How Do You Make Chainmail From Soda Can Tabs?
This article will teach you how to create chainmail jewelry, armor, or clothing out of ordinary soda can tabs. It’s a great way to reuse the tabs and an interesting hobby. Be careful, it’s time consuming and addictive. Study chainmail armor making a little. There are many configurations that you can do with plain rings, but they may not all work with soda can tabs. The 4 in 1 configuration is well suited for this task and is the one covered in the rest of the article. Get your jump rings. Some people prefer to make them using a mandrel, wire, and wire cutters or a saw. You can buy them from the jewelry area in the local craft stores most of the time or find them online. You’re not making this for combat (I hope) so store bought ones should work just fine. Get 4 tabs and 1 jump ring. Arrange as shown in my illustration with all 4 tabs facing the same way (“top” of the tab at the top) and overlapping, with the ring in the center. Open the ring with some pliers and put one open end down t
