101: Start Soldering Today
Soldering Jewelry Can Be Easy and Affordable!
Want to learn how to make jewelry beyond beading and wirework?
Want to follow through with your jewelry ideas but don’t know how to start?
Faced with all the techniques and tools involved with jewelry-making, it can be intimidating to start. But it doesn’t have to be!
In her three-part Intro to Soldering Series, Pam will cover all the fundamentals of basic jewelry soldering and bench skills that will help you move forward in your jewelry-making journey.
Soldering 101 is the first of three introductory courses that are designed to work as a group to give you the fundamentals you need for future projects and courses she teaches.
This class is a recommended place to start for all of our torch/soldering courses.
It is not required that you take Soldering 101, Soldering 102 & Soldering 103 before other soldering courses. However, it is highly recommended that you take these three first. Subsequent soldering courses may assume you have certain skills that were covered in 102 & 103.
What’s Included in this Course:
※ Ten Lessons that create a solid foundation for soldering jewelry
※ Nearly three hours of instruction (Total video time 2:50:04)
※ Fabulous handout you can download and print
※ Overview of safety considerations
※ Explanation of soldering tools
※ Learn the pros and cons of various torch types
※ Discussion of metals and how they behave under fire
※ Three hands-on exercises to practice torchwork
※ The basics of soldering jewelry
The Tools and Materials You’ll Need:
RECOMMENDED TOOLS & SUPPLIES:
Get All the Tools You Need Here
※ Butane Torch
※ Butane Fuel 5x refined preferred
※ Soldering Pad
※ Cross-Locking Tweezers
※ Flux (Handy Flux)
※ Flux Brush
※ Soldering Pick (Standard or Titanium)
※ Small Tweezers, optional
※ Copper Tongs
※ Pickle (Sparex)
※ Pickle Pot
MATERIALS LIST for EXERCISES:
Get the Materials KIT Here
※ 16ga fine silver wire: 2pcs, 1/4″-1/2″ long
※ 22ga sterling silver wire: 2 pcs, 1-1/2″ long
※ Large jump ring made from 18 or 16ga sterling silver wire,
with a properly prepared light-tight seam
Make it easy on yourself!
Get the KITS to have everything you need for your projects.
PLEASE NOTE: Soldering courses are primarily taught using a butane torch because it is an economical and effective tool for jewelry-making. However, any jeweler’s torch will suffice for successfully accomplishing these projects! We’ll discuss the pros and cons of a butane torch vs. a bigger dual-gas system in the course.
