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Metal Extrusion: Understanding Metal Shaping Processes


Question
Is there a product out there that will melt precious metals (like silver) in a gun or
pen type tool-like a glue gun-where you could feed in a strip of silver wire & it
would melt the metal, ejecting the metal as you wish?  Not a welding or
soldering tool.

Answer
the Manufacturing Industry has  metal extrusion equipment on a much larger scale than for a studio. There is no small extrusion device  as you are describing. Fabricating wire ,sheet or tubing is a relatively easy and  fast proposition that any jeweler  or metal smith can do  in  a couple of hours time.
Hope this answers your question.