[Jewelry making - Article 00529] - Re: [Orchid] Making your own Charcoal blocks

[Neilthejeweler]

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    Wrapping a soft block with wire will keep the pieces together after
    the block breaks but why would someone want a crack running thru
    their soldering surface? Try a hard charcoal block. I've been using
    the same block for at least four years, when it gets icky I just
    grind it on a slab of cement. That amounts to hundreds of solders per
    penny. In the catalog I have in front of me, hard blocks are cheaper
    than soft, less than $10 each.
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