[Jewelry making - Article 00409] - Re: [Orchid] Argentium Blog

[Zen Sojourner]

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>         Now - does anyone know where you can get thinner than 24g wire
>     in Argentium? For weaving as well as making head pins to use with
>     tiny gemstone beads, 26-28g would be really useful to me, if it
>     exists somewhere. 

    Most of my stuff can be done in 24g.  I haven't tried yet, but I
    think because of its greater ductility, I can do some of my 26g
    projects in the 24g.  Although it'd probably be cheaper to do them in
    26g, LOL! 

    The only way I know to get it in the smaller guages (pending begging
    Stuller to stock it) is to draw it yourself.  The smallest any
    drawplate I know of will go is 28g - does anybody know where you can
    get a drawplate to go down to 30g?  I'd like to try some
    knitting/weaving with the Argentium. 

Sojourner

 
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