[TheForge] repairing silver

Thu Jan 10 12:57:01 2002

CRAZY GLUE......;-))

Forge a new one....  ;-)

Ray Miller
Cincinnati

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:40 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: re: [TheForge] repairing silver

"Ray Baker" <[email protected]> writes: 

> My son has a couple of inexpensive silver chains from which the clasps
broke
> off. Can these be soldered (silver solder) or is the heat requirement too
> high for an ordinary soldering iron? Will the plumbing 
> version of "silver
> solder" actually hold silver?

I have repaired jewelry (gold, and IIRC, silver) on occasion with silver
solder (from Radio Shack, perhaps?) and a good quality soldering iron.

  Bill Alleman                            Tavern Village Forge

       "Prediction is difficult. Especially about the future."
                                                  -Niels Bohr-

  allemanse.com        .-~`</\/\>`~-.         nh.us.mensa.org

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