My jump rings are made completely by me - hand coiled wire on hardened steel mandrels, then precision cut for perfectly flush cut rings. Tumbled with stainless steel shot to clean, harden and bring them to a beautiful shine makes them perfect for making chainmaille or to use however you like in your own handmade jewelry.
16g wire diameter: 1.291mm
wire gauge | approx. inner diameter (mandrel size in mm) |
approx. | aspect ratio | approx. ring count per ounce troy | ||||||
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1 ozt | .75 ozt | .5 ozt | .25 ozt | .125 ozt | .0625 ozt | |||||
16g | 3 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 192 | 144 | 96 | 48 | 24 | 12 | |
3.5 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 172 | 129 | 86 | 43 | 21 | 10 | ||
4 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 155 | 116 | 77 | 38 | 19 | 9 | ||
4.5 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 142 | 106 | 71 | 35 | 17 | 8 | ||
5.0 | 7.6 | 3.9 | 131 | 98 | 65 | 32 | 16 | 8 | ||
5.5 | 8.1 | 4.3 | 121 | 91 | 60 | 30 | 15 | 7 | ||
6.0 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 113 | 84 | 56 | 28 | 14 | 7 | ||
6.5 | 9.1 | 5.0 | 105 | 79 | 52 | 26 | 13 | 6 | ||
7.0 | 9.6 | 5.4 | 99 | 74 | 49 | 24 | 12 | 6 | ||
8.0 | 10.6 | 6.2 | 88 | 66 | 44 | 22 | 11 | 5 | ||
9.0 | 11.6 | 7.0 | 80 | 60 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 5 | ||
mandrel diameter | actual ID* |
actual OD* |
actual AR* |
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10.0 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 8.0 | 72 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 4 | |
11.0 | 11.7 | 14.3 | 9.1 | 64 | 48 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 4 | |
12.0 | 12.5 | 15.4 | 9.7 | 60 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
Inner diameter is the diameter of the mandrel, or steel rod that I coil the wire onto before cutting into rings. Some springback will occur, making the inner diameter of the ring slightly larger than the mandrel diameter. Inner and outer diameter may be +/- .2mm from these calculations.
*The "actual" measurements on the large diameter sizes above were made after closing the ring with my pliers, tight and flush without any gaps. The bigger the diameter of the ring, the more the coil of wire can "spring back" from the mandrel which it's coiled on, causing the ring, and thus the ID and OD to be larger than the mandrel size. Please note that I still label the rings by the size of the mandrel they were coiled on (or it would be too confusing!)
Please note that ring counts are approximate. I provide them here to help you get an idea of how many rings you are ordering, but do allow for some variance. While the number of rings you receive may vary from the above chart, you will ALWAYS receive the WEIGHT you ordered.
Posted by Marcia Healey on 16th Jan 2019
Amy is wonderful to work with and the quality of her rings are the best. Thank you Amy!
Posted by Leah Roberts on 6th Jan 2017
There is obvious care taken to make these rings. The cuts are nice and allow nice tight closures of the rings. Nice shine and Very Good quality. I am looking forward to buying more for additional projects! Just one caution about this kind of metal - I made a necklace for someone a year ago (bought these to make the replacement) He decided to soak the necklace, made of the gold-filled and sterling silver rings, in a walmart jewelry cleaner and each time he did that, it smelled awful - like rotten eggs. The last time he did it, he also left a nickel silver pendant in there and the whole necklace was ruined! turned black...I was able to polish it back to silver for those rings but the gold filled ones look like they lost a lot of material so I caution others to avoid commercial cleaners and tell your customers who buy the finished pieces to not use those ;)
Posted by Claire on 25th May 2016
Awesome customer service and flawless jump rings. THANKS AMY!
Posted by Sigrid on 11th Sep 2015
Very nice, helpful and professional seller. Perfect rings, Fast shipping, Thank you Amy
Posted by Pat on 31st Mar 2015
Rings were very nicely made, good quality gold fill. Occasionally rings were a little off and not perfectly round, but overall beautifully made.
Posted by Denise on 3rd Aug 2014
My order of 16G 4.5m 14kgf rings arrived sooner than expected. They were perfectly cut and tumbled to a beautiful, clean gold shine. My customer was beyond thrilled with her Byzantine bracelet.
Posted by Suellen Miller on 8th Jul 2014
I love working with Amy, she is great, her products are the best and her instructions and videos so helpful, I am really a beginner, but working with her makes me feel and makes my products look so professional. THANKS AMY!
Posted by Wearable Whispers Jewelry on 10th Oct 2012
I love these jump rings. Raine Studios always has great quality, great prices, and great customer service. I use these 16g. 3.5mm jump rings on all my gold charms from 1/2" to 1" Perfect thickness!