MOTM

First, solder meant for electronics is not going to work on jewelry. 
Second, a soldering pencil that puts out 20 - 30 watts (ideal for 
pcbs) is not going to be able to heat the metal enough to make solder 
flow. You're going to need one of those big clunker irons, a jar of 
paste flux that you brush on, and some silver solder. Unfortunately I 
can't give you the exact solder formulation. I just know these things 
from watching my wife solder stained glass.

Moe

--- In motm@y..., "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" <noise@A...> wrote:
> Well, this doesn't have anything do to with electronics, but since 
quite a
> few of you have FAR more soliering expirience than I, I figured I'd 
ask for
> some input.
> 
> For my fiance and I's (is that bad grammer or what?) wedding, we 
want to
> have wedding favors of two interlocked rings.  We got a pile of 
cheap 10cent
> rings which are more properly described as nearly-completed-
circles.  We've
> pair them up so that the rings are joined, but now we need to 
soldier up the
> gap in the ring to seal them shut.  I'm pretty sure they're silver-
coated
> aluminum, or something like that.  As an expiriement, we tried 
using the
> no-wash soldier, but it failed.  I'm not sure if we couldn't get 
the ring
> hot enough (it was hot to the touch after applying the iron), or 
the soldier
> was the wrong type, or what.
> 
> Does anyone have any advice?  I know I need to get some kind of 
clamp to
> hold the durned thing in place, because it kept skidding all over 
the desk--
> too light.  Is there a particular type of solder I should use?  Is 
a cheap
> radio-shack iron going to cut it (it works A-OK for MOTM stuff!)?  
> 
> Thanks!!
> 
> --PBr