[Jewelry making - Article 00770] - Re: [Orchid] To quench or not to quench, that is the question

[Helen Hill]

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Hi Elaine,

>     I used to teach my students to quench, their stuff wasn't
>     annealling, I went to the bench jeweler next door from where I
>     worked and said, what's up with this? He said, tell me what they
>     are doing. I did. He laughed, and said don't quench. 

    That's another option, not quenching but then things take so much
    longer. If I'm getting a cup of tea, I'll let it cool down naturally,
    otherwise I'm keen to move to the next step, although waiting a few
    seconds before quenching wouldn't hurt. 

    That is another question, annealing? I anneal before working with a
    piece of silver but haven't re-annealed it later on. Is that my
    problem? I know I run the risk of asking yet another stupid question,
    but if a piece is being heated up slowly in order to solder, isn't
    that the same thing as re-annealing? (Wait for the influx of replies
    from people who actually know what they're doing!). 

Helen
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