[Jewelry making - Article 00211] - Re: [Orchid] Drawing half-round wire from round

[Zen Sojourner]

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>         You only need to solder the first half inch, or so, of the
>     wires together. Enough to form the taper that is held in the
>     pliers. 

    Yeah, that's how you do it with two pieces of square wire, and I see
    how that works, because you have a flat edge to flat edge that ends
    up being the inside, flate edge of the half-round wire, and the outer
    square edges of both pieces get rounded off as you pull the two
    pieces through a single round drawplate hole. 

    However, I've seen instructions that say to solder together two
    pieces of ROUND wire for their entire length, and then pull that
    through a half-round drawplate.  THAT I don't see how it would work,
    and it would seem that even if it did, you'd have exposed solder
    joints at some spots along the length of the drawn wire. 

>>      So can anyone tell me how to draw half-round wire from a single
>>     piece of round wire?  Like what size to start with in the round
>>     wire to get the desired size in the half round... Ditto for square
>>     wire from round wire, for that matter. 

>             'cors you could just buy half round or square draw
>     plates................ 

    Well, yes, I could, and have.  I guess I was hoping for some rules
    of thumb about what size of round wire to start with to end up with a
    particular size in the half-round or square wire that you're
    drawing. I'm sort of limited, budgetwise, and I can't really afford
    to buy each and every gauge of Argentium sterling and experiment if
    there's the possiblity of narrowing my choices down to fewer sizes. 

Sojourner

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