[Jewelry making - Article 00259] - Re: [Orchid] Beaded wire

[FrodoGem]

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    I have made small quantities of gold beaded wire as follows: 

    1.  start with square wire 

    2. make a mandrel with 4 separating disks separated by 3 worn out
    disks such that it will cut evenly spaced grooves along the wire 

    3.  Cut the first four grooves about half way through the wire. 

    4.  For subsequent sets of grooves use the first disk on the mandrel
    as an index into the last groove cut. 

    5. When you have the desired length of wire with "square beads,"
    round the beads with a cup burr.  (I haven't tried it but I would
    expect a beading tool would work as well...perhaps without even
    going through the grooving steps.)  My method worked for some fairly
    large beads. 

Howard Woods
Eagle, Idaho


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