14K Yellow Gold Half-Round Wire, 4-Ga., Dead-Soft | Sold by 1/16 inch | 600604 (Quote)

This dead-soft, 14-karat yellow gold half-round wire offers a flat surface that makes it great for wire-wrapping on flat components and helps makes soldering more effective while presenting a round profile in your designs. This wire is great for creating loops, links and jump rings that have a flat inner surface. Dead soft wire is easy to bend, shape and hammer; it is an ideal starting point for forming, shaping and wire-wrapping. Keep in mind that hardness is changeable (by annealing or heat-hardening) and is relative among metal types (each temper will feel and handle differently from one metal to another). When finishing your pieces, also keep in mind that the harder the metal is, the brighter a finish it will take.

4-gauge wire is useful for substantial or heavy jewelry designs, accessories and hollowware or for any designs that demand high durability; the heaviest gauges (4–0 ga.) are suitable for forging and heavy manipulation. As you know, jewelry wire has as many uses as there are jewelers and designers who use it to achieve their vision; these suggested uses simply represent some of the more common applications of this metal weight.

This yellow gold wire is sold coiled; it can be cut to any length that satisfies the system minimum. Orders must weigh at least 0.01 dwt.; if you click 'Add to Cart' for a quantity less than this, the cart will offer a prompt to let you know what the minimum for this item is.

Specifications:

• Country of origin : United States
• Metal type : Gold
• Karat : 14K
• Hardness : Dead-soft
• Form : Wire
• Shape : Half-round
• Dimensions : .204" x .102" (5.19 x 2.59mm)
• Gauge : 4 ga.
• Length per weight : 0.44 in./dwt. (1.12 cm/dwt.)
• Weight per length : 2.280 dwt./in. (0.898 dwt./cm)