[Jewelry making - Article 00230] - Re: [Orchid] Soldering chains

[Neil KilBane]

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>      if you tape the ends of the chain - taut- to a board, you can
>     safely use the buffing wheel ..... just can't have any loose chain
>     able to be grabbed by the wheel. 

    Just on the subject of chain polishing, my secret weapon is the
    inside cardboard core of a toilet roll ( I don't know the proper
    terminology for them ....... when I was a young fella we used to call
    them "boos", because that's what you did with them, put them up to
    your gob and go booo), anyhow, I get them and wrap the chain around
    the cardboard three or four times, and close the chain making sure
    that there is one half  twist in it, this ensures that after a few
    rotations the opposite side of the chain is exposed for polishing, I
    simply watch the catch and see which way it is facing . The whole
    thing is easy to hold, soft enough not to damage the chain, and if
    you press too hard it deforms or friction heat will let you know to
    ease off. 

    In my earlier years in the business I used to use old Coke cans, but
    now I don't need the sugar so they aren't as readily available. 

Neil KilBane,
Longford
Ireland.


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