[Jewelry making - Article 01001] - Re: [Orchid] Making handmade chains

[Nancy Howland]

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>        1) I don't use solder snippets, instead I use a syringe full of
>     liquid solder with a hypo needle on the end for precision.
>     Available from Rio or your local supplier. 

    I would like to second Andrew's suggestion for Waszek's book on
    Making Silver Chains...it is excellent. I plan to try liquid solder,
    but if you only have snippets, follow Waszek's advice and position
    the jumpring (with the snippet in place) over the edge of your
    soldering board and heat from underneath.  This localizes the heat
    to the joint and prevents soldering or unsoldering already completed
    links on the chain. Nanct


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