[Jewelry making - Article 00186] - Re: [Orchid] How do you bend silver tubing?

[Aufin]

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    To bend tubing, use a spring type tubing bender. Can't find the right
    size? Make it yourself. Get a roll of annealed steel binding wire
    from the hardware store and wrap it around the tubing the same as you
    would for makng jump rings. You don't need expencive spring types, or
    messy acids. I've made many and I find they work quite well. If you
    mess it up taking it off, make another one.....it's cheap enough, and
    you'll have plenty of wire left for the next one.
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