[Jewelry making - Article 00048] - Re: [Orchid] How do you bend silver tubing?

[Noel Yovovich]

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>     For small sizes you can use nylon fishing line, they do sizes up
>     to about 1.5mm if you ask. 

    Good idea! And for larger tubing, trimmer line should work! 

    As a complete aside-- not appropriate for my own work, but you can
    make rivets out of trimmer (weed whacker) line with a hot knife.
    Might be fun for kids! 

Noel
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