[Jewelry making - Article 00098] - Re: [Orchid] Bezel Melting Problems

[Wintermte1]

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    Dear Milt i have had the same problem, and I solved it by heating
    from underneath but then had a problem with the piece melting to the
    screen solved that by heating the piece from underneath while it
    sits on a piece of stainless steel I use to roll out metal on ( I
    have several dozen blanks ) any way teh technique is as follows rest
    piece on the blank on your screen heat from underneath till the
    solder turns shinny ( just before it flows ) when that happens
    quickly bring your flame up to the top of the piece aiming the tip
    of the flame at the BASE of the bezel to draw the solder through the
    joint...since I started using this technique I have not melted a
    bezel not even the serated edge ones and they used to give me fits
    HTH Ron


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