[Jewelry making - Article 00474] - Re: [Orchid] Afraid to solder

[Todd Welti]

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    Thank you all for the words of encouragement and advice! A couple of
    people have asked specific questions about how I attempted the
    solders. Here's a couple of clarifications: 

    I used propane and oxy, and now that I think on it probably too
    small of a tip for this job. It took around a minute to get up to
    flow temp. Actually, now that I think back, I ran out of oxy during
    the second solder and had to run to the store to get more. So, two
    heatings... 

    I used medium solder wire, flattened in my roller (for more surface
    contact), rubbed with fine sandpaper, and cut into around.7 mm
    snippets. 

    I heated from the bottom mostly. The flame was a bit bushy on the
    end, about 2 mm of yellow flame at the tip of the blue flame. 

    I was soldering on a charcoal block. THe first time, I put the orca
    on the edge of the block, with the heavier part hanging over the
    edge, and heated from below (mostly). Due to almost melting some thin
    parts on the top of the orca during the first attemp, I used some
    soldering investment molded around the thin parts of the top of the
    orca the second time. Again I heated fromt the bottom. Im guessing
    the solder investment was a heat sink. Actually, I haven't had much
    luck using this stuff before. 

    Bezel edge was sanded flat on my flat lap and should have been flat
    to the orca. I probably should have checked more carefully... 

Thanks again.
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