[Jewelry making - Article 00966] - Re: [Orchid] Drawing wire, getting burrs

[Loren Damewood]

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Trevor,

    I've never paid much attention to the burrs along the corners of
    square wire that hasn't yet made it down to round wire while drawing
    it -- it stands to reason that the first few passages through the
    plate will produce them, and I just kept going until the diameter of
    the hole was being fully utilized in shaping the wire. Come to think
    of it, I carry samples of silver wire that I stopped part way
    through, to show my students stages of my wire making, and the one
    that's between rolled ingot and round has got those same burrs on
    it. 

    You could attempt to run the square wire through at a forty-five
    degree angle, and make octagonal wire of it. Flattening the corners
    would go a long way in the transition from square to round, but it's
    a bit tricky to keep control of the material -- it'll keep trying to
    twist itself back to the other orientation. No need for great
    precision, of course, you just want the corners to be blunted. Good
    luck! 

Loren
http://www.golden-knots.com
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