[TheForge] Recent Hammer's Blow Spring 2003

Sun Jun 29 22:16:00 2003

Harry:  Stay Brite works well with SS, I use it in knife making.  It bonds
brass & nickel silver guards to SS blades very well.  Grant
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H and P Foster" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 4:29 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Recent Hammer's Blow Spring 2003


> Thanks for the tips Peter.  I know I had problems in the past with
> overheating, as I watched in horror as a pure silver piece that I had a
few
> hours in just disapear when trying to attach the pin. I will look into the
> different temp products, but for the moment this Stay Brite seems to work
> real well and feels strong. Look forward to seeing if it works with
> Stainless.
>
> Harry
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Peter Fels And
> Phoebe Palmer
> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 2:38 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Recent Hammer's Blow Spring 2003
>
>
> 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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