[Jewelry making - Article 01084] - Re: [Orchid] Drawbenches notes

[bill wismar]

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    I hate to beat the horse more but from all the questions about the
    draw bench and where to get winches and stuff I have to chime in
    again repeating some of my rolling mill post. 

    My first thought is if we look back in history the draw benches used
    at say the Faberge' shop were state of the art at the time.  I say,
    in my small mind that if they were still open they would not pull
    their own wire they 

    would buy it.  If they did pull their own wire they would have a
    $100,000.00 machine that draws the wire and anneals it all at the
    same time.  Why don't we all use hand drills instead of flex shafts
    they are just as good.  It seems like there is this little story
    going on in our heads that it is wrong to buy wire or stock, it is
    not a pure design if we don't make it ourselves. Faberge' did not
    have a metal house to buy from they HAD to make it.  If The House of
    Hoover was 2 blocks from Faberge' I guarantee that they would have
    used The House of Hoover later to become Hoover and Strong when
    Hoover left russia in 1917 after the March revolution and the
    abdication of the Tsar (sorry for the little humor and made up
    history). 

Keep busy everyone
Bill Wismar
www.metalbendersgallery.com
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