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

Guidelines for soldering

5 Lessons