[TheForge] Recent Hammer's Blow Spring 2003

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Hi Harry;
One of the interesting thing about  silver solders is that they are 
available in a stepped range of temperature,  so it is possible to do a 
number of successive stages of assembly using a progression of different 
set-ups to produce a complex piece is several simple steps.
2 things i mess up with  silver soldering most often are, Inadaquate 
surface prep, and overheating.
It's gotta be oxide and grease/oil free. On difficult pieces I take a 3 
corner scraper to the interfaces.
Heat real slow from below....watch the flux  run, then creep up on liquidus.
Grunt, there's a line.....................Pete

H and P Foster wrote:

>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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