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From: Dave Sebaste
Date: Wed Apr 03 23:45:03 2002
 
     
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>      I wonder whether anyone has used powdered solder and if so, where
>     you get it. 

    Hi Sandra, I've read about powdered solder being used in the old,
    classic filigree. My recollection is that they would take a piece of
    conventional solder and reduce it into a powder by using a file. A
    magnet could be helpful to remove any stray steel fragments. Back
    then they were probably alloying their own solder anyway, so they
    would probably file from an ingot or bar form, rather then rolling
    down to sheet or drawing to wire. Probably about the same amount of
    work! ;) 

All the best,
Dave
Dave Sebaste
Sebaste Studio and
Carolina Artisans' Gallery
Charlotte, NC (USA)
dave AT sebaste.com 
http://www.CarolinaArtisans.com 

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