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How To Make Earring Posts By Hand
Yes you can make your own earring posts. It is generally more cost effective to buy them, but making them is not a problem and there are times that it is useful to know how.
1) draw your wire down to the size you want. Maybe .9 mm.
2) Anneal the wire carefully (avoid hot spots-local overheating). Robert Kaylor anneals wire coiled up in a tin can, playing the flame on from the outside to avoid localized overheating.
3) Clamp one end of the wire carefully into a vise, grip the other end with draw tongs or vise grips or toothed pliers and pull gently and hard, stretching the wire-you will see it visibly stretch. This will straighten the wire instantly.
4) Get a piece of brass hobby tubing about 3″ (7cm) long, cut one end to a 45 degree angle or so, anneal it, about one inch (2.5) cm below the flat end of the tube make an indentation with a center punch and then drill a one mm hole at the bottom of the dent. This will serve as a funnel to feed the wire into the hole (and the tube). Then gently squash the tube near the
…Charles Lewton-Brain
Master goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain trained, studied and worked in Germany, Canada and the United States to learn the skills he uses. Charles Lewton-Brain is one of the original creators of Ganoksin.
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