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Welding silver wire jewelry
Hi, I just started working with silver wire to make jewelry and I wanted to know if there is any way I could weld jump rings without having to buy expensive machines to achieve that (not yet). Is there an easy simple way of doing that?
Thanks for your advice
hobbyist - Guiza, Cairo, Egypt
January 16, 2009
January 20, 2009
You can use alcohol lamp ,cheap and very ancient and old soldering tool.You can even make your own solder-melt 1 part silver and two parts brass sheet cuttings,as soldering flux you can use bonami mixed with water (thick slurry).Hope it helps and good luck!
Goran Budija- Croatia
First of two simultaneous responses --
Do I need to use solder melt and reflux chemicals to solder the silver jump rings, or is heat just enough to do that? If yes, how,where and when do I use them?
Amy keddis- Cairo, Egypt
January 22, 2009
Second of two simultaneous responses --
Correct solder formula:2 parts silver/1 part sheet brass.And you need blowpipe(thin brass or copper tube).Barbecue coal can be used as soldering bed.Hope it helps and good luck!
Goran Budija- Cerovski vrh Croatia
January 22, 2009
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