Stainless wire is usually work hardened from being drawn to size. So
it is not spring temper, but not annealed either. You might look at
some 1/16th MIG wire and see if it is stiff enough.

Dan

Grant Erwin wrote:
Lamp shades are normally spring tempered to resist being dented. I'll keep your
ideas about solder/flux specific to stainless in mind, thanks, Dan.

GWE