[Jewelry making - Article 00189] - Re: [Orchid] Soldering tube settings together

[John Donivan]

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>     You are not seriously suggesting soldering while using Jet Set as
>     a fixture? The result would be a flaming mess 

    There is only one way to solder several to many small pieces together
    effectively. I will juggle two or three, but no more than that. You
    can use a soft pad and imbed your parts, but that's inferior for a
    variety of reasons. The traditional way is to use clay, but long ago
    I switched to sculpting wax, which models like clay and is much
    cleaner. You get your clay or wax and smash it into a small pancake.
    You get your parts and arrange them right side up as you want them,
    sunk about 1/2 way or so into the clay or wax. You get a piece of
    heavy paper or light cardboard (cereal box), bend it into a circle
    and tape it shut, making a dam, and then sink that into the wax
    around your parts. Fill the dam with investment, let it set up 1/2
    hour or more, pull off the wax or clay, and there are your parts
    imbedded in investment. Steam and solder and quench and out comes
    your assembly. For settings and things with tapered sides you may
    need to lay bits of wire or balls in the gaps - the tops will be
    together but the bottoms will not. This method is also how people
    make things like whole bracelets made of settings and the like, using
    special mandrels. This is the best way, it's the only really
    foolproof way, and believe me, I tried them all. 

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