[Jewelry making - Article 00292] - Re: [Orchid] Modifying small TIG welder

[James Binnion]

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    Any DC TIG welder can weld gold or silver. The question is how small
    a torch you can get and how precisely can you control the current. I
    have not seen any $400-$500 welders with any kind of precision
    control, for $1500-$2000 you can get a nice small inverter welder
    that has adequate control but fro real precision you are talking
    $3000-$4000. A Weldcraft micro torch will cost another $250 then you
    should be set to weld on jewelry scale items. I have found gold to
    be fairly easy to TIG weld but silver is tricky. There is a paper in
    the 2006 Santa Fe Symposium by Kevin Lindsey 

    http://tinyurl.com/yld73b 

    on TIG welding jewelry. He has some good tips. You can get the
    proceedings of the symposium from Rio Grande 

Jim

James Binnion
jbin AT mokume-gane.com
James Binnion Metal Arts
http://www.mokume-gane.com
360-756-6550

 
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