[Jewelry making - Article 00019] - Re: [Orchid] Clean solder?

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    I did mention that you can hammer the wire as thin as you might need
    to cut  tiny snippets - or roll it if you have a mill? 

    Then if you want uniform/equal snippets, you can simply solder
    (using one  of the 400 degree silver-bearing solders) a length of
    copper sheet (roughly 22  ga. x 6mm x 25mm) to the side of your
    sidecutters. Then bend it to act  as a "stop" for the solder. This
    will give you uniform  snippets at wherever you set the stop. Cut
    off the excess copper. 

    Do NOT do this with silver solder, you will take all of the temper
    out  of your cutters. Do NOT try this with shear (bypass) style
    cutters. Gotta  be side cutters - blades meet each other when
    closed... 

Brian P.  Marshall
Stockton Jewelry Arts School
Stockton, CA  USA
209-477-0550
instructor AT jewelryartschool.com
jewelryartschool AT aol.com

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