[Jewelry making - Article 00228] - Re: [Orchid] Balls at the ends

[Michael R. Mathews Sr.]

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Hello Jenni:

    Of course heating the wire with a hot flame to melt and ball up the
    end is pretty easy when your just holding the wire in tweezers. It
    is quite a different thing tring to ball up the end of a wire when
    it is close to a stone or bead or an Omega clip back that you don't
    want to anneal. It is a quick in and out with a very hot torch. It
    is cutting the wire to just the right length so that it will make
    the right sized ball. It is getting the feel of exactly when to back
    off the torch and if you need to quickly cool the item in water or
    with soaked tissues. 

Good luck.
Mike Mathews 


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