[Jewelry making - Article 00178] - Re: [Orchid] Making tapered wire

[David L. Huffman]

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    Hi Jason; The best way I know of to do this and the least wasteful of
    materials is to anneal, then using a rolling mill which can roll down
    square stock, step mill it down.  This will require frequent
    annealings and a little calculation about volume to start with the
    right length.  I'd suggest testing on a piece of 6 mm brass stock. 
    Start with a good length of 9 inches or so.  Play around with milling
    one end.  When you finally get a taper you like, it should be easy to
    determine how much you can cut off to retain the 12 inches.  Subtract
    that from the 9 inch measurement.  That will give you an approximate
    length to start with.  Now you can round out the stock and even out
    the steps in the taper by annealling and forging.  The rounding and
    evening won't add much to the length. 

David L. Huffman


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