[Jewelry making - Article 00103] - Re: [Orchid] Attaching findings

[Christine Quiriy]

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    This is what I do. If the finding doesn't have a spring, after
    soldering, tumble in steel shot for 30 minutes or so to work harden.
    If the finding relies on spring action to work correctly, such as
    cufflink findings, you have to either disassemble it to remove the
    spring before soldering or somehow shield the spring from being
    heated. You can shield pieces from heat by burying them, but what you
    bury them in, exactly, I don't know. I know you can buy heat shield
    compounds but I don't know what they are. I don't have a lot of
    experience with this because I work with employ cold connection
    methods almost exclusively. 

    Christine in Littleton, Massachusetts, who wants you to know that
    lung cancer kills more people than breast, prostate, and colon cancer
    combined. 


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