[Jewelry making - Article 00039] - Re: [Orchid] Tube bending

[Ray]

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>     How do I bend silver tube? Is there a way to do it without having
>     to insert the perfect size wire inside? 

    There are long springs made for this purpose, but they tend to mar
    the surface. You can do what plumbers often do when bending copper
    tubing: fill the tube with salt (as much as you can stuff into it,)
    bend the tube, then introduce water to remove the salt. 

Ray

 
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