Re: Use of extremely fine drawplate

Fred Zweig wrote:
Good morning everyone. I have used a great many drawplates in my time
and have recently acquired one that draws down to an extremely fine
diameter. I need a loupe to see the last few holes in the plate. Are
there any tricks to draw down wire this thin? I will be using 22k-24k
gold and fine silver. I am expecting to have difficulties keeping the
wire from breaking and even feeding it into the smaller holes of the
plate. Anyone have experience drawing very fine wire?

Thanks,
Fred

The trick with wire this soft and this thin, is to never anneal. Just
draw until you reach the desired diameter.

I use a lot of 24K gold wire (for rivets), and I used to have the wire
break on me all the time. Until I stopped annealing the wire. Never
broke again.

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Abrasha
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