Cast your vote for for November’s Featured Product of the Month Contest!

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CAST YOUR VOTE NOW!

Submissions for November’s Featured Product of the Month Contest are closed, and the B3 team has cast their ballots to determine the finalists…..which means it’s time for YOU to cast your vote to determine the winner. Folks this month were challenged to create a piece that featured our shiny Glass Rings.  The submissions we received were full of creativity and overwhelming beautiful…you all continue to inspire us each month.   Voting will close November 30th at 5pm CT. Voting is only allowed once per computer so choose wisely!

To share the survey, we recommend you copy the link to this blog post and use that in any emails, blog posts, or social media posts you’d like to make about it (we’ve noticed some weirdness in the past with sharing the link directly – it sometimes like to bump people out of voting that haven’t already.)

Get a sneak peak at the all of our finalists below:


   

   

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Did you miss your chance to participate in this month’s contest? Don’t worry – there’s always next month! December’s Featured Product of the Month is our size H18 rings. Make a project that features our size H18 jump rings–in either base metal or precious metal, or a combination of the two–and share it with us on our page on Facebook starting December 1st for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate.


Chainmaille Weave Ideas: Base Metal L18 – 18ga 1/4″ (6.4 mm)

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Wondering what chainmaille project to tackle with those size L18 – 18ga 1/4″ (6.4mm) rings? Check out the post below for weave ideas as well as where to get instructions for each one.

Weave Ideas: Base Metal L18

Wire Gauge = 18ga SWG (0.048″ / 1.2 mm)
Inner Diameter = 1/4″ (6.4 mm)

Hint: Use our Ring Picker tool to quickly see every metal and color we have available and in stock for this size!

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These samples use our base metal jump rings (aluminum, copper, jewelry brass and anodized aluminum.)

 

Aspect Ratio approximately 5.6

 

“rpi” = rings per inch.
Use this number to help you figure out how many rings you’ll need for your project. Simply multiply it by the desired length (in inches) for your final piece.


Box

18 rpi

Box/Byzantine PDF
(currently in sale section)
CHAINED book
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Double Spiral

16 rpi

Double Spiral PDF
(FREE!)
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Full Persian

20 rpi

Full Persian 6-1 (Foxtail) PDF

(currently in sale section)
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Rosettes

12 rpi

Mesh & Rosettes PDF + Hardcopy Instructions

DVD Vol 1
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Conundrum (L18 + F20)

L18 – 34 rpi

F20 – 34 rpi

CHAINED book
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Chainmaille Weave Ideas: B20 – 20ga 3/32″ (2.4 mm)

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Wondering what chainmaille project to tackle with those size B20 – 20ga 3/32″ (2.4 mm) rings? Check out the post below for weave ideas as well as where to get instructions for each one.

Weave Ideas: size B20

Wire Gauge = 20ga AWG (0.032″ / 0.8 mm )
Inner Diameter = 3/32″ (2.4 mm)

Hint: Use our Ring Picker tool to quickly see every metal and color we have available and in stock for this size!

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These samples use our niobium jump rings.

 

Aspect Ratio is approximately 3.0

 

“rpi” = rings per inch.
Use this number to help you figure out how many rings you’ll need for your project. Simply multiply it by the desired length (in inches) for your final piece.




Cylon (B20+F19 SILV +J19 SILV)

B20 –  rpi

F19 – 32 rpi

J19 – rpi

Cylon PDF + Hardcopy Instructions
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Japanese Lace (B20+G19 SILV)

3 row

B20 – 60 rpi

G19 – 25 rpi

2 row

B20 – 33 rpi

G19 – 16 rpi

Japanese Lace PDF + Hardcopy Instructions

CHAINED book
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Jens Pind 3

23 rpi

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Mini Sleek Cuff (B20+H20 COPP)

B20 – 37 rpi

H20 – 25 rpi

Sleek Cuff PDF + Hardcopy Instructions
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Maillers’ Choice kits – a huge success!

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We just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge what a crazy success our first Maillers’ Choice kit turned out to be!  Trust us when we say that we were as surprised as many of your were when we saw that within hours of releasing the first round, they were sold out (not to mention that the second round literally sold out in minutes!)  We heard from many of you who missed buying the kits by a (flat) nose (plier) and we want you to know, we hear you.



As we continue to develop this brand new promotion, we will do our best to allow as many people to participate in the fun as we can.  One way we will do this is by varying the release times (because we have customers in all 50 states and 40 countries, we’ll never be able to find the a perfect time for everyone, but we’ll do our best to make it work!)  We will also increase the limited number of available kits over time to match interest as much as we can.

Thanks to everyone who was part of this very fun promotion, from the voting to the crazy fast scooping up.  Stay tuned to our blog to find out what the next Maillers’ Choice kit will be and make sure to like our page on Facebook and join our mailing list to stay as up to date as possible with the release of this promo and others!

Chainmaille Weave Ideas: Base Metal F18 – 18ga 5/32″ (4.0 mm)

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Wondering what chainmaille project to tackle with those size F18 – 18ga 5/32″ (4.0 mm) base metal jump rings? Check out the post below for weave ideas as well as where to get instructions for each one. Working with size F18 in a precious metal such as niobium?  Different weaves are possible, so visit our Precious Metal F18 weave ideas post.  (Why are these posts separate?)

Weave Ideas: Base Metal F18

Wire Gauge = 18ga SWG (0.048″ / 1.2 mm)
Inner Diameter = 5/32″ (4.0 mm)

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These samples use our base metal jump rings (aluminum, copper, jewelry brass and anodized aluminum.)

 

Aspect Ratio approximately 3.5

“rpi” = rings per inch. 
Use this number to help you figure out how many rings you’ll need for your project.  Simply multiply it by the desired length (in inches) for your final piece.

2-Connector Byzantine

24 rpi

Box/Byzantine PDF
(also in CHAINED book)

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European 4-1

35 rpi

Mesh & Rosettes
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Rosettes

28 rpi

Mesh & Rosettes
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Shaggy Loops

18 rpi

Shaggy Loops PDF
(FREE!)

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