How to use this course

How to use this course

HOW TO USE THIS COURSE

MAKE SURE TO READ THE TEXT BELOW EACH VIDEO AS IT MAY INCLUDE SOME CLARIFICATION OR EXTRA INFORMATION AND TIPS

  • This is an instructional and educational course. It is NOT a project based course, which means I will not be working through a project from start to finish.

  • I will go through 8 different examples of various situations that you will likely find yourself in as you get started making jewelry.

  • My hope is that at the end of this class you will have enough information and background knowledge to be able to do your own problem solving for whatever project you have in mind.

  • I recommend that you watch this course the whole way through before you light up your torch. Then choose some SIMPLE projects and try some of the techniques that I showed you. After you give it a try, then go back and rewatch some of the videos. You will likely pick up on new things once you get a feel for the torch and the heating process.

Soldering Crash Course

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Welcome

  • Hello and Welcome! I'm Stacey :-)
  • What to expect in this course
  • How to use this course
  • Preview of tools and materials used

Getting Started

  • Soldering Tools and Materials - with item numbers for Rio Grande
  • Torch and Ventilation - with item numbers for Rio Grande
  • My teacher code to get wholesale pricing at Rio Grande
  • My Complete Tool Lists on Amazon
  • Brief overview of a soldering station
  • No "right way" to solder
  • Soldering tools
  • Soldering "potions" and "super pickle"2
  • Choosing a torch, my three recommendations
  • Turning the acetylene torch on and off

Guidelines for soldering

  • Three main guidelines for soldering
  • A very important perspective shift
  • Soldering temperatures and mixing metals
  • The dreaded firescale
  • A peptalk!

Soldering Examples

  • Annealing
  • End to end, method one - stacking ring example
  • End to end method one - bezel example4
  • End to end, method two - wide band example
  • Intersecting walls - bezel on backplate example
  • Side by side wire - ring shank example2
  • Sweat soldering - sheet to sheet example.mp42
  • Sweat soldering - earring post example

Working with brass

  • Super pickle and working with brass and mixed metals2

You can do it!

  • Final thoughts and encouragement 2