[Jewelry making - Article 00003] - Re: [Orchid] Blank copper buttons?

[David Popham]

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Mona,

>        Does anyone know where to get pre-formed blank copper buttons
>     for enameling or soldering stuff onto?

    Have your considered making your own? I found that I was a great and
    inexpensive way to learn how to use a saw, drill, file, and solder
    (more accurately, braze) when making military style buttons. 

    I had them tested with a local seamstress and learned that the
    drycleaning process does a very good job of destroying enameled
    buttons. I also found that the willingness-to-pay for the buttons
    was so low that while making them was an effective way of learning
    metalsmithing procedures on a small scale, it was not very good for
    making money. 

David

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