[Jewelry making - Article 00080] - Re: [Orchid] Better binding wire

[brian]

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>         I have had a number of people over the years purchase tianium
>     wire for binding. It is annealed, won't discolor and is unaffected
>     by studio acids. Bill 

    Yes I use Bill's titanium wire as binding. It's good! Esp good for
    those special joints where I'm bound to get a little solder over-run
    and where I won't want to be filing the iron away. The only thing I'd
    say is it lacks the slight give that iron has, leading to the
    occasional breaking when I twist the wire too tightly. I know we're
    not supposed to tension the binding at the twist. rather it's better
    to make cranks along the length at strategic points, but sometimes
    the initial twist (in Ti) will break if I'm rough doing it. 

Bri
B r i a n   A d a m   
e y e g l a s s e s   j e w e l l e r y
Auckland NEW ZEALAND
www.adam.co.nz



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