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发表于 2010-6-16 10:27
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DOING THE MAIL STRUCTURE
Now that you master the basic manipulation, you are ready to assemble links.
The beginning of the assembling can be a nightmare because the links have a tendency to mess up all the time before the mail structure is done. The good news is that I found a technique which helps a lot. The second good news is that you’ll do this only one time in your life. In fact, once a mail structure is done you can use it as a base all the time.
Start to CLOSE a few links (at least a dozen)
Then, stick a thicker wire in a cork and stack up the closed links (I used about 30 links on the picture for a better demonstration)
Finally, stick the other end of the wire in the cork this way
Now, start to connect each link with another link. To achieve this, you’ll need to perform the basic manipulation and OPEN the links this time.
Hook up two contiguous links
Then close the link
 
After a while, you should obtain two rows of links. They’re all messed but don’t worry, you just have to twist it around the rod to align them perfectly.
Aligning them correctly is necessary for the third row. Progress carefully during this operation or your mail will be incoherent and you’ll lose much more time to fix the problems.
When the third row is finished you’ve done the most difficult. Now your mail is structured and you “only” have to proceed to the next row, again, and again, and again…
Something I do when there are sufficient rows (more than on the picture below) is using a handle. I drilled to holes in a hollow cylinder, thread the wire in them and voilà !
Now, if you enjoyed doing this, you are ready to do a piece of mail armour. To achieve this, you’ll need more knowledge about the mail assembling. I used this tutorial to learn advanced techniques. This is in French but the pics are really helpfull.
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