[TheForge] repairing silver

Fri Jan 11 09:25:01 2002

Of course, the other key is practice at torch soldering. You might play with
some similar sized pieces of copper first.

Steve Smith

H and P Foster wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:26 AM
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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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