[Jewelry making - Article 00832] - Re: [Orchid] Making Tie Clip Spring

[John Donivan]

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    I would agree with one reply (Huffman) Nobody makes money clip
    springs (anymore). It's simple enough to do - roll out a piece of
    silver, or gold sheet, anneal it, roll it (or planish) don't anneal
    it, bend it and you have a money clip. The issues are, though, that
    it is an inferior money clip to begin with, it will only work on a
    certain thickness of bills - if you exceed that, then it won't work
    anymore on a thinner amount, you _cannot_ solder anything onto it,
    and it is destined to break in a year or so, and since you can't
    solder on it, it becomes scrap metal. There are many fine springs
    for sale out there - I haven't looked in some years, but Rio Grande
    has always had some. Or, as some suggest, buy a cheapie, dissect it
    and use the design with a real spring..... 


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