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From: Marilyn M.Smith
Date: Mon Oct 06 23:30:52 2003
 
     
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    Karalee, it makes a difference as to what type of objects you plan
    to make. If you are making items of silver, I recommend one of the
    acetylene / air torches. These make it easy to heat the whole item
    with a soft flame and you have to heat the whole thing, in order to
    get solder to flow. If you are working with gold, you would probably
    want either propane / air or acetylene / air as you use more
    localized heat with gold and don't have to heat the whole thing up. I
    have a student who does nice things in silver with a mapp gas set up
    from the hardware store. She has to hold the canister in her arm but
    she does both chains and pendants up to three inches plus bezels with
    it. 

Marilyn Smith


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