CONCERNING CLASPS
We provide the following choices installed on the cable, Chris's hand-fabricated, slender, secure, user-friendly "TROVE J HOOK" TM or (at an extra charge) a solidly fabricated Precision Bayonet Clasp.
"TROVE J HOOK" TM or PRECISION BAYONET CLASP
Our precision clasps are the best available!
The "TROVE J Hook" TM eye ends of the cables have been purposefully made as small as possible, while still being extremely durable and secure. The thinness of the SMALLER TUBINGend will allow for Chris’s Cables to be used with beads or objects that have small holes.
The J Hook is a very user-friendly clasp because the wearer can truly SEE or feel that the clasp is securely connected.
Each cable has a LARGER TUBING eye end and a SMALLER TUBING eye end. Your object, bead or pendant must have an inside diameter hole larger than the outside diameter of the SMALLER TUBING eye end as listed on the chart below.
When you receive the cable, the "eye" in the SMALLER TUBING end is the hole through which the hook passes when connecting and releasing the clasp. This allows the wearer to slip the cable through small holed objects without the need to remove the secured clasp's loop end from the eye of the LARGER TUBING end.
If you choose, you may reverse the ends by removing the J hook's circular ring end from the LARGER TUBING eye end and re-installing the J hook's circular ring end on the SMALLER TUBING end. This can be done easily with a pair of small smooth jawed pliers.
Some artists reverse the clasp attachment to the ends because the LARGER TUBING end has a larger "eye" or hole, thereby making the hole easier for the wearer to locate when connecting the hook.
Other artists drill the hole in their object larger than the SMALLER TUBING END of the cable, but smaller than the LARGER TUBING END. They remove the clasp's loop end from the eye of the LARGER TUBING END; install their object and then re-install the clasp's loop on the eye of the SMALLER TUBING END. Because the LARGER TUBING END and the clasp are both larger than the hole in their object the object will not slip off of the cable (accidentally or purposefully).
The hole or tubing needs to have an I.D. that is larger than these measurements. We have always used 2.5mm I.D.
These measurements are the minimum size of the USA drill bit sizes to be used to drill a hole - or - the minimum I.D. of the straight tubing to be used.
Chris recommends that you go up one or two drill bit sizes - or .5mm - so you don't have problems.
CABLE SIZE SMALL TUBING END DIAMETER LARGE TUBING END DIAMETER
Outside Diameter USA Drill Bit Sizes USA Drill Bit Sizes
J-Hook Clasp Eye End Size# Inch MM Size Inch MM
SS/ 18Kt. /22Kt. 1.3mm 46 .081" 2.06mm 45 .082" 2.08mm
SS/ 18Kt. /22Kt. 1.5mm 45 .082" 2.08mm 43 .089" 2.261mm
SS/ 18Kt. /22Kt. 1.8mm 42 .0935" 2.375mm 40 .098" 2.489mm
Gold Filled 1.65mm 44 .086" 2.1mm 42 .0935" 2.375mm
14Kt. 1.2mm 48 .0760" 1.930mm 46 .0810" 2.057mm
14Kt. 1.4mm 48 .0760" 1.930mm 44 .086" 2.1mm
Niobium 1.5mm 42 .0935 2.375mm 42 .0935" 2.375mm
You can ask for our clasp to be left off so that you can install any other type of clasp that works best with your jewelry.
We provide the following choices installed on the cable, Chris's hand-fabricated, slender, secure, user-friendly "TROVE J HOOK" TM or (at an extra charge) a solidly fabricated Precision Bayonet Clasp.
"TROVE J HOOK" TM or PRECISION BAYONET CLASP
Our precision clasps are the best available!
The "TROVE J Hook" TM eye ends of the cables have been purposefully made as small as possible, while still being extremely durable and secure. The thinness of the SMALLER TUBINGend will allow for Chris’s Cables to be used with beads or objects that have small holes.
The J Hook is a very user-friendly clasp because the wearer can truly SEE or feel that the clasp is securely connected.
Each cable has a LARGER TUBING eye end and a SMALLER TUBING eye end. Your object, bead or pendant must have an inside diameter hole larger than the outside diameter of the SMALLER TUBING eye end as listed on the chart below.
When you receive the cable, the "eye" in the SMALLER TUBING end is the hole through which the hook passes when connecting and releasing the clasp. This allows the wearer to slip the cable through small holed objects without the need to remove the secured clasp's loop end from the eye of the LARGER TUBING end.
If you choose, you may reverse the ends by removing the J hook's circular ring end from the LARGER TUBING eye end and re-installing the J hook's circular ring end on the SMALLER TUBING end. This can be done easily with a pair of small smooth jawed pliers.
Some artists reverse the clasp attachment to the ends because the LARGER TUBING end has a larger "eye" or hole, thereby making the hole easier for the wearer to locate when connecting the hook.
Other artists drill the hole in their object larger than the SMALLER TUBING END of the cable, but smaller than the LARGER TUBING END. They remove the clasp's loop end from the eye of the LARGER TUBING END; install their object and then re-install the clasp's loop on the eye of the SMALLER TUBING END. Because the LARGER TUBING END and the clasp are both larger than the hole in their object the object will not slip off of the cable (accidentally or purposefully).
The hole or tubing needs to have an I.D. that is larger than these measurements. We have always used 2.5mm I.D.
These measurements are the minimum size of the USA drill bit sizes to be used to drill a hole - or - the minimum I.D. of the straight tubing to be used.
Chris recommends that you go up one or two drill bit sizes - or .5mm - so you don't have problems.
CABLE SIZE SMALL TUBING END DIAMETER LARGE TUBING END DIAMETER
Outside Diameter USA Drill Bit Sizes USA Drill Bit Sizes
J-Hook Clasp Eye End Size# Inch MM Size Inch MM
SS/ 18Kt. /22Kt. 1.3mm 46 .081" 2.06mm 45 .082" 2.08mm
SS/ 18Kt. /22Kt. 1.5mm 45 .082" 2.08mm 43 .089" 2.261mm
SS/ 18Kt. /22Kt. 1.8mm 42 .0935" 2.375mm 40 .098" 2.489mm
Gold Filled 1.65mm 44 .086" 2.1mm 42 .0935" 2.375mm
14Kt. 1.2mm 48 .0760" 1.930mm 46 .0810" 2.057mm
14Kt. 1.4mm 48 .0760" 1.930mm 44 .086" 2.1mm
Niobium 1.5mm 42 .0935 2.375mm 42 .0935" 2.375mm
You can ask for our clasp to be left off so that you can install any other type of clasp that works best with your jewelry.
