The silversmith's handbook : containing full instructions for the alloying and working of silver, including the different modes of refining and melting the metal; its solders; the preparation of imitation . 90 SILVER SOLDERS. and rubbed upon a piece of slate, to which a littlewater is occasionally added during the rubbing;when this solution attains the consistency of cream,it is put into the solder-dish and well mixed withthe solder. This is then applied to the article to besoldered, by means of a charger, consisting of a pieceof round metal wire, flattened at one end, and shapedfor
The silversmith's handbook : containing full instructions for the alloying and working of silver, including the different modes of refining and melting the metal; its solders; the preparation of imitation . 90 SILVER SOLDERS. and rubbed upon a piece of slate, to which a littlewater is occasionally added during the rubbing;when this solution attains the consistency of cream,it is put into the solder-dish and well mixed withthe solder. This is then applied to the article to besoldered, by means of a charger, consisting of a pieceof round metal wire, flattened at one end, and shapedfor the purpose it has to serve. The joinings, whenthis kind is employed, require no boraxing withthe pencil, as described under pallion solder ; theborax being intermixed with the solder flushes withit through the joinings to be united, thus renderingany further application unnecessary. The processto which we are alluding is called hard solder-ing, and cannot be applied to metals of a fusiblenature; neither must it be attempted in the case olgoods bearing the name of plated, which are puttogether with soft or pewter solder, similar to thatused by tinsmiths and gasfitters. If there shouldbe any soft solder about
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