Ok - I spent a lot of time putting this together at theringlord.com for purpose of annihilating repeat posts for the same info and to make a quick-reference for a lot of common maille related info and facts. - it was a hit and I'm still adding to it over there to improve it.
So, after all this time, it occured to me that perhaps it would be a good idea t do it, here...
This is mostly cut-and-paste from them, which is why it seems biased toward that forum - I will go through and fix things up, add in a larger variety of references. and so on as they're brought to my attention....I would like to replace all forum post-references with non-forum post references, if you know of a better source to link to please bring it to my attention as well.
For the areas that I just don't know where else to link to - a website, article, other forum post, I marked with: {as?} for alternative source?


There are a few excellent sites that cover all - or most - of this information.
Some excellent sources for history, how to's, inspiration and info galore, supplies, etc:
www.arador.com ARADOR
www.mailleartisans.org - The MAIL
www.mailleartisans.org/articles/index.cg: Mail Artisans Library of Articles (every subject I touch on and more)
www.theringlord.com - just one of many.
www.spiderchain.com - Spiderchain
www.dcwireworks.com - DeCordene Wireworks

And classic info:
Wikipedia's chainmaille info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chainmail

But- because you might need info in a quick click:
(I tried to choose a different source site for every reference)


The Craft

Where do I begin?
Intro to maille:
I want to get started making my own rings and maille and I know nothing
http://users.frii.com/dnorris/maillearmor.html
{as?}

Is it Chainmaille, Maille, Mail, Chain Mail?
www.theringlord.org/forum/showthread.php?t=21439
{as?}

What is a 'weave'
The term 'weave' refers to how the rings are put together to form a pattern, simply put - but...go here for more information on that term and it's many uses:
www.chainmailbasket.com/weaves.php

What is __ part of armor called?
http://shadowmist.hfsinchaos.com/rules/armor_types.html


Ring related specifics

Ring Size chart::
http://home.stny.rr.com/vacacita/maille/ringsizes.html

Which rings work with ___ weave?
Which AR wroks with ___ weave?
Metal Designz: www.metaldesignz.com/weave.html
Zlosk's: http://home.comcast.net/~zlosk/maille/artable.html
Fraction/Decimal/Metric conversion chart www.championscrew.com/fractions.htm


Tools of the Trade

I have my rings but I want to know other ways of cutting them
Wire cutting:{as?}
http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=70&cat=Wire+Cutters
Saw cutting:{as?}
http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=73&cat=Saw+Cutting+Tools

Other Tools to use
Pliers: {as?}
http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=69&cat=Pliers
Mandrels
Calipers
EZ earring tool (for making your own earring wires):: {as?}
http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=72&cat=Other+Tools

Ways to permanently close your rings (will make your weave stronger)
Welding equipment: {as?}
http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=164&cat=Welders


Derakon's soldering primer:
http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~cweisige/solder.html
{as?}

Ring Suppliers
Spiderchain www.spiderchain.com
Urbanmaille http://urbanmaille.com/rings/default.asp
The Ring Lord www.theringlord.com

Ring Storage

I have all these rings and beads and things - and where do I put them?

Different types/sizes tins in bulk:
http://www.specialtybottle.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=332
Container with hinge:
http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Product&ID=80789]
Shipwreck beads - bead storage:
http://www.shipwreckbeads.com/catalog/Storage_Products
Tackle Boxes:
http://shopping.yahoo.com/s:Fishing:4470-Fishing%20Equipment=Tackle%20Boxesl


Tumbling rings & Polishing rings

Tumbling media - TRL post:
Rock Tumbler info - Urbanmaille
http://urbanmaille.com/chainworks/polishing.asp
Harbor Freight: http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/categorySearch.do
www.riogrande.com sells them, as well -thy're a great, overall supplier of jewelry-related anythings, but they do not have an online catalog....Their catalog is worth the purchase!!


What Is?

What is wire Gauge?
What is Awg / Swg?
www.mailleartisans.org/articles/articledisplay.cgi?key=10945

What is AR?:
www.mailleartisans.org/articles/articledisplay.cgi?key=10902

What is butted / Riveted Maille
Fourth Armoury - riveted maille info:
www.forth-armoury.com/Product_Catalog/maille_styles/European_style.htm

What is ID?
What is a mandrel?
and any other what is you can think of:
Maille Artisans glossary of terms:
www.mailleartisans.org/glossary/index.cgi


Weave help:

Where can I find good tutorials / how to's?

The Ring Lord's downloadable book - great if you don't have constant net access: {as?}
http://theringlord.org/introtomailling/Index.htm

Phong's tutorials:
www.cgmaille.com

Derakon's Library:
http://derakon.chainmailstore.com

Maille Artisans Weave gallery and how-to:
http://www.mailleartisans.org/weaves/index.cgi

Making maille is so tedious and I hate it!

