Repeating stud style pattern

[AJN]

Does anyone know the best way to make a repeating pyramid 'stud style' effect pattern?

You can buy silver wire from Cookson (product NVZ 005) I'd like to make varying sizes like that. I'm new so not allowed to post Url to actual product.

Thanks

[Nick martin]

Easiest way I can think off is to file down appropriately sized triangular profile wire.

Nick

[metalsmith]

Perhaps file down a tool to the appropriate shape and stamp some squares to make pyramids or stamp at regular intervals along a strip to approach the effect seen in your triangular wire example.

[Dennis]

Seeing the strip you wish to make, you could make a punch from a piece of square tool steel, with the end filed into notches with a square file, to produce a negative. While this would make a repeat pattern in clay, it would become tedious in metal and not very distinct in larger sizes, so I suggest you buy ready made instead.

Alternatively you could file the end of square wire into pyramids, as suggested by Nick, cut them off and solder in place.

I suspect we have not been told the whole story, but if you explain further, our suggestions might be more practical. Dennis.

[CJ57]

It can't be cost effective to make large amounts of this unless it was being cast or machined but as Dennis says it depends how much you want and what for.

Hello by the way, always good to meet new people

[AJN]

Thank you everybody. Some really good ideas here! I had been a little lost tbh so I appreciate this. I want to make various pieces which have a stud effect not dissimilar to the Cooksons wire I mentioned in my first post, but different sizes. I bought some actually and it looks like it's been through a rolling mill so I wonder if perhaps there's some sort of insert that can be bought for a mill.
I'd be making prototypes to cast so doesn't matter if it's not too cost or time effective.

N