Iain Friseal, Gobha Inbhir Nis (31 de 39)

Dh'ionnsaich Iain Friseal, Gobha Airgid Inbhir Nis, a chiùird anns na 1930an aig Medlock and Craik, seudairean agus luchd-dèanamh uaireadairean aig 6 Sràid na Drochaid, Inbhir Nis. An dèidh làimhe, bha togalaichean aig a' chompanaidh ann an Exchange Place agus Geata na Bànrigh.<br /> <br /> Anns an earrann chlaistinn seo bho na 1970an, tha Mgr. Friseal a' cuimhneachadh air na duilgheadasan le teicneòlas solldraigidh. Tha an dealbh seo, a chaidh a thoirt le Taigh-tasgaidh agus Gaileiridh Ealain Inbhir Nis (IMAG), a' sealltainn fear de na h-earrannan aig Iain Friseal - bràiste Clann Fhriseil leis an t-suaicheantas 'Je suis prest' (Tha mi deiseil).<br /> <br /> 'Well, you smelter your brass filings and stuff like that and silver, you put so much silver, so much brass, until you reckon you had the right colour; too much brass and your solder line came up yellow after a while, after it weathered. If you put it somewhere to stand - well, say it was a quaich and you were putting a foot on it - and you used too much brass in the solder then you'd find a yellow line coming up where the solder was. You could polish it out but it would come back up again, after a time, with the atmosphere. <br /> <br /> You'd also got to be careful that your solder was clean because if not you'd get porosity in the solder; you'd get little pockets of air and you would get little pinholes in the solder and it looked dirty, you know, especially if it was a job where you could see a solder line. What you would do is, you would melt it down, then you'd run it into the skillet and let it cool. Then you'd take it out and you'd do exactly the same thing as you did with your wire, only instead of putting it through a drawplate you'd put this through a rollers'