[Jewelry making - Article 00979] - Re: [Orchid] Drawbenches notes

[Jeff Demand]

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Helen,

>     Looking at the extortionate prices charged by jewellery supply
>     companies for jewellery dedicated tools, I'm not surprised how
>     much jewellers improvise where they can. I'm sure hubby can rig
>     something up in the garage that will do in place of a draw bench
>     but I'll shop around for reasonably priced draw plate or two. 

    I can snap a few pictures of my "draw bench" and either figure out
    how to post to Orchid or stick on my web site. Wire plates are
    probably best purchased without much concern for price. Good steel
    ones will probably outlast you, fancy carbide ones give a little
    better finish and service into the next century. For larger tube
    sizes even home made mystery steel ones have worked well for years.
    (car/truck leaf spring bits recovered from road side pedestrian
    ramblings, one hardened and tempered the other still annealed). 

Jeff
Demand Designs
Analog/Digital Modelling & Goldsmithing
http://www.gmavt.net/~jdemand
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