Sold in package of 10
Inspired by British Master Goldsmith James Miller, these titanium strips
can be easily bent into a wide range of specialized custom clamps for jeweler's
hard soldering operations.
Titanium has several advantages over
traditional steel clamps when it comes to soldering. Solder doesn't stick to it.
Enamel doesn't stick either. It stays strong when red hot. It doesn't erode and
flake away at heat, so your clamp tips can be smaller. Most importantly,
titanium doesn't transfer heat nearly as quickly as steel clamps, so it
interferes with nearby joints less than steel clamps do.
These clamps
are sold in a pack of 10 "blanks" as straight 4" strips, to allow you to bend
your own ideal clamp designs. Each soldering situation is different, and while
there are a few basic designs that we illustrate in the how to bend and shape
clamp instructions, every jeweler is different, and each solders in their own
unique way, and will need clamps customized for their own personal style, or
unique need. The titanium strips are fully annealed, and can be bent and filed
to suit in minutes.
To date, we've found several uses for them:
holding ear wires during soldering
holding bails and jump rings
re-setting sweat soldered panels that had warped during the first soldering
clamping several items together during soldering
soldering hemispheres into a full sphere
holding spheres onto ring shanks...
The list will go on.
