[Jewelry making - Article 00408] - Re: [Orchid] How do you store your wire?

[Rick]

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>     I use a peg hook board that is just one board around 3 feet long
>     with long wooden dowel rods that are made to go into the holes. 

    I have a pegboard on the wall behind my bench. I "used to" hang my
    silver wire on hooks. It was handy but I quit doing that for two
    reasons. One it was getting tarnished from the fumes of my torch. Two
    I was giving a demo for the local rock club and someone commented
    that they should do a little midnight shopping in my studio (garage).
    That kinda spooked me. I buy wire and sheet in bulk to take advantage
    of quantity discounts so I usually have a couple thousand in silver
    in inventory. I now store my sheet and wire in brown paper 30 day
    folders and the folders go in the safe. 

    I have a drawer in a Craftsman rolling tool chest that I keep all
    the stuff that is too short to coil. So having the bulk of silver in
    the safe makes me look in the drawer first before opening the safe.
    That way I use up the odds and ends first by convenience. 

    I also used to store my sheet silver in hanging file folders. That
    worked out well except for security. So a small fire safe with
    hanging folders could be a good solution too. 

Rick Copeland
Silversmith and Lapidary Artisan
Rocky Mountain Wonders
Colorado Springs, Colorado
rockymountainwonders.com
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