[Jewelry making - Article 00052] - Re: [Orchid] [Beginners' Corner] solder formulas

[ANTHONY TOEPFER]

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    Alma.  There is one advantage to being able to make your own gold
    sheet and wire is that you can produce what you need on the spot
    instead of waiting for an order for metal to be processed and
    delivered.  This can be very useful in the fury of a creative burst
    or in meeting some impossible deadline.   I don't have cracking or
    porosity problems making yellow or pink sheet and wire out of 24K and
    refiner's alloy.  (I use a refiner's alloy for mixing the carat and
    color I want.)  I don't have problems reusing leftover scraps of
    solderless sheet and wire either, but I do have problems when I am
    making white gold or using casting scraps. Making a small ingot and
    rolling it out might make 15 minutes which makes sense for me. 
    However rolling out ingots larger than one ounce don't seem worth the
    time invested, though I will still do it in a pinch. 

Anthony Toepfer
Keene,  NH 

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