[TheForge] repairing silver

Thu Jan 10 18:05:00 2002

Ray;  I make some silver Jewelry and find working with pure silver quite
easy.  I just use some of the same material  when a weld is required and I
just use regular plumbers solder flux and my Oxy Acetaline torch. The key to
using silver solder I think is very clean surfaces and the right flux for
the silver solder used.  You can get some low temp silver solder apparently
that flows at 400 degrees and it is quite easy to use with a propane torch.
Saw this on a knife makers video.

Harry Foster
Rusty Dog Forge

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Subject: [TheForge] repairing silver

I know it is not a material we usually use, but wondering - - -

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?

Thanks!

Ray Baker
Frontier Forge
Olympia, WA

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