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Tea for the Tsar -- close up
4 comments
  • Kim Nogueira

    i never though of using crimps, great idea! i was thinking the 18 ga i was using was my problem...i'll go up a gauge then.  i appreciate you sharing your experience with hinges, and i too, am not exactly enjoying some the side effects of middle age! i

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  • Diana Wieler

    Whoops!  Kimberly I just went and measured, and the tubes are 3 x 4mm (not the size I said before.)  This is what happens when you get old, LOL

  • Diana Wieler

    Thank you, Kimberly!  Gosh, for this particular piece, the hinge was already there.  (I simply took it apart until I was ready to put it all back together.)  However, I do make hinges and I use 16 gauge sterling wire for the interior.  For the

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  • Kim Nogueira

    i love your work with found objects diana! when i saw this on the main page, i did not realize that it opened... love his rosy cheeks...this is an odd question, but do you mind if i ask what gauge wire you used for your hinge-pin? also, what size

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