[Jewelry making - Article 00279] - Re: [Orchid] To quench or not to quench, that is the question

[Helen Hill]

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>     When I am to solder a large, heavy bezel, I position it on a flat
>     solder brick with T Pins, which are used in sewing. They stick into
>     the soft brick at strategic spots to hold the join together, put
>     solder on the inside of the bezel, well fluxed, and with a flame
>     that won't burn through the metal = watch to see the bright silver
>     line as the solder flows. This is where you should practice using
>     different degrees of flame - I have my students take scrap and test
>     out the different sizes of flame when soldering - soon you will
>     know that it doesn't take a blow torch to solder. 

    I only have a little butane torch at present and was not using a
    fierce flame. To be honest, it is no longer capable of producing a
    fierce flame. It's essentially a creme brulee torch and I have been
    using it day in day out for hours at a time, so it's no wonder it's
    on its way out!!! I'm buying an oxy/prop set-up next week so I'll
    have a whole new range of flames to get used to. 

    I'll be shopping for some major bits of equipment in the next few
    weeks, so if anyone has ideas of "must have" pieces of equipment,
    please let me know. On my list is the decent torch, rolling mill,
    pendant drill with flex shaft, Gerry's gravers, repousse punches,
    crucible, tongs, ingot mold, decent hammers (mine are cheap and one
    has a loose head!), ultrasonic cleaner, crock pot for pickle, stone
    setting burrs, stakes, decent files and some sort of magnifying
    light. 

Helen
UK
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