[Jewelry making - Article 01064] - Re: [Orchid] Soldering Enormous Bezels

[Comstock Art Glass]

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    I make some fairly large bezel settings for my large dichroic glass
    cabs, although none quite as large as you describe.  When I'm
    soldering something that big, I always do it on one of the soldering
    pads from Rio, and I solder it in sections, 1/4 to 1/2 of the bezel
    at a  time, rather than trying to solder the whole thing all in one
    soldering operation.  It's hard to get a piece that big hot all at
    once so that the solder will flow all the way around. I keep the
    flame on one side of the piece until it flows.  Then pickle and
    solder another side. 

    Hope this works for you. 

Geri Comstock
Comstock Art Glass
www.comstockartglass.com


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