[Jewelry making - Article 00161] - [Orchid] Drawing 18K wire

[Sronan831]

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Hello all you very smart folks:

    Using some clean scrap 18K, I melted it in charcoal with the
    addition of a  little flux, then rolled wire which was then pulled
    through a star  shaped drawplate. The wire had some "slivers" that
    stuck out from it. Can  anyone shed some light on why this might
    have happened so that I might  avoid this problem in the future? I
    haven't much experience with this  drawplate because it is new. 

    Thanx everso... 

Susan Ronan
Coronado, CA and back from a break!

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