[Jewelry making - Article 00170] - [Orchid] Bridging Gaps with Laser

[Neilthejeweler]

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    I've stumbled upon this way to bridge gaps. Close the aperture down
    and maybe also increase duration, shoot at an angle to the two
    surfaces, like a bank shot in pool. Surprisingly the molten metal
    jumps the gap but looks porous and weak, Go back over the join with
    lower power, higher aperture to flow things smoothly. It seems once
    you have even the slightest connection its easy to 'push' more metal
    into the join. Kinda like filling but without the filler wire. So far
    I've done gaps up to, I dunno...010" or so. It might go more but I
    haven't tried yet. 

    Two questions. 

    Is this type of join inherently weak because the first 'tack' is
    porous despite that subsequent layers have a nice smooth cosmetic
    look? 

    Any laser wizards have some other ways of bridging gaps?
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