Chainmail Juggling Bag Tutorial Part1

I've never been a fan of most of the polyurethane- or polyvinyl- coated fabric bags you see on the market. The coating eventually starts to peel, making colorful toxic dandruff. Even when the bags are new, they tend to be stuffed very tight to minimize the dynamic stress on the fabric that eventually leads to the unsightly juggling scalp condition. So, chainmail. (I prefer "chainmaille," but whatever.) Chain bags can be made to be far more durable than any fabric bag and you can make them to any "tightness" or "floppiness" that you like, as well as having all the control you like over the size and weight. This is a build of the most basic chainmail bag. I'll do a bunch more - possibly as livestreams - to show how customizable we can make this juggling pattern. For this project, I use 14 gauge (SWG!) anodized aluminum rings with a 3/8" internal diameter. This gives an "aspect ratio" (AR) of 4.9. I purchased the rings from www.theringlord.com: https://theringlord.com/matte-anodize... For tougher, heavier, smaller bags, I use https://theringlord.com/saw-cut-stain... - the 9/32" ID (AR 3.6) and the 5/16" ID (AR 4.0) 0:00 Introduction - Why juggle chainmail? 3:41 Equipment - Rings 6:56 Equipment - Pliers 12:00 First Links - Making the 12-ring starter. 13:59 How (and why) to properly close a ring. 19:22 Back to working on the 12-ring starter. 27:38 Making the 7-ring extenders. 30:08 Putting it all together into a bag - the "Equatorial Band." 1:09:57 Wrapping the flat strap into a band 1:17:41 Doing the strap-to-band step again