Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip
November 3, 2009

Question:

I need hints on twisting wire. How long a piece can you twist in a pin vise? It is it better to twist long or short pieces? When using a pin vise, is there a sure fire technique for keeping the twists even? If using a regular power drill, how would I twist longer pieces?

Answer:

The easiest way for me to answer this is to direct you to the page where we have all of our video tips on wire wrapping techniques. You may not yet be aware of the fact that we are now keeping them in one place so you can view these tutorials any time you’d like! Sherrie Lingerfelt does a great demo showing several ways to twist wire: http://www.wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/?p=212

Answer contributed by Dale “Cougar” Armstrong

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Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip
October 31, 2009

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Question:

Can I use a small dremel to twist the wire?

Answer:

About all of my experiments in using a dremel to twist wire have ended sadly. I even tried using a dremel with multiple speeds and still it is too fast and broke the wire. The one rare success was twisting two 16g round wires together.

Answer contributed by Dale “Cougar” Armstrong

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Twisting Jewelry Wire

By: Sherrie Lingerfelt

Here is a helpful article by Dale "Cougar" Armstrong all about twisting wire: Getting Twisted.