[Jewelry making - Article 00724] - Re: [Orchid] Half round dead soft Argentium wire

[Grace & Tom Stokes]

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Bob,

>     The article in this months (Feb 06) Lapidary journal, the guy who
>     originally developed AS, baked his at 300, the rest of the sites
>     on this item, recommend 500 or 550, I have done mine at 450 and 500
>     and see no difference in the hardness I get. I leave them in 30
>     minutes

    wouldn't you know after many years I finally stopped getting
    Lapidary Journal - I will have to check out that article and
    experiment with my lower temp oven. Thanks for pointing it out. One
    other question - are your pieces made completely out of AS? Mine are
    usually a combination - how would heating at say 450 degrees effect
    the sterling or gold??

Grace S.


 
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