I'm sure all the "old dogs" already know this, but for those that don't..............
On Chris's post of "Thanks Mates" many had talked about ways to make super small gold wire.
I decided to post this as a new thread for those that might like to know but could miss it there.
Another way to make the wire as small as you want to is to draw it down in your drawplate until you have it the smallest diameter your plate can make.
Anneal it at each draw.
Then taper both ends of the wire, double the wire in half and pull the two strands through the plate at one time.
Anneal again.
Now fold the wire into three strands, taper the ends and pull through again.
You can keep doing this until the wire is the size you need for the line you want to inlay.
The strands are not nice and round after pulling it doubled up, but this does not matter for inlay.
The smallest hole in any of my plates is 0.25mm or about 10ths of an inch.
I have pulled up to five reduced strands through it at one time,after multi pulling.
This left each strand with about the same bulk as a 2ths wire.
Just a thought, hope it is a help to some.
John B.
On Chris's post of "Thanks Mates" many had talked about ways to make super small gold wire.
I decided to post this as a new thread for those that might like to know but could miss it there.
Another way to make the wire as small as you want to is to draw it down in your drawplate until you have it the smallest diameter your plate can make.
Anneal it at each draw.
Then taper both ends of the wire, double the wire in half and pull the two strands through the plate at one time.
Anneal again.
Now fold the wire into three strands, taper the ends and pull through again.
You can keep doing this until the wire is the size you need for the line you want to inlay.
The strands are not nice and round after pulling it doubled up, but this does not matter for inlay.
The smallest hole in any of my plates is 0.25mm or about 10ths of an inch.
I have pulled up to five reduced strands through it at one time,after multi pulling.
This left each strand with about the same bulk as a 2ths wire.
Just a thought, hope it is a help to some.
John B.
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