[Jewelry making - Article 00374] - Re: [Orchid] Rolling and making wire

[Alastair]

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Hi Jerry,

    I trust your rolling mill has grooves for the rolling of square
    bars. To get the longest wiRe: anneal the coin then cut it with tin
    snips spiralling in from the edge to as close to the centre as
    possible, the width of the strip you are cutting being about equal to
    the thickness of the coin. This gives you a rough square section
    wire. Straighten it with pliers and by tapping on the anvil, then
    roll it in the grooves of the rolling mill until it is uniform along
    its length, anneal, continue using the draw plate to get the wire
    diameter you want. This way the maximum wire diameter you can get is
    about 2/3 the thickness of the coin you started with. 

    I have managed to get thicker wire by cutting the spiral strip twice
    as wide as the thickness of the coin, then carefully rolling it so as
    to pinch the long axis in the rollers, and ending up with a wire
    diameter about the same as the coin thickness. 

Alastair
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