[Jewelry making - Article 00051] - Re: [Orchid] linking loop-in-loop chain sections

[Brian & Kathy]

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Hi Mary,

    Another way to plug 'em back together is to use a heat-sink
    instead of a solder stop. I mean instead of correction fluid (or
    investment, or ochre, etc.) weave the links back together and on
    either side of the break place a piece of copper (pennies - REAL
    pennies, not the zinc horrors they turn out now - work very well
    and are just the right size). They soak up the heat nicely and no
    mess to scrape off the chain when you're done. This works
    especially well for finer chains. Thank Jurgen Maerz, Undisputed
    King of Technical Tricks for that one! And be sure to ask him
    about the myriad uses of the Sharpie marker! 


Kathy

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