[Jewelry making - Article 00839] - Re: [Orchid] Care and feeding of my vice

[Len and Judy Bjorkman]

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>     I know that there's something called "spelter" that's low
>     temperature and I've seen excellent repairs done with it. 

    Lizzy, I don't know  if this would be of any help, but I just got
    around to experimenting with Tix, a low-temp. solder available from
    Rio and other places (for flux, I buy the cheap stuff for
    soft-soldering, available in hardware stores). You can literally
    solder things (I do it on pinbacks) using a heat gun (or a candle).
    I can't  testify yet to the lasting strength of the join, but it's
    probably better than glue. 

Peace,
Judy Bjorkman

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