If we don't have a kiln to anneal the sheet, can it be done with a torch? I'm surprised that metal as thin as 30 gauge wouldn't be soft enough already. Love your videos.
Fine Silver IS quite soft and you can certainly anneal with a torch. You could skip this step but I figure you might as well make it as easy as possible to work. Thanks for watching!
While soldering on the ball....You said, "solder goes to the most heated, and you want it to attach to both" Just for the newbies, heating the surrounding metal melts the the solder.... not heating the solder it self. This could be soldered from underneath on a trivet... I've found it helps the solder to go towards the flame, from under, and doesn't let the solder ride up on the ball.
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If we don't have a kiln to anneal the sheet, can it be done with a torch? I'm surprised that metal as thin as 30 gauge wouldn't be soft enough already. Love your videos.
Fine Silver IS quite soft and you can certainly anneal with a torch. You could skip this step but I figure you might as well make it as easy as possible to work. Thanks for watching!
While soldering on the ball....You said, "solder goes to the most heated, and you want it to attach to both" Just for the newbies, heating the surrounding metal melts the the solder.... not heating the solder it self. This could be soldered from underneath on a trivet... I've found it helps the solder to go towards the flame, from under, and doesn't let the solder ride up on the ball.