[Jewelry making - Article 00603] - Re: [Orchid] Electric waxers

[Alan Goldin]

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    My first jewelry instructor was very big on making your own tools,
    so when the time came that I wanted an electric wax pen, I went to a
    hardware store (after looking at catalog prices of "real" ones) and
    bought an inexpensive soldering iron, an "in-line" dimmer switch, and
    put the dimmer on the soldering iron's electric cord. After I found
    the places on the dimmer that worked best for different waxes, I
    marked those spots with different colored markers (green mark for
    hard green wax, etc.). The soldering iron came with spare tips, which
    I filed and bent to different shapes. I've been using this thing for
    15 years! If it ever stops working, I guess it won't be hard to make
    another one. 

Alan


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