Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1895 — FOR SOLDERING JEWELRY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR SOLDERING JEWELRY.

A New Soldering-Pan, Which Will Be Pound Very Useful. Watchmakers In the country who are often called on to repair jewelry tan doubtless use the soldering-pan described and illustrated in the‘Swiss Uhrmacher Zeitung. As is known, the broken parts—for instance, the soldered Joint of a finger ring—must be carefully united with binding wire, before the actual job of soldering is commenced. This part of the process requires

a certain practice, if the repairer does not desire to spend too much time on the job. Next there are various difficulties in bard-soldering jewelry with pearls or jewels, because these cannot withstand the heat. These two difficulties are fairly well remedied by the pan shown In the accompanying illustration. It consists of a suitable deep copper pan—A, figure I—furnished with handle. The pan has two lateral projections—a and c—in which move two milled screws —K and M. These may be used to good effect, if a burst ring is to bo soldered, as it is only necessary to fasten it between the screws K and M as shown in figure 1, with the joint to be soldered turned up, as-

ter which the job of soldering may be undertaken, without even soiling one’s finger with the eoal. For other purposes the two clamps L LI, figure 2, are used, beside the screws K and M —for instance, when the upper plate B is to be soldered upon a shirt button. Of the two clamps, one moves in the handle of the pan; the other in an opposite lying shoulder b, figure 1. moving with tight friction, so that they will keep steady the part B to be soldered, if previously the

lower part A of the shirt button was fastened between the screws (compare figure 2). In figure 3 the pan is shown in cross section, to show how it is to be used in case a ring with jewel is to be soldered. This is to be fastened as deeply as possible between the screws and tlie pan is then filled to a proper height with sand. Above is placed a layer— O —of small pieces of coals or asbestos and soldering may then be commenced without danger to the jewel.

FIG. 3.