[Jewelry making - Article 00265] - Re: [Orchid] Drawing 22k wire from coin

[Greg DeMark]

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John,

    The beauty of gold is that almost anything is possible in the way of
    shaping the metal but my suggestion is to melt the coin and pour it
    into an ingot former for wire and then draw it. 

    If you try to roll the coin on edge you will be folding metal over
    the edge as you compress it. As the wire gets to a smaller diameter
    it may appear that the problem is correcting itself but may prove to
    be a problem when you work with the finished wire. 

Good Luck
Greg DeMark
email: greg AT demarkjewelry.com
Website: www.demarkjewelry.com
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