[Jewelry making - Article 00615] - Re: [Orchid] Rolling mills square wire grooves

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Greetings all.

    Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated. 

    Once I got my brain on straight, Jim (et al) are correct: stress
    cracking, both of the rolls and of the wire seems to be the best
    answer for why that's a bad idea. 

    This was mostly a case of getting annoyed while arguing with a
    billet, and having time to scheme and ponder as I was rolling it
    down. 

    The billets in question are on the order of .625" thick to start,
    and the end goal is something closer to .25" so a drawplate was just
    right out. (at least for the valentine's day present I was working
    on.) (Now done.) 

Again, many thanks,
Regards,
Brian Meek.
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