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"
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 example
End to end, method two - wide band example
Intersecting walls - bezel on backplate example
Side by side wire - ring shank example
Sweat soldering - sheet to sheet example.mp4
Sweat soldering - earring post example
Working with brass

Super pickle and working with brass and mixed metals
You can do it!

Final thoughts and encouragement

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.