Hello Everybody!
I have another question that is mainly aimed at James Binion but
again if anyone else has some insight, please feel free to reply.
I am making some Mokume rings for a customer who wants to use a
copper/silver pattern (I know about the copper wearing down over
time but they still insist that I use it) but they also want an
element of gold included. I came up with some designs and they
decided on one that includes a small band of yellow gold going
through the middle of the band with the mokume pattern on either
side. I decided that the best way to construct the piece would be to
start with a silver base plate (that would then become the liner) and
sweat solder a strip of mokume to the far edge, then the gold next to
it, and then another strip of mokume creating a band of yellow gold
in the middle, and then making the band from this piece. The
question I have is which solder do I use for the soldering these
pieces to the silver sheet? I thought about using hard or medium
silver solder, but I just wanted to get everyone’s opinion. What do
you guys think???
Thanks for all the input,
Sean Terry
S. AZ Jewelry Designs
Sedona, AZ