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From: James & Sonya Cantrell
Date: Sat Jun 03 23:22:34 2006
 
     
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Hello,

>     It's a tight fit. I've cleaned it, pickled it. Probably too many
>     times. For some reason my hard silver solder will not flow. 

    First of all, I agree with all of the good advice you have already
    been given. I, too, believe that perhaps you are not getting the
    items hot enough and question whether you should be using hard
    solder. I've run into similar problems in the past. You might try
    cleaning the item well in a warm ultrasonic with fresh solution. I
    hypothesize that the pickle has gotten into the metal and may
    actually be prohibiting the solder from flowing. Give it a shot and
    see. That's what makes this metal work so much fun, all of the
    experimenting.

Good luck.
James S. Cantrell CMBJ
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