[Jewelry making - Article 00543] - Re: [Orchid] Striker verses lighter when lighting a torch.

[FrodoGem]

========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm  ]========


    I have found that I light a candle and leave it on my soldering
    table.  When I want to start the torch a quick pass over the lit
    candle works great. 

    I use an alcohol lamp.  It was too hot when reaching over it to grab
    a tool behind it.  So I built a heat sheild...a small sheet metal
    awning that extends out from the tool rack behind the lamp.  I used
    soft soldering pad to build it by the same theory as triple wall
    insultated stovepipe.  A layer of metal, a layer of insulating
    solder pad and a layer of metal, repeat three times.  The metal
    spreads the heat, the insulation slows conduction down then the air
    carries it off.  I cut the pattern from sheet brass, leaving some
    tabs to bend over the insulation to hold it in place. and some
    longer tabs to bend at 90 degrees to use as "legs" to attach to the
    next layer. 

    Every situation is different, so you will need to use a little
    imagination.  The top layer should be cool to the touch.  The top
    layer is left long to attach to the shelf.  To be sure not to heat
    up the shelf, I used a layer of solderite under the sheet metal
    where I screwed it to the shelf. 

    The arrangement is simple but hard to describe.  However, if the
    idea interests you, hopefully it is enough to get your imagination
    going. 

Howard Woods
Eagle Idaho


____________________________________________________________________
T h e   O r c h i d   L i s t
Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures
____________________________________________________________________
Orchid FAQ:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm
Orchid Archives:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive
Orchid Galleries:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm
Invite a Friend:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm
____________________________________________________________________
Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm
The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books
Buy Orchid Jewelry:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop
____________________________________________________________________
-Unsubscribe:
-Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank
____________________________________________________________________