So many on line tutorials now,I like your approach ! I'm a Hobby turquiose miner with more than a lifetime of stone to work with silver! Kinda moving from beginning to more intermediate projects.soldering seems to be my ongoing challenge! Thanks for your guidance!
Simple, concise and to the point...our instructor made this process seem like a BIIIIG mystery and wouldn't teach it to us.... Thanks for another awesome video!
There are some smart tricks to solder an item to a flat surface without leaving any trace of soldering . One don't need to file or to scrub the joint angle of pieces in contact after soldering them . One can even put the piece over the flat surface without add the solder first , can be soldered after , very safe , the solder will go under the piece without leaving any trace . This way the surface will stay clean and uncontaminated by solder .
I see this has been sort of answered earlier, but is there a reason to do one over the other (next to piece above screen or under screen)? thank you mucho.
Nice little project. Tnx! I enjoy learning from your vids very much. Would you do a presentation on gasses for use with the mini torch? Acetylene, propane, and city gas?
You are a Terriffic instructor Soham and thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise! Question: what type of screen did you use...is it steel, aluminum, specifically for jewelry soldering or just a scrap from a hardware store? (It appears pretty substantial.)
I 'll let go of - from privacy -one of my videos to show how soldering it can be used to get the look of welding cast object. The object in discussion is the woman , who is hollow , not cast . I made it using 18k gold and the solder is made by my own needs ,related to the difficulty of the work. Also, I do my own soldert when it comes enameling, especially plique a jour, and is usually purer than the material that is in the works. That;s why one can't see any soldering joint on my works .
This way , one can solve the most important task in enamelling , instead of carving the metal ( champleve) , can easily solder the piece - even fretted before - to a flat , even or not surface , using a hard solder , and enamelling it . it will work fine . Trust me . "Jewel is a very simple job, has only some basics, physics and chemistry. And thousands of helpful tricks." Said once an old german goldsmith ...
Soham, why would I NOT solder from underneath the screen? Wouldn't that be even better? Please advise, this has been a long wondered question. Thank you for answering this, I am watching every one of your videos in sequence, an excellent course. Thank you soooo much.
you can, but it takes way too much heat and sometimes warps the backplate. better to sit the screen on a charcoal block and circle on top so the flame bounces underneath
Soham, I really enjoy your videos. However, I am having a HORRIBLE time trying to sweat solder an 18-ga sterling piece onto an 18-ga. sterling cuff bracelet. I am cleaning it all, sweat soldering the top piece, and no matter how long I torch it, it will NOT adhere. I have no problem sweat soldering small pieces, but cannot do it on cuff bracelets. Any suggestions?
soham harrison I have the Smith Little Torch and used the "rosebud" torch using 16psi for both the oxygen and propane tanks and I thought I had really turned up the heat. Is that still not enough? Thank you for your response!
It's tricky still trying to work it out I use 16 gauge sterling silver 1 inch bracelet with 16 gauge piece to solder on fairly big one time I had to heat the whole bracelet then run a torch on top as well as bottom not enough heat it takes some patience and nerve I'm going to try the way in the video I've done it many times this way you got to make sure your piece sits down completely flat so I've pushed it down with the soldering pick before good to have a soldering stand
