Hey all,
I guess the title says it all. Do you solder your chainmaille? By that i mean each and every ring is soldered closed.
Thanks
Arthren
Hey all,
I guess the title says it all. Do you solder your chainmaille? By that i mean each and every ring is soldered closed.
Thanks
Arthren
.......no
Di x
I very rarely solder every join - but do often close large rings permanently - especially if they're in smaller wire gauges.
I know one person here who does solder every join, but has the benefit of a water torch for doing so!
Maille created from rings of the correct AR should never need to be soldered though.
in a word no
I do, I like to solder them all!
I must be mad, but the water torch makes light work of them, without it I would give it a miss and just do some.
Neil
Do you actually solder them or just fuse them? With really tight weaves how on earth do you get the solder in there!
I admire your patience and thoroughness - no, let's be honest, I think you've lost your rabbit pants!
I solder them all, well I have to admit it was my bosses want it took bloomin weeks, looked great in the end though it was 6' long but only 3" wide finished with Pearls at the end!
Hi Neil,
I have a Microflame 60 and use it mostly for my chainmaille, not everything is soldered but the weak points most definately are. Having said that I am more and more moving towards soldering everything like yourself. I have to admit though that the Jens Pind weave is a challange to solder when using 0.8 round wire.
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