Originally Posted by
enigma
My best advice would be to practise on copper and silver before attempting to solder gold items.
Soldering is a skill that requires practise, the more practise the more likely it will go right.
The reason you melted the chain is because you were trying to solder a small item ( chain) to a larger item so you needed to be sure to heat the larger item first and concentrate more heat on it - both items have to be roughly the same temperature but obviously a chain will reach that quicker than a model plane.
Did you buy the T bars with the spring mechanism?
because if so you need to really have your soldering spot on to avoid overheating that.
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