"Moving Scenes" - 24/04/2019 Assembling Cases
Soldering the cases together was harder than I imagined.
I chose to make the front & back panels from Argentium to eliminate fire stain.
However, it reacts to heat in a different way to sterling, and so I found it difficult to know where the solder was going to flow.
Turns out, argentium also warps, which has made the cross sections different on each piece.
I chose to make the front & back panels from Argentium to eliminate fire stain.
However, it reacts to heat in a different way to sterling, and so I found it difficult to know where the solder was going to flow.
Turns out, argentium also warps, which has made the cross sections different on each piece.
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My soldering on the cases was very inconsistent. The seams on some pieces were invisible and gaping on others.
I didn't want to subject the pieces to repeated heating whilst trying to flood the gaps with solder, so I decided to highlight the seams by engraving them. I had watched an Arts & Crafts program on TV, which said that being able to see the method of construction was valued at the time which is why large rivets are often visible on Arts & Crafts metalwork). So I felt justified in my decision.
I didn't want to subject the pieces to repeated heating whilst trying to flood the gaps with solder, so I decided to highlight the seams by engraving them. I had watched an Arts & Crafts program on TV, which said that being able to see the method of construction was valued at the time which is why large rivets are often visible on Arts & Crafts metalwork). So I felt justified in my decision.
