Quote Originally Posted by SilverPlayer View Post
Hi Nic,

I have some questions about this, as I'm about to have another go at this later today:

1) Do you flatten the spiral 'pad' that you make for both ends of the brooch finding?
2) Do you solder each end one at a time, or do both at the same time?
3) You didn't mention in the tute what solder you used. Is it possible to use hard solder for each end?
4) I'm using sterling silver as my brooch base, and planning to use hard solder throughout. My plan is to melt the solder on one end of the brooch base, and then re-introduce one end of the brooch finding to the base, heat the base up some more and hope the heat from the base will conduct up through the brooch wire, melting the solder at the same time and bonding both base and wire. Then I'd do the same for the other side.

Do you think this will work?
1) I think I flattened it a little but you dont have to (as long as the contact is good)
2) Soldering both at the same time is fine
3) Used easy solder on this one as I wasn't attaching anything else and the lower temp reduced the risk of melting the wire.
4) Yes it will work but why are you making the hard solder melting a seperate process?
Each time you melt the solder it raises it's next melting temp a little....
I'd suggest easy solder for findings (unless you attaching other parts later?)
Nic x