[Jewelry making - Article 00076] - Re: [Orchid] Transparent soldering pad

[kgoeller]

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>     I want a piece of transparent heat resistent materiel for
>     soldering on. Something I can lay the design under and be able to
>     lay out the components for soldering on top. 

    Here's an alternative approach that might work for you. There's a
    company that has a soldering pad designed specifically for jigging up
    repeat work. The pad is very soft and you work with it by positioning
    the first piece of the work "into" the surface of the pad (making an
    exactly positioned impression of the work). You can then spray that
    area of the pad with a hardening agent and let it dry. For all of the
    subsequent pieces of the same layout, you just put the pieces into
    the impressing and they're automatically held in the exact same
    orientation (eliminating a lot of time and inconsistency). 

    You can also use the pad without spray hardening it, so that you can
    create the impressions of many pieces over time into any available
    area. 

    I use it whenever I'm having a fit with correct positioning of a
    piece or when I need to do a bunch of the same item (like when I'm
    making a bunch of tube bails). 

    I have mine in my home studio and don't remember the name of it off
    hand, but will look it up when I get back tonight. 

    Would that possibly solve your problem? (you could easily trace your
    design onto the surface, for example.) 

    Karen Goeller
    No Limitations Designs
    www.nolimitations.com

    Where I've just posted my new winter collection! And am amazed that
    my newest series has already sold out (gotta make MORE!!!)!!!
    (that's never happened to me before.)
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