[Jewelry making - Article 00514] - Re: [Orchid] Most productive way to produce shot

[David L. Huffman]

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>                 Why would you go to the trouble of making jump rings
>     when all you have to do is cut equal lengths of the same gauge
>     wire?? 

Hi Beth and others;

    I think I'd agree with you on that. It might be a bit easier to place
    jump rings on a charcoal block, which would be tipped, presumably, to
    allow them to roll off into water. Personally, when I've played
    around with granulation, I've just used thin sheet, then made cuts on
    one end to make "fingers" which I then straightened out and cut
    across, making pallons, much as bench jewelers are in the habit of
    doing when cutting solder. Back in school though, we'd use a coarse
    file and put the filings in powdered charcoal in a crucible which we
    heated in a forge. Messy, getting the granules sorted out of the
    charcoal residue. 

David L. Huffman

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