TRL sells welded maille by the foot in a variety of gauges and ring sizes: {as?}
http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=95&cat=Sheets+of+Maille

Help, I have __ problem with: (listing 4 most common, trinity 'cause I just like it)
{as?} for all of these:

Dragonscale:
My Dragonscale is too tight - TRL Post::
www.theringlord.org/forum/showthread.php?t=31881

Can I speedweave Dragonscale? - TRL post:
www.theringlord.org/forum/showthread.php?t=30872

*Jen's Pinds

Jen's Pinds - right id, woven wrong - TRL Post::
www.theringlord.org/forum/showthread.php?t=32167
Jen's Pinds - wrong id, doesn't weave right - TRL Post::
www.theringlord.org/forum/showthread.php?t=32113

*Persian
Half Persian 4/1 help - TRL Post::
www.theringlord.org/forum/showthread.php?t=30934
HP 3/1 Cabochon wrapping - TRL Post::
www.theringlord.org/forum/showthread.php?t=30829

*Trinity
Derakon's Library:
www.cs.hmc.edu/~cweisige/trinity.html

*Japanese 12/2 - standard and Scallop/Vamp ring suggestions
www.theringlord.org/forum/showthread.php?p=355538#post355538

Can I make my own curb chain?
Ganoksin:
www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/curb-and-cable-chains.htm]

Scale Maille

What is it? How do I do it? Where do I buy the scales
TRL Scale page has all you need {as?}
http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=84&cat=Scales


Inlay Graph Paper
Zlosk can help with this, too::
http://home.comcast.net/~zlosk/pgmg/igp/downloads.html.
sorry! Us few Mac users are in the cold for this - so we must use:
http://www.mailleworks.com/graph.shtml
and because I'm a Mac user I've found that it works best with Palette, Photo Edit or Seashore


Wirework help:
Twisted Wire - Lapidary Journal::
www.lapidaryjournal.com/jj/apr01jj.cfm


Bead and Jewelry stuff:

Jewelry Itroduction - covers:
*Types of cuts.
*Adding in beads.
*How to make your own clasp.
*Metals to use.
*Closing persian 6/1,
*Weaving GSG.:::
www.theringlord.org/forum/showthread.php?t=31139&p=343359

Adding beads to chain - TRL Post
www.theringlord.org/forum/showthread.php?t=22745

Lampwork bead info - TRL Post
www.theringlord.org/forum/showthread.php?t=32250&p=357519

Finger ring size conversion chart - for whenyou don't have a mandrel!!! Excellent for everyone who ever makes finger rings...bookmark it!
www.onlineconversion.com/ring_size.htm

Where can I buy beads and other supplies locally?
local bead store search engine:
www.beadshopfinder.com

How do I take really nice photographs of my pieces?
MKDigital Direct - excellent resource::
Provides ideas and tips for all types - especially photographing gold, silver and platinum!:
www.mkdigitaldirect.com/tips/new-tips/jewelry_photography_tips.html#2

TableTopStudio - another good resource::
www.tabletopstudio.com


Where Can I sell my pieces?
Where can I buy other people's maille?
Business Stuff

www.maillemarket.com]
www.ebay.com
www.yessey.com
www.etsy.com

Or start your own website:

How do I start my own website?
How do I start a small business?
How Do I do anything else business related?
www.entrepreneur.com
www.SBA.gov

It's cut-and-paste...and I'll remove all the supurfluous tags in just a bit...sorry!!

Thanks! I just got done reading the link on riveted maille....I never even knew there was such a thing....but now it's giving me an idea or two to experiment with.

Very nice thanks

diane

If you notice any problems with it let me know - My eyes started swimming when I was de-tagging everything and I don't know if I got it all working right :)

Enjoy!

WOW! Thanks so much. That was certainly a lot of work on your part. I've copy and pasted this fo future use. I hope ever newbie sees this. Fantastic resource!

Thanks again Spinnenacht!!

Sharon

I appreciate your hard work - I can believe your list took time and effort to complile. However, it reads like a giant ad for TRL; TRL is a commercial site that happens to have a forum.

Where there is plenty of information on the TRL forum, the premier site for chain maille information seems to be missing from most of the catagories listed.... M.A.I.L. M.A.I.L. is not list in the Weaves, Tools, Craft, Ring or Jewelry listings.

I would also include Spiderchain, Blue Buddha and Urban Maille in most of your catagories - all three of those sites have loads of information in addition to selling supplies.

Yeah, I need to change some stuff up...right now it's just cut-and-paste from the TRL forum, which is why it seems biased towards TRL, because it is/was...
Any posts on this forum that you think would be good to link to?

MAIL is refered to in there a few times - www.mailleartisans.org is MAIL.
When I detagged the supurfluous bb tags I think I accidently ditched some descriptions that should have been up there.
I think I linked to Blue Buddha, too - somewhere ... Maybe it got lost? Actually- now that I'm looking it over there seem to be a few other important things missing as well, thanks for mentioning that.
When I pasted it over it had the description code on everything - I tried to just delete the url's, and put the descriptions in the front - but it looks like I messed up some! I was afraid that would happen.
The missing description tags makes it confusing.....I need to work on it some more so it's tailored to this site.
Urbanmaille is on there, too :)
*edit*
Actualy - what I really want to do is remove all links to all forum-posts...
The certain subjects that I listed with post-answers I simply couldn't find the answers to in any other place - I tried to touch at least once on every major maille info source out there, but my knowledge of them all is, unfortunately, limited it seems.

So - if you know of any non-post resources that I can place in there,instead...please point them out to me...just post the ideas and suggestions, here - I'll try to add them all in.

*edit*
Ok - I went through, added in a few more sources, took care of some tagging issues and added a few needed descriptions.
i'll keep working on it, though, and make it nice 'n' purdy. [:)]

Thanks for all the effort you're putting into this Julie - it's a brilliant resource.

To the mods: perhaps this could be put on a sticky??????

You should submit this as an article on MAIL. ^_^
Great work.

Thanks for the info [;)] Lots of good stuff to read.
Suzi

Spinnenacht!!

thank you for sharing these fab resources, and for all the hard work that must have been

thx thx thx :)

bump...this is too good to disappear

Aloha Spinnenacht!

I'm a newbie to chainmaille and have been purchasing rings from TRL...didn't notice there was a Forum over there! Mahalo for this all this great info! ~alohabc [8D]

re BUMP

Starting to creep too near the bottom :-)