[Jewelry making - Article 00007] - Re: [Orchid] Chain mail - to solder or not to solder?

[Bill Bedford]

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>         For soldering the links, try paste solder with the flux already
>     in the paste; makes the job go more quickly. For gold, there is no
>     choice. Soldered only, you do not want any  thing to catch on a
>     link and come apart. You can also use a thinner wire when making
>     the links if they will be soldered, thus saving money on the  cost
>     of the raw materials.   

    Just a though -- has anyone tried to use chain wire for making chain
    mail? This has a solder core and is used in automatic chain making
    machines. 

    I suspect, though,  that it would only be available in reels that
    would make up a lot of chain mail. 

Bill Bedford

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