This will require new tools!

In this project I decided to make my own jump rings.  Yes you can buy them, but they get pricey when you need to use that many.  And I also wanted to try to make them.  But I would need a few new tools/supplies.

This is a picture of the gear I need.

A drill, wire, some sort of rod to spin the wire on, wire cutters, and gloves.  Gloves are essential!
I found a huge lag screw that is smooth in the middle which will work just fine. 
Put the end of the screw in the drill, wedge a length of wire in there as well, tighten it up really well, and slowly turn the drill on, winding the wire along the long screw.  Watch out for the end of the wire, it will flip around the screw.  This is where you really need gloves.  And yes it is much more tricky than it sounds. 

 

Clip off the ends, and take the coil off of the screw. Cut off all the excess pieces.

From here you take your wire cutters, and cut each ring off of the coil, this will create individual jump rings.  

I found that my wire cutters were sorely lacking in strength to accomplish this task.  Must find stronger wire cutters!

There are jump ring cutting systems/tools which will cut a whole coil at once.  Sadly they are out of my price range, so I will have to do it manually.  :-(