[Jewelry making - Article 00257] - Re: [Orchid] Drawing 22k wire from coin

[Trevor F]

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>     ... Has anyone out there done this, and if so, how good was the
>     wire? 

Hello John,

    I haven't done this with gold but I have done it using a 99.99 silver
    coin. The approach I took was to cast the coin into a crude rod,
    forge that down until it would fit the wire slots in the rolling mill,
    roll it down to something smallish that could then be drawn through a
    standard draw plate. 

    The quality of the wire was excellent but the labour involved is
    mind-boggling. It took me the better part of two full days of work to
    produce, among other by-products that I was interested in, a coil of 1
    mm silver wire. It was a useful experience as an exercise but unless
    you've got a lot of time on your hands and no alternatives you might
    want to find other sources for that wire. 

Cheers, 
Trevor F.

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