[Jewelry making - Article 00566] - Re: [Orchid] Newbie Questions

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    I am just responding to one of your questions, the one on hardening
    your metal. if its a pierced piece as you mentioned you can buy the
    metal pre hardened (sheet), actually its bet to have it this way as
    it much easy to saw when hard, annealed stick a little when sawing. if
    you need to solder after it will get soft again but only were the
    metal get red hot, you can then harden it with a burnisher and
    polish. Heres a tip for hardening earring wire after soldering grip
    the wire with a parallel pliers and twist it clockwise or anti
    clockwise one revolution, you wont see the twist as the wire is round
    in diameter. Its also possible to heat harden with a kiln. I have
    never done it but I know it works. Hope this helps Ed Dawson making
    models for the trade Maine Master Models

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