Joe wrote:
Nice work. Thanks for sharing it.

One question: since you only used the silver pins for alignment, why
silver and not something less esoteric?

Esoteric? Nothing esoteric about silver.

'Cause of its softness, or just
what was at hand?

Actually, because of it's hardness. In my shop I have only a couple of
options to make a piece of wire with a ball at one end. Silver or
gold. Obviously silver is a cheaper option, although I could also use
the gold and melt it back down afterwards.

I could also use copper instead of silver, but copper is much too soft.
It would bend while working with it, so silver was the logical choice.
Cheaper than gold, harder than copper.

Abrasha
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