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Machining a Tool for Making Silver Wire / Drawplate

This video showcases my journey in making a drawplate. I needed a drawplate for creating silver wire, as I plan to incorporate a silver inlay into the brass guards for one of my upcoming knife-making videos. Unfortunately, I only had silver dust on hand and needed to transform it into wire, which led to the idea for this project. The drawplate is crafted from an old spring. This project encompasses various steps, including silver casting, silver purification using the sugar lye method, silver mold making, and, of course, silver wire drawing. I was genuinely surprised by the final tool; it works perfectly, and the 33 holes allow for wire production ranging from 4.0 to 0.8 mm in diameter with 0.1 mm increments. To test the plate, I created a 1.2 mm wire from a roughly hammered 3.9 mm diameter wire. The entire process took approximately 20 minutes, and the wire stretched from 19 cm to 166 cm. #handmade #craftingjourney #drawplate