[Jewelry making - Article 01077] - [Orchid] Soldering silver to Aluminum

[Richard L . Sherer]

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    I sent this last week but it must have become lost in cyberspace. I
    have a project of building floral engraved sterling silver handles
    with 14K letters for five knives made by Browning. The handles
    roughly measure 4 1/4" x 1" and are attached with Torx screws on the
    perimeter of the handles.  One side has a slight recess for the blade
    release which can easily be milled out in silver. The other side has
    a large shaped area with about 1/8" recess that holds a simple spring
    which assists the blade in opening.  The questions pertain to this
    side of the handle.  

    My first thought was to make the handle out of sterling and mill out
    the recessed area but I question if the spring would wear well
    against the silver - probably not. The second thought was to mill
    down Browning's aluminum handle, and solder the recessed area to
    sterling. The problem here is that I have never soldered sterling to
    aluminum and would like to know if it will work and what are the
    pitfalls. My last thought was to make the recessed area out of nickel
    silver and solder it to sterling.  I've done this before. Thanks for
    any input, 

Dick Sherer
www.sherersaddlesinc.com

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