[Jewelry making - Article 00368] - [Orchid] Sweating Low Temperature Metals

[Mark Ramsour]

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Hi Orchidians:

    I need help sweating very large etched zinc plates together. Gold I
    understand, but I seem to be in over my head with this low temp
    stuff. I keep overheating and melting the top plate (a little). The
    big problem is that the plates are chamfered on their edges
    preventing a clear view of the pre-applied solder (tin/antimony) at
    flow temperature. I can't see and thus don't srop heating soon
    enough. Hope some of you have some suggestions.

Thanks for being there,
Mark R. Ramsour

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