[Jewelry making - Article 00174] - Re: [Orchid] Do small butane soldering torches work?

[Leah]

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Tracy,

    I bought a little butane torch at a hardware store - not sure how it
    compares to the model that you are referring to, but it does work
    for soldering small things, like jump rings. For larger pieces, I
    have trouble getting the piece to heat up enough for the solder to
    flow - so I bought a propane torch, also from the hardware store,
    that doesn't have quite the control of the little butane one, but
    gets hotter. Between the two, which were both inexpensive & are
    small/portable, I've been able to solder everything I've tried to
    solder, although I haven't done anything that is very large or with
    lots of solder joints. I guess I should mention that I've been
    working with sterling silver, using hard and medium solder, in case
    that is relevant to you. 

Leah
www.michondesign.com
leah AT michondesign.com


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