[Jewelry making - Article 01058] - Re: [Orchid] Ring joins

[Jeff Demand]

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    Karen, Use Hard solder for the best colour match, fewer nasty alloys
    to tarnish. Also do not depend on binding wire to hold your joint
    closed, at soldering temperatures it anneals and stretches. A much
    better method is to bend the shank to get a spring closure. Still
    annealing concerns, as the shank gets hot you loose some of the
    spring action but still much better than trying to force the joint
    closed with a frail soft wire.  A rolled thin piece of solder larger
    than the join can be inserted into the sprung joint. Wasteful, but it
    does insure enough solder. And of course LOTS of practice. 

Jeff


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