[Jewelry making - Article 00733] - Re: [Orchid] Dead soft vs. half hard Argentium

[Noel Yovovich]

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>     My question is why would I use half-hard metal if it is being used
>     for an application that requires it to be heated to a soldering
>     temperature, such as a bezel back. 

    As far as I've ever been able to tell, the only time it makes sense
    to use half-hard silver is for wire-wrapping, where fully annealed
    may not have the "body" to bend into graceful curves (doing the
    earrings that I wire wrap with annealed 20g sterling is like trying
    to shape spaghetti). I am not aware of any benefit to starting with
    stiffer material for any other purpose. As you point out, you're
    just going to anneal it in the process of soldering anyway! 

Noel

 
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