Just over a week ago, I created another project from Joe Silvera's book, Soldering Made Simple---a box clasp. Let me tell you, it was enough to eat my lunch. I'll admit though, the problems were of my own making because I'm not one to follow a "recipe" exactly...I made the clasp a little too large for a first project, and my little torch had a problem keeping up. After about 6 1/2 hours, I finally finished it. However, not without a huge dent in the top (that's a whole other lesson). I had to cover up the dent with some flowers; it doesn't look too bad for a first project, but I am not really that happy with it. Thus, I had to try it again.
This attempt went much more smoothly. It only took a couple of hours to complete the bulk of the project. The only thing I have left is decoration. As I'm writing this, I hope inspiration comes to me as to what to put on it...we'll see.
I'm not saying this second attempt is perfect, but it it is much better. I expect it will get faster and better each time I do this project...(the faster it goes, the more fun it it for the ADD me:-)!!
Here are a couple of pics---please excuse the shadows...
Above is attempt number 1...
Above is the back of attempt number 2...still deciding what to do with the front. I'll post a pic when it is finished.
Cheers,
LaLa
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