[Jewelry making - Article 00477] - Re: [Orchid] Beaded wire

[Janet Berg]

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    Just caught this post. I made a beading swage almost 30 years ago
    when I was just starting out---according to Henry Wilson's
    "Silverwork and Jewelry" p. 275 (Pitman). I seem to recall it worked
    pretty well. I used the standard not-hard steel in my machine shop
    class (I took the course to make my tools...). It was soft enought
    to be able to make the row of depressions with a ball drill in a
    flex shaft along a line scribed with a t-square. He refers to
    Theophilus and his tool is similar, the difference being that he has
    a row of hemispherical depressions instead of Theophilus' single
    depression for one bead. Please note that I use 960 wire instead of
    sterling, which is liable to make quite a difference (for the
    better)! 

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    Silverwork and Jewelry: 
    A Text-Book for Students and Workers in Metal
    By Henry Wilson

    http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books/us/product/0800871928.htm

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Janet in Jerusalem 

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