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Soldering some clasps - what to buy?
Last post 08-06-2008 11:15 AM by Silverfroth. 0 replies.
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  • 08-06-2008 11:15 AM

    Soldering some clasps - what to buy?

    What to buy?

    Ok - I've done a bit of soldering of silver in the past in a jewelry class - did so-so. At home I have a basic setup and have done a few more pieces with some pleasant success. But it's all been with items that i had left from class - nothing that I've bought on my own.

    So I'm going to make some clasps - I made this one:
    http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g299/JulieBiv2022/FinishedforSolon_2.jpg
    http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g299/JulieBiv2022/FinishedforSolon.jpg
    first bezel:
    http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g299/JulieBiv2022/FinishedforSolon_1.jpg

    And so my idea is to take this clasp design - improve it a bit - and solder on a few bezeled cabs (mailled and solid bezel) for more decorative jewelry purposes (and I hope - if I can get pretty good at crafting and polishing - to be able to sell them)

    However - I don't have any sheet silver. In fact, the sheet silver that I had, before, was from my jewelry making class - so now i have to order my own and I don't know what guage to get.
    I, also, don't know what flow of solder to buy. In my class we used solder that came in small sheets - medium flow (or is it hard flow? Does that make sense for a beginner soldering class?) I *think* it was medium flow - I have a sheet of easy-flow that we didn't use. I just know that what we *did* use was different.

    I'm *thinking* of ordering some:
    *medium-flow silver solder sheets
    *22 guage sheet silver
    *24 guage silver strip

    From Rio Grande - but would this be similar to what I used, before?

     Thanks for your help :)

     Oh - and should I buy some red rouge for polishing?

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