[Jewelry making - Article 00971] - Re: [Orchid] Drawing wire, getting burrs

[LSHancock]

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Trevor,

    since you have eliminated the drawplate and the material for the
    burrs, then the only other possibility is that the problem is in the
    rolling operations. My thought is that the first couple of passes
    through the roller cause the problem. Those first passes must be
    compressing the square corners in such a way that fins are being
    forced into the body of the wire. Try filing off the sharp corners so
    that the cross section of the wire is closer to the shape of the
    roller, then proceed in compressing the wire, carefully and slowly,
    as usual. 

    Let us know if this solves the problem. 

Larry
Cary, NC
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