[Jewelry making - Article 00655] - Re: [Orchid] Soldering jump rings near stones

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Dear Sarah:

    This is a common task which can be easily done with a little
    preparation. You can also ball the ends of wire which have been
    passed through the stone. Something I and our customers do all the
    time. Bury your stone in= wet soldering grains, with only a portion
    of the loop and the solder joint sticking up straight up and out of
    the wet grains. Soldering grains are readily available from a number
    of tool supply companies (bought mine from Gesswein, see catalog). I
    use a Spirflame[tm] (our firm) which provides a perfect two part
    Hydro= gen to one part oxygen flame in a very easy to adjust,
    whatever size is needed from microscopic to large. Not only the flame
    sizes, but flame temperatures can be adjusted. Perfectly proportioned
    hydrogen/oygen flames produce only axial heat, all the heat out in
    front, no heat on the sides of the flame which is very handy for
    most benchwork. I have even soldered and welded platinum jump rings
    which ran through sensitive stones. Melting a ring or breaking a
    stone is a very, very rare event during this process. And we have a
    number of customers doing exactly the same thing who I could refer
    you to, off line. It should also be stated, this is not the only way
    to do this, just the easiest. With skill it can be done with a
    regular torch, although it is less precise and not as easy. It can be
    tack welded and it can also be done by a laser without using
    soldering grains, but at a higher cost. If you would like additional
    information on this technique, please feel free to contact me
    directly on my 800 line or by E-mail listed below. 

Best Regards, Gary
Gary W. Miller, Sr. Technical Advisor
Spirig Advanced Technologies, Inc. Technical Division
35 Bronson Road Stratford, CT 06614-3654 U. S. A.
Telephone: 800 499 9933/203 378 5216 Fax: 203 386 1346
www.spirig.com

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