wire guage

21g square, 20g round, 21g half round

It depends on what you are making, pendant, ring or the size of the cab. I use either 21 or 20g
Square wire with 22ga 1/2 round.

Tammy

Everyone has their own preference, but it's hard to imagine what something looks like without actually seeing it. I do all of my wire wraps (no matter what size) in 22 gauge square (dead soft) and 21 gauge half-round (half hard). Here's what it looks like on a 2 inch stone.....



Notice on this one that the wire looks heavier. It's because the stone is smaller, slightly over 1 inch....

I agree with Randy, it depends on the scale of things. It also depends on the jewelry and the look you want. I tend to do bigger stones and like to use 20g wire.

Beautiful work

I used 24 ga. half hard square and 21 ga. half hard 1/2 round on this one.



for larger stones I will use 21 gs. half hard square and 18 ga. half hard 1/2 round.

so from what I can see ths is what is used;

20g [], 20g rd, 22g 1/2 rd, 21g [], 21g 1/2 rd, 22g [], 24g 1/2rd, 14g 1/2 rd, 18g - rd, 16g rd, 22g rd,
28g rd, 24g [], 18g 1/2 rd

with the most common being;20g [], 22g 1/2 rd, 21g [], 21g 1/2 rd

Very interesting... when you help one, you help many!!

I was looking at the thicker stuff to start but will definitely re-think my choices now that I know what s more commonly used and can relate it to some of the actualy work done by people here!! Thanx much !!

I use 22g square and 22g half round. On tiny cabs I use 24 & 24!

the thing with dead soft is that when you begin to work it, it starts to get hardend!

anything you do to it will harden it starting with the straitening on through the finish wraps, I don't do anything but wrap with it and its fine. No extra steps needed

its the same deal with half hard too, by the time your finishing up your wrap that wire will be clost to full hard