Re: more re: eyepins, can i make them into head pins??

Sure - just use a mini butane torch to melt/ball up the end and clip of the loop at the top.

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Barbara Forbes-Lyons
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lol, o sure... just use a butane torch!!! hey, man, not all of us do lampowrk eh? :) so where do i get a butane torch from? :)

alia :)

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alia

Home Depot - the mini ones will run you about 19.99 and you can also use them in the kitchen to melt sugar on the top of your creme brulee!

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Barbara Forbes-Lyons

Can we do this with a soldering iron? I have one of those. :)

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Kandice Seeber

I doubt it gets hot enough, but you could certainly try. The melting point of the kind of solder they are designed for is a lot lower than for silver.

I was just using soldering irons as a way to point geographically to the likeliest spot in the hardware store to find a small torch. Both soldering irons and torches are used by plumbers, and they usually hang out in the same place in the DIY stores.

Deirdre

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Deirdre S.

I hace to say that I cannot imagine it being worth the effort, unless you are just INCREDIBLY bored and desperate for something to do.

For the price of the butane torch, you could just buy some SS head pins!

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Kalera Stratton

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about this one, is this one any good? alia :)

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alia

Actually, it's very easy to do and rewarding and gives an organic look to the work. I make my own pins all the time, especially when I have to turn the items into charms and conventional headpins aren't long enough for the loop wraps I want to do. By making my own, I can make them as long as I need to. Plus, using very thin wire (22/24 gauge) I can make headpins that fit pearl holes w/o having to enlarge the hole in the gem.

Besides, there is something therapeutic about sitting there in front of the boob-toob with a pile of headpins and handful of steel wool, polishing off the firescale!

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Barbara Forbes-Lyons

Here's another idea...Sometimes when I want to make a pendant and need to use a long piece of wire (no headpin would be long enough) I make the end into a paddle by using my ball-peen hammer on an anvil. I just flatten the end. Then I pull the paddle as far as it can go into the bead, and nip off the end that still sticks out. Be sure to use a file to smooth the end if necessary. With an eyepin, you could just nip off the eye and go from there. Suzanne Hye

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