I have been cowardly avoiding soldering my precious feet caps.
I think i've tried polishing them at least 5 times through sand paper grits and then with the fabric abrasive set (thanks taylor). Starting over has been a frustrating process so once I had them to a good stage, i tumbled them. I thought i wanted to finish them as much as i could before soldering together. Later to find out, tumbling 1st wouldn't do anything... you live and learn. I've also been waiting for my soldering clay to come in from Rio. I've never tried soldering clay before but there was no other way of soldering them together at the different levels and angles. I had to jump today and attempt it...
[separated]... scared to touch them!
[leaning against one another]
figuring out how an arrangement
directions on the bottle said to make a [wax mold] for the clay to sit in, so i did like a good jeweler :)
mix soldering clay.
pour into mold.
*battle with superglue. superglue won.
sad moment.
[set piece, wait for clay to set up.]
solder (easier said than done)
*skipped photographing a few steps...
[3 soldering clay molds]
[1st section soldered]
soldered in 2 sections because glue wouldn't set.
after a constant battle with the solder, the 2 sections were finally together.
(thanks for fixing the torch taylor)
make soldering clay mold for whole piece.
solder sections together. (where i am now 11:31pm)
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