How does it work?

[Mary]

One of my birthday gifts was a wire collet forming jig that my husband got from Cooksons only problem is it came without instructions on how to use it ......
Does anyone have a clue.[-o<

[lilia]

Is it the one consisting of a steel block and cone shaped punches?

[mcrory]

Check out Hans Meevis jewellery making a crown-collet-tube. Just type this into your search engine. Can't send you the url sorry, forum rules....need 5 posts

Good luck....................Mcrory

[mizgeorge]

http://www.meevis.com/jewelry-making-class-making-a-crown-collet.htm

(he's a top bloke too)

[Joe]

Er, I suspect that this is not that sort of jig; the wire collet formers have either a circles of holes or cones with grooves into which wires are laid. One forms a small circle and solders this to the top of the cone before trimming the wires down.

There is a manual tutorial on Hans' brilliant website (http://www.meevis.com/jewelery-making-class-making-six-claw-collet.htm) but I don't know that I've seen a tutorial for the jig anywhere... except there was a photo series on Lars some time ago....

[mizgeorge]

The same tute is here too Joe. It's by Dave (bigwol) and is about making a cage).

[Dennis]

The reason for the confusion is that it is actually called a Claw Making Set or Jig.
There's tons of information here Mary, including from this forum a year ago. I reckon you could be up all night reading this. http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&expIds=25657&xhr=t&q=claw+making+jig&cp=15&pf=p&sclient=psy&aq=f&aqi=&a Happy New Year Dennis.

[lilia]

there is a tutorial on Ganoksin by Larry Seiger. larryseiger.ganoksin.com/blogs/2010/03/04/claw-setting-jig-review-and-tutorial

[Mary]

Thank you so much and Happy New Year!