Thread: Brass or nickel rods.....?

I mentioned annealing your pin material in another thread, I do the ends, on Brass,or NS, heat till dull red hot and dip in cool water, softens it right up, THEN, I use a Jewelers "Beading" tool it rounds out a bead for setting diamond pave' style, the tool comes in many sizes and is like a hip socket in that it rounds and flairs with ease the pin ends and makes it safe to work around fragile scales. Ya might want a couple cup burrs with that.

Hmm, I really am going to have to post pics aren't I? I don't like to show off like that.