Ear wire thickness?

[Scarlet]

Thank you very much More money spent....I need to stop...I got my Foredom drill this month too, need to practice flush setting at home . I need get my work area sorted so I can hang up the drill. I'm slowly overtaking the kids play room.

[eekoh]

Another ear wire question since i'm about to order materials for a new project. I'm intending to make simple 0.9mm sterling silver wires similar to to picture below, would you recommend using half-hard or hard wire?
Fairly simple design without lots of curly/wrapped features so should be minimal bending required. I also have a barrel polisher now so they could get a bit of a tumble to burnish/harden if that makes any difference to recommendations.



thanks

[Dennis]

I would go for hard wire, so that they keep in shape. You will also be hammering flats, which helps. Tumbling is of no significant value for hardening. Dennis.

[eekoh]

Thanks, wasn't sure whether tumbling would have more effect on wire than other items, it being quite thin.

[JewelleryByMandy]

I use .8 as my friend complained that she couldn’t get .9 through.


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[eekoh]

I think I ended up buying 0.8mm because when I looked the suppliers were doing that a lot more than the .9