[Jewelry making - Article 00150] - Re: [Orchid] To quench or not to quench, that is the question

[Helen Hill]

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Hi John,

>     I apologize if my tone was rough, but it really wasn't directed
>     at you at all, personally. It was directed at those who need to
>     turn such a simple thing as annealing into some sort of ordeal. 

    Yes me too, as I said last night I sent my email and then regretted
    it. As for the annealing thing. Victoria Lansford and possibly a
    couple of others suggested the Sharpie marker thing so I tried that
    today. I don't have a Sharpie but have some other make of permanent
    marker that I used to use on pyrex beakers in the chemistry lab at
    university. I have a packet of them so thought I'd try it. It worked
    a treat. So I annealed it successfully but then still messed up big
    time when soldering a bezel closed as my soldering tweezers are too
    strong and the whole thing just shattered when it got up to the
    temperature needed for the solder to flow! (The metal was quite thick
    so as it heated, the nice, tight joint to be soldered kept opening
    up, hence holding it closed with tweezers). It's been a bad day. I
    hope I'm not the only one who has days when absolutely nothing goes
    right and you end up contributing to your scrap pile rather than
    making a decent piece of jewellery! 

Helen
Preston, UK
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