[Jewelry making - Article 01163] - Re: [Orchid] Soldering small beads on to chain

[Judy M. Willingham]

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    Hello Carlo, You said:  "Hi I'm struggling, with the problem of
    soldering a 3mm 18ct single drilled bead on to a fine silver snake
    chain. I can only afford to have about 1mm of the chain go solid
    from solder flow. I've tried a stopout on the chain but that does
    not seem to stop the solder flow down the chain." 

    White-out works very well to prevent solder flow from previously
    soldered joints.  I recently repaired 2mm ball chain and only
    soldered together the two balls on either side of the break. It is
    also useful to put a heat shield over the chain. An easy heat shield
    is a strip of copper bent into a "V", with a little "v" cut into one
    side.  The big "V" rests on its side with the little "v" over the
    chain, allowing only the bit you want to solder to be exposed. 

    Hope this description helps, Judy in Kansas 

Judy M. Willingham, R.S.
B.A.E.  237 Seaton Hall
Kansas State University
Manhatttan  KS  66506
(785) 532-2936    FAX (785) 532-6944



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