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Filling Ball Bur Divots With Solder for Flush Plates

A tip from @letsmakejewelry for drilling divots in a back plate and filling them with solder so two plates solder flush.

Posted over 7 years ago • 2,992 likes • 88 comments

Love this soldering tip from @letsmakejewelry - “A simple soldering tip from Master Jeweler Jurgen Maerz. When soldering one flat piece to another, use a ball bur to make divots in the back of the plate, then add solder and fill the divots. When the top plate is soldered to the bottom plate this will help keep the two plates flush together and there won't be any solder showing resulting in less clean up.” Absolutely love this idea! Would work great on thicker gauged sheet! Thank you so much for letting us share!
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