Silver Soldering Basicz Saturday, March 2 $145 Thomas Mann 9:00 - 4:00
Student Level: Intermediate
Type of Workshop: Techniques and Project - Project will be completed in class.
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In this soldering basicz workshop, you will be introduced to the primary knowledge necessary to understand every aspect of the soldering process and advance your metalsmithing and creative know-how. In the morning you will an in-depth explanation of the curious equipment and tools essential to the task, and their safe operation, through demonstrations of the various soldering techniques and move to a hands-on exercise that will test and challenge you towards mastery of the technique throughout the afternoon.
What is specifically covered in this workshop:
- Overview of types of soldering such as stick, pallion, wire-fed, and sweat & butt
- Solder engineering & the heat sink phenomenon
- Project - Wire World
Materials Fee of $24 payable to Instructor at class time includes:
- 2 x 3” 22g brass
- 2 x 3” 22g nickel
- 10g round brass wire
- 16g round silver wire
- hard, medium, easy and extra-easy solder
- Sawing diagrams
Tools and Equipment List:
- Many tools and equipment necessary for the course will be available for use in the class and also to purchase, but please bring personal jewelry-making hand tools and safety equipment if you have them. Example: Ball-peen hammer, bench block, bench pin, chasing hammer, cutters, diagonal wire cutters, flush-cut wire cutters, jeweler’s saw, metal files, metal ruler, optivisors, pen, pencils, plastic hammer, rawhide hammer, safety glasses, scissors.
- Close Visual Acuity - This workshop requires close vision capability. Many of the skills you will be exposed to require visual acuity in the 12” to 3” range. If you have close vision issues please experiment with solutions that will give you the ability to see clearly at the indicated range before you arrive for the workshop. This means an Optivisor, a headband device with various lens powers, or reading glasses (I use 3x over and just below my regular glasses).
Questions? Email Thomas at market@thomasmann.com
Website: thomasmann.com