I am making my own hardware for a presentation piece using sterling silver and I have hit a wall.
The problem is the hinge pins; I am making them from wire sized to the hole size in the castings and I am familiar with how to pean the ends over on one end of the stock in a split clamp die I made to form a head before inserting the pin in the two castings, but I am stumped on how to upset the other end in situ.
Sterling silver is extremely soft and subject to deformation, and I am reluctant to try to upset the "second" ends in place for fear that I might deform the hinge castings or even mushroom the end so that it seizes up the hinge action.
I doubt that anyone has actually done this as it really is an obscure matter but does anyone have any good ideas ?
Karl
The problem is the hinge pins; I am making them from wire sized to the hole size in the castings and I am familiar with how to pean the ends over on one end of the stock in a split clamp die I made to form a head before inserting the pin in the two castings, but I am stumped on how to upset the other end in situ.
Sterling silver is extremely soft and subject to deformation, and I am reluctant to try to upset the "second" ends in place for fear that I might deform the hinge castings or even mushroom the end so that it seizes up the hinge action.
I doubt that anyone has actually done this as it really is an obscure matter but does anyone have any good ideas ?
Karl