Comments for Archmaille Designs Blog http://www.archmailledesigns.com/blog Handmade Jewelry and Archmaille Designs information Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:03:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on J. Hass Group Will Eliminate Your Debt by J. Leader http://www.archmailledesigns.com/blog/2009/12/12/j-hass-group-will-eliminate-your-debt/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 J. Leader Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:03:46 +0000 http://www.archmailledesigns.com/blog/?p=175#comment-1249 J. Hass "F" score from the BBB. 74 complaints to date 1/20/10. Check them out on the internet, PLEASE. J. Hass “F” score from the BBB. 74 complaints to date 1/20/10. Check them out on the internet, PLEASE.

]]> Comment on Strengthening the ends by Andrea W http://www.archmailledesigns.com/blog/2009/08/29/strengthening-the-ends/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Andrea W Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:08:56 +0000 http://www.archmailledesigns.com/blog/?p=128#comment-576 What size copper are you working with? I solder 16-22 gauge copper wire with a $35 butane Bernzomatic torch, a $5 kiln shelf or a $.50 steel wire mesh over a steel support (depending on the size of what I am solderning). My pickle pot is a ceramic mini-crock I got on Freecycle, etc. I use haemostats to maneuver things, and a pair of copper tongs from Rio. Annealing copper -- again, not too spendy. I have a $40 Bernzomatic PowerCell torch (they are now $100, but at Ace there's a knockoff for $38), a steel dog dish filled with pumice, and an old steel bowl for quenching. Ye olde haemostats come into play, too. (I got the torches after a friend told me that they were what she used at William Holland, and if it is good enough for them ... on the other hand, if you are doing enough fabrication that the PowerCell cannisters are too small & bite too far into the bottom line, then something that uses bulk fuel is better.) Most of my wire comes from Ace Hardware, too; the can get it for me in bulk spools & their bulk prices are as good as (sometimes better than) Rio or thunderbird's. (You can also get dead-soft copper sheet from them, too, in large -- 4x8'--sizes and buy larger size copper wire (6-10 gauge) by the spool--if you don't salvage it.) What size copper are you working with? I solder 16-22 gauge copper wire with a $35 butane Bernzomatic torch, a $5 kiln shelf or a $.50 steel wire mesh over a steel support (depending on the size of what I am solderning). My pickle pot is a ceramic mini-crock I got on Freecycle, etc. I use haemostats to maneuver things, and a pair of copper tongs from Rio. Annealing copper — again, not too spendy. I have a $40 Bernzomatic PowerCell torch (they are now $100, but at Ace there’s a knockoff for $38), a steel dog dish filled with pumice, and an old steel bowl for quenching. Ye olde haemostats come into play, too. (I got the torches after a friend told me that they were what she used at William Holland, and if it is good enough for them … on the other hand, if you are doing enough fabrication that the PowerCell cannisters are too small & bite too far into the bottom line, then something that uses bulk fuel is better.) Most of my wire comes from Ace Hardware, too; the can get it for me in bulk spools & their bulk prices are as good as (sometimes better than) Rio or thunderbird’s. (You can also get dead-soft copper sheet from them, too, in large — 4×8′–sizes and buy larger size copper wire (6-10 gauge) by the spool–if you don’t salvage it.)

]]> Comment on Port Wine by Drunkasaskunk http://www.archmailledesigns.com/blog/2009/02/20/port-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Drunkasaskunk Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:45:25 +0000 http://www.archmailledesigns.com/blog/?p=122#comment-317 Port is different to fine wine as the history of it is that 2 english guys were importing barrels of wine from Portugal and it was going sour by the time it got to England by ship, so the two guys added a bottle of brandy to each barrel to stop it going off, and port (from the port of Opporto was born. Port is different to fine wine as the history of it is that 2 english guys were importing barrels of wine from Portugal and it was going sour by the time it got to England by ship, so the two guys added a bottle of brandy to each barrel to stop it going off, and port (from the port of Opporto was born.

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