Soldering 101: Part 1 | Jewelry Tips with Nancy

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In this video Nancy discusses and shows you the basics of soldering. The four main topics being heat, flux, good fitting metal, and cleanliness. In Part 2 of this video, the soldering is demonstrated.
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@zedmadeamps Жыл бұрын

I love your teaching style and voice. I can really listen to you without getting bored or sidetracked. I look forward to watching many more of your videos.

@judithwalker9694 Жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful teacher! Just love your humor and generosity! You make me believe that I can do this without setting myself or my house on fire!

@allanthompson9695 Жыл бұрын

Be as one with your solder. Understand its relationship with the elements you mention in this video. Very good video Nancy. Onto the next pt 2.

@turnerschmidt 8 жыл бұрын

I just want to thank you, Nancy, for all your incredible tutorials. I appreciate your dedication!

@CharlesStruble 11 жыл бұрын

Man, Solder Girl, there is a lot to this soldering business. Heck, I went fifty years thinkin' there was plumbing solder, electrical solder, and then probably some kind for jewelry and stuff. You are educating a lot of us! Thanks.

@deborahdavidson9454 8 жыл бұрын

I just want to hug you!! As a true beginner with metals I need all the help I can get...and I got it from your soldering vids. I am finally making stacking rings, bracelets and I am sure there will be more. Thank you for sharing your expertise and fantastic sense of humour.

@jaykay415 11 жыл бұрын

So glad to have you back at it, Nancy.

@thelittlewolfpaw 10 жыл бұрын

You are a savior. An angel. This is amazing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it is so so hard to teach yourself these things and awesome tutorials like this are so rare!

@jaxxmathew7620 2 жыл бұрын

i dont mean to be so off topic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account?? I somehow forgot my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me.

@pamsimerly7547 11 жыл бұрын

I LOVE your videos. I learn a lot, and I laugh even more. Thank you for sharing your sense of humor and your knowledge.

@imanilani9437 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for taking your time and sharing your knowledge with us. I really appreciate learning from you.

@alisac4689 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your clear, concise knowledge on solder... what felt like an unknown area I am now more confident to venture into it!

@antsquirly7654 5 жыл бұрын

I want you to know I have been binging on your videos. I recently started getting back involved in wire wrapping and I stumbled upon one of your vids. It's so nice refreshing everything I used to do. I'm constantly nodding at things you say, I look like a bobble head. Having said that I find I'm pulling out more and more equipment. Of course I need to buy a new flex-shaft, it's been 30+ years and a whole new torch system but one step at a time. Thank you, Nancy.

@BornAgainFarmGirl 6 жыл бұрын

Nancy I never knew how solder actually worked before , thank you for sharing on the molecular level ☺ !

@JJ-mz7lg 7 жыл бұрын

pleasure watching your tutorial. very informative & humorous. thanks!

@produceman13 9 жыл бұрын

I always start with hard cider! Gotta calm those nerves for intricate soldering...

@TexTam 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your wisdom :)

@daphnerank 9 жыл бұрын

I just have to say that you are so cute!! I love your sense of humor almost as much as I love learning from your wealth of knowledge! Thanks for what you do!

@salchichita1971 11 жыл бұрын

thanks Nancy!!!

@dadrules714 8 жыл бұрын

Never mind by trial( thankfully no errors) I found a fix..boiling lemon juice w/ un-iodized(pickling) salt.worked great then I cleaned my Revere ware...... but keep up the great vids. Thanks.

@carlosue5472 9 жыл бұрын

"You usually start with hard solder... not hard cider." haha love her!

@lisitaaa 4 жыл бұрын

Nancy! you're the best and I'm watching your videos like a banshee and learning so much valuable knowledge from you. Thank you! The link to the 2nd video isn't working. Is there another video that you've got?

@Dharlanna 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you Solder Girl! I never thought about the fact that the metal had to come to flow temperature and not just the solder. That explains some things lol!

@deborahhardeman8802 5 жыл бұрын

My problems is getting bezel to sit flat on back plate. Any suggestions.?

@BillieHands 9 жыл бұрын

as below THANK U ! THAT DARN SOLDER !!! now back to practicing !

