Designing and Making Rings and Bangles by Miranda Falkner

Author:Miranda Falkner
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781785003196
Publisher: Crowood

Supporting the Various Elements

Quite often you will need to support the various elements to keep them steady in place during soldering, and there are a few different ways to do this. The easiest and most common is with the use of reverse-action tweezers, which can be simply rested on the soldering block to hold the work, or clamped in an adjustable base to act as a third arm.

Another popular way is to use binding wire to secure the work together, though be sure not to over-tighten it, as it might cut into the metal while the work expands during heating – a good way to prevent this is to make some kinks on the wire by twisting it with pliers, so that it can expand with the work.

Other supports include cotter split pins, charcoal chips in a steel container, as well as upright positioned fireproof blocks for the work to lean on. For extremely intricate work you can even use plaster of Paris to hold the elements securely in place, before soldering them once the plaster dries.

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