[Jewelry making - Article 01363] - Re: [Orchid] Struggling with soldering sterling silver

[Brian Adam]

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>               The charcoal block is absorbing the heat, so the pieces
>           are not heating evenly.  

    Agreed. Heat control is urgently required. Both pieces need to be at
    the same temp, and I suspect the lower part (of the two that are
    crossed) is not getting heated enough while the upper is getting
    heated well enough for the solder to melt onto it alone. 

    In such cases, and I had a similarly awkward one myself recently,
    heat on stainless steel mesh perhaps on a tripod, and watch how the
    two pces heat up. If one is missing out on the heat consider heating
    from below as well as from above. 

Brian

Brian Adam
Auckland NEW ZEALAND

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