[Jewelry making - Article 00814] - Re: [Orchid] Making Tie Clip Spring

[David L. Huffman]

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>     how to make the spring for tie clips like the ones below? 

    Nobody tries to make those, we just buy them. You could, if you were
    really set on making it, get yourself some "memory wire" from
    Metaliferrous or Rio Grande, but I doubt it would work as well. See
    if you can get a cheap, costume version and scavenge the spring from
    that. I do know how to make springs like that, I learned it from one
    of the Williamsburg gunsmiths, but it's not amateur sport, no
    offense. It involves things like molten lead, stainless steel foil,
    and the flash point of linseed oil, etc. 

David L. Huffman

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