Stay Tab Bending Pliers Jaw Insert
Description
I have this trick of making chain mail with soda can tabs. The mail looks best if all the tabs are bent to exactly the same angle, which is very hard to do without a jig. So I printed this custom insert for a commercial pair of jeweler's forming pliers, which indexes and bends a single tab exactly the same way each time.
Instructions
Print on FFF platform of your choice. It fits in place of the factory nylon jaw in Rio Grande's Forming Pliers with One Nylon Jaw (catalog #111605) using two small (#3?) wood screws through factory mounting holes in underside of jaw.
riogrande.com/Product/Forming-Pliers-with-One-Nylon-Jaw/111605
For more info on the stay-tab chainmail technique, see
makeprojects.com/Project/Pop-Top-Lamp-Shade/898/1
riogrande.com/Product/Forming-Pliers-with-One-Nylon-Jaw/111605
For more info on the stay-tab chainmail technique, see
makeprojects.com/Project/Pop-Top-Lamp-Shade/898/1
License
Stay Tab Bending Pliers Jaw Insert by seanmichaelragan is licensed under the Attribution - Creative Commons license.

Nice. Nice tutorial, too.
I hope they wont change the design on the tap opener on you too soon.