[Jewelry making - Article 00018] - Re: [Orchid] Tricky soldering question - heat sink?

[dagmar hansbauer]

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>     You'll proabably get plent of replies---One thing though:  On your
>     sawframe, take off the metal tabs that hold the blades, and
>     roughen them up, and cut new grooves in them- separating disk works
>     well, or a hart bur...... 

    Thanks John, my saw was one of them newfangled cast aluminum
    thingamajigs...don`t ever buy one....unless you want to buy a new
    one every year, it seems. It`s a really nice saw, to begin with,
    perfectly centered on the blade, completely rigid, nice big cushy
    handle and blade change is a breeze...but when it breaks, (eg.: the
    screw tip that holds the blade in gets worn down a little bit).
    because...ya can`t take it apart to fix it AAAAAACCCCCK!!! 

    ...anyways,...living in an artist community,...I called around a bit
    and was able to borrow a sawframe, and made a new piece, which is
    sooo much nicer, than the original, which I cut almost two years ago
    (in about half the time I cut the original piece)... with the
    stonesetting soldered before I cut the piece. I feel a lot more
    confident that way, :-)) 

    I also did an experimental thing and set four cabs onto an already
    cut knot work triskelian piece, and only slightly *reticulated* it
    for that extra nice aged finish (cough cough, throat clear, wink) 

Sparrow



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