Brief overview of a soldering station

Brief overview of a soldering station

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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