About the basket setting soldering templates
The Basket soldering templates are one of the newest tool offerings at Lion Punch Forge.
Right now these little helpers come in a set of four. (More options in development with Little Metal Foxes)
Precision laser cut from 6Al-4V (Grade 5 titanium) Grade 5 is the most commonly used Titanium worldwide. Grade 5 is alloyed with 6% Aluminum and 4% Vanadium.
The physical properties of Grade 5 make it a perfect material for use when soldering jewelry components.
Titanium is pretty selfish when it comes to heat. Areas exposed to flame will get nice and hot but thermal transfer to other areas is limited. This means that the normal heat sinking you may have witnessed with steel, aluminum, copper, brass, and even silver doesn’t happen to the same extent.
In the attached Youtube video you can see us making a basic prong setting for a 10mm rose quartz cabochon. if interested in giving a set of templates a try you can snag them Here
Right now these little helpers come in a set of four. (More options in development with Little Metal Foxes)
Precision laser cut from 6Al-4V (Grade 5 titanium) Grade 5 is the most commonly used Titanium worldwide. Grade 5 is alloyed with 6% Aluminum and 4% Vanadium.
The physical properties of Grade 5 make it a perfect material for use when soldering jewelry components.
Titanium is pretty selfish when it comes to heat. Areas exposed to flame will get nice and hot but thermal transfer to other areas is limited. This means that the normal heat sinking you may have witnessed with steel, aluminum, copper, brass, and even silver doesn’t happen to the same extent.
In the attached Youtube video you can see us making a basic prong setting for a 10mm rose quartz cabochon. if interested in giving a set of templates a try you can snag them Here
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