[TheForge] repairing silver

[Steve Smith]

If you can find a traditional jeweler (i.e. one that actually *does* jewelery
work as opposed to sending it off to someone else), they probably won't charge
much.

Steve Smith

Ray Baker wrote:

> 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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