[Jewelry making - Article 00701] - Re: [Orchid] Most Desired Tools

[Dave Arens]

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Hi Beth,

    Assuming you want to point a pin stem before it's affixed to the
    item it's being made for here's a fast easy way to put point on wires
    or rods. 

    It takes a pin vise & a grinding wheel. 

    1. Put the wire/rod in the pin vise with a little more than the
    length to be tapered protruding from it. 

    2. Start your grinder. If needed, a cuttoff wheel in a flexshaft
    would probably work. You'd just have to use the side of the wheel,
    not the circumference. 

    3. Hold the pin vise so the wire/rod contacts the grinding wheel at
    a very flat angle. 

    4. While holding the wire/rod against the wheel, keep continuously
    turing the pin vise so the wire/rod doesn't stay in one place on the
    wheel. 

    Depending on the finish you want, you can finish the wire/rod end on
    a piece of crocus cloth. 

Dave

 
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