I would love to buy a small gauge chain mail shirt like what ring mesh offers, but the problem of tailoring stainless steel chain mail of such a small gauge is you can not solder it, it has to be welded to get a proper connection. 



Does anyone here have any experience with welding on this tiny size? It's jewelry welding. Shielding gas is still a necessity, unfortunately. 



The only other way I have found to get around having to weld but still getting an acceptably strong connection with adequate rust proof material, is to use Nitinol wire, Flux #2, and 96.5 Sn/3.5 Ag solder and make my own rings to tailor with.



That is memory shape metal wire, half titanium and nickel alloy. It's just as strong as stainless, but if I over heat the rings for some reason, would they snap and break the bond straightening themselves back out from ring shape?



What do you think about it

I always thought these would be great to make chainmail out of. If you have the patience to sit and weld rings, you would have the patience to sit and connect them



That would not be chain mail, it would be a depilatory device that would border on being an instrument of cruel and unusual torture.

spot welder

Or, just wear a shirt under it

>>2600183 (OP)

>you can not solder it,

You can silver braze it with Harris Safety-Silv. Much more expensive than welding though
