[Jewelry making - Article 00136] - Re: [Orchid] Bezel Melting Problems

[Steven Holden]

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    Hi, Sounds like a top heating problem to me...directing the heat
    directly at the bezel instead of heating the base up first, and I
    have to agree with another replier that fine silver bezel strip is
    much better for this work than sterling. I always try to get the
    whole piece off the surface of the soldering block somehow before
    starting to heat, as you can then get the flame under the base/bezel
    backplate of the piece before getting anywhere near to the bezel
    itself, and thus the bezel starts to heat up gently by conduction
    from the baseplate rather than getting the full frontal blast from
    the torch. I use either a third hand or rest the whole piece on top
    of a piece of scrap strip folded into a  two thirds circle shape.
    Steve Holden in sunny Ibiza! 

www.platayflores.com


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