[Jewelry making - Article 01463] - Re: [Orchid] Heat hardening of silver

[T.A.Masters]

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Linda,

    Thinking out loud. There have been discussions here before on
    cutting tubes without them collapsing. 

    Have you considered filling the tubes with water and then freezing,
    cutting quickly while they are rigid? I suppose filling with oiled
    sand may also work. 

    Once your sections are as you want them to be, can they then be work
    hardened in a tumbler with steel shot? 

Terrie

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