[TheForge] Recent Hammer's Blow Spring 2003

Tue Jul 1 10:04:01 2003

Something I learned in gas welding, if you take a standard #2 pencil and
draw a line around where you are soldering/brazing (or parallel to the
joint), the solder will go to the line and stop. 

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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of H and P Foster
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 5:18 PM
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Subject: [TheForge] Recent Hammer's Blow Spring 2003

After reading the issue I just received, and then some work in the shop,
proves what a great source of ideas magazines like this are.  I do some
different pieces of jewelry along with my ironwork, but one part of my
jewelry making as always been hit and miss, and that is attaching
fastening pins on the backs of decorative pins and broaches. Sometimes I
have got silver solder to work, or the parent material but sometimes
nothing works and I resort to epoxy, which I am not happy with.

The letter in this issue titled "More on Jewelry" pointed me to a
product that I had not heard of before, called "Stay Brite" which is a
silver solder that flows at 430 degrees F.  I got some yesterday and
tried a test piece today and what a joy it was to work with.  That
inspired me to make a nice little stylized Kiwi pin for my wife as we
celebrate our 36th on Monday.

thank you Hammer's Blow, as I hadn't even thought of a gift yet. :-)

Harry Foster
Rusty Dog Forge

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