[Jewelry making - Article 00458] - Re: [Orchid] Cleverwerx soldering set

[Judy Willingham]

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Hello David Phelps,

    My mentor, James Cook, used a graphite rod (sharpened pencil "lead")
    too. He extracted the graphite from the pencil, and used the metal
    tube of a ball point refill to reinforce the length of graphite. Then
    he coiled wire about both ends of the tube and wrapped the wire to
    form a handle at right angles to the tube. He could advance the
    graphite as needed, but rarely needed to. 

    This man had so many effective tricks to dent a penny! However, I
    like the simplicity you describe of leaving the graphite in the
    pencil and just exposing 15-20 mm of the graphite. 

    It's questions and responses like this on Orchid that keep those
    useful tips available to the next generation. Thanks to Charles,
    Hanuman and Ton for the insight and maintenance of this forum. 

Orchid seriously ROCKS!!
Judy in Kansas
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