@LittleCherryHill 10 жыл бұрын

I have just discovered Eutectic solder, which is also used pretty much for soldering with enamel :)

@dadrules714 8 жыл бұрын

Nancy Love your Videos very helpful. Heeelp. I had to reprong a 10k gold casting. Melee prongs were cast too wimpy snapped one just test fitting the melee ruby.. So following instruction I got the prongs on there. BUT now the ring has red scale(copper) and flux in the fine details. how can I get rid of it w/o loosing the detail and between the melee prongs and the cathedral of main stone? I live 450 mls from any jewelry school so I attend HardKnocks Unv Thanks SOooo much for all your great vids & any help you can offer. subcrb'd

@kwidzius 8 жыл бұрын

Great video. I hope you can help me. I started working in jewelery industry just few months ago. Unfortunately I still struggle with sprueing silver models. Small items seams to be very easy but i need some tips how to sprue large and heavy items.

@AmyPate789 4 жыл бұрын

So glad I found you and your channel! Can you tell me if it's possible to solder small fine silver beads to a sheet of sterling silver? I've been googling my brain out and haven't found a straightforward answer yet. Perhaps, I'm asking the wrong question.

@Angizzle76 6 жыл бұрын

Beginner here. What do you suggest I start with to practice for making jewelry. Like what kind of solder? Thank you!

@brightpinklily 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this video. It's difficult to find classes where I live, so I have to glean what information I can from the internet. This is such a helpful resource. Also, is that a cat sleeping in the basket behind you? I saw something move around back there a few times. :)

@suethompson6399 Жыл бұрын

Have you used solder wicking braid to remove solder?

@ghostfifth 6 жыл бұрын

i just got a job at a larger company in the mall doing repairs...i forgot how much i hate repairs. thanks for the tips

@RM-my7or 5 жыл бұрын

Ciao Nancy...!!! Da poco tempo sto lavorando con l' argento,e grazie ai tuoi video sto imparando tanto...ma avrei bisogno di un tuo consiglio.. Ho del borace in polvere e vorrei utilizzarlo come flussante per le piccole saldature su argento. Sai dirmi in che modo? Con acqua? Grazie mille....👍👍👍

@eehuizhen8528 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Nancy 😭I need help! I soldered two pieces together, a bangle and a piece of metal together but it won't solder together, and the borex doesn't melt instead the flux gathers like a lump and nothing is done I wanna cry it's been a few hours

@anna-nn4ix 9 жыл бұрын

love her

@lucascamilo2063 11 жыл бұрын

First of all I would like to thank you for sharing your expertise. A free consulting \o/ Here we use the 18k ou 19.2k solders for soldering, and the pieces are also in 18k or 19.2k. Could you send some good recipes for solders that dont lower the carat? Or any other tip... :D We use propane (LPG, GPL, LP Gas, i dont know how you call it in the US...) and oxygen torch ... i dont know if it matters... Thanks a lot!

@invaderzim_8833 9 жыл бұрын

How do you harden 24k Gold or .999 Silver? I've asked the question on Rio Grande Forum, but nobody has answered my question..

@dadrules714 8 жыл бұрын

+MARK “Mark 1” ONE I'm a retired machinist and I recover gold/silver/plat/palladium from electronics. Not sure what you mean by "harden". Pure gold and silver are generally soft like copper & brass. It is always best when soldering to use the same Carat wt solder. Hard Vs soft solder has to deal with the metallurgy and melting temps. I've managed to solder 23k w/ 10k solder successfully. I can't call my recovered prec metals 99.999 w/o an assay. so I call it 23k But if you want to make pure gold or silver harder you would create an alloy by smelting with other metals like Nickle and copper. I'm a few grams shy of 1/2 troy Oz of 23k and plan on casting a snake head for my cane.

@Kittens_Cats_Karma 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great tutorial. I could not see your cat, hope she is doing fine!

@PreciousOpal 5 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean by that flash of silver running across...i had full succsess with filling a small hole on a ring face with running silver...working with pure fine nine silver and its my first 2 ounces...i never worked with any metals except pcb's...silversmith is what i call myself now...lol...the flash of pure silver across the surface of a pure silver ring, its magic...but i have another cast to work on... Check out my instagram bae instagram.com/codename.ide you along side other youtube smith pros have elevated my knowledge on smithing...i owe you a lifetime of gratitude! Bless you