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Old 2009-07-20, 8:52am
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Where is the best place to get copper wire?
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Old 2009-07-20, 11:30am
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Home Depot or Lowe's are the cheapest places that I have found. Also local hardware stores usually carry it.
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Old 2009-07-20, 11:46am
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Here's where I buy mine:

http://www.brandywinejewelrysupply.c...?idCategory=17
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Old 2009-07-20, 5:40pm
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I like to buy from Beaducation.com They carry 10 gauge through 28 gauge copper wire and have all kinds of wonderful tools.

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Old 2009-07-20, 8:02pm
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Thanks. I get all my wire at Ace Hardware but they don't carry any GA lower than 18.
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Old 2009-07-22, 9:39am
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We carry several gauges of solid copper wire by the foot. I love to make jumprings out of heavy gauge wire and then hammer them flat before soldering.
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Old 2009-07-22, 10:00am
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I buy my wire at RIO Grande.
It costs a tad more (still a steal) and it comes
neatly wound on spools. The quality is unmatched -
it's what I call "jewelry grade" copper. I have less problems
with it tarnishing than with the wire I get elsewhere.

I also buy my odd-shaped wire from Brandywine. They have
square and 1/2 round copper there (very hard to find elsewhere).
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Old 2009-07-22, 12:24pm
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I buy from Rio Grande, too. I like the quality and the packaging. For big sizes (10,12,14g) and a hard to find size (22g), I purchase from fundametals.net

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I get my larger sizes from the hardware store and small sizes from craft stores.
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Old 2009-08-01, 11:18am
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We also just started to make twisted copper wire. It is available by the foot.
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