

I'm using this 14 guage aluminum electric fence wire. It's more sturdy than I was expecting. I got it from amazon for $50 bucks delivered.

Here is a shot of my tools and what I've gotten done after a couple hours. I wind the wire up into coils using the drill. I get abour 8 inches of tightly wound coil that I stretch out to about a foot and a half before I cut it with the snipper things. Then I use those other two pliers to bend them into rings and fit them together into a 4 in 1 european chainmail pattern. I have 1/4, 5/16, and 3/8 inch drillbits. Currently I am using the 5/16 size, and I like the size it ends up being. I'll probably make some bracers or cuffs using the 1/4 size (it'll make it heavier).

Here's a close-up of the piece so far.

I'll post an update each week with my progress.