Introduction to Soldering

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Length	21 min 42 sec
Description	Learn the basics of soldering from Ganoksin instructors Pattie Parkhurst and Richard Sweetman. They walk you through the fundamentals like materials you will need for your soldering station, safety tips, torch assembly and getting comfortable with the torch. After this video, we encourage you to move onto the next soldering video called Soldering Techniques from Beginner to Advanced. Tools and Supplies: Smith® Silver Smith™ Acetylene & Air Torch Kit w/ hose and regulator #2 torch head for the Smith® torch Acetylene tank Striker Soldering bricks 15 in. crescent wrench Tweezers Cross-locking tweezers Soldering pick – titanium Paste flux – white Hard, medium, easy and extra easy solder Pickle solution Brass, copper or silver scrap metal Copper tongs Safety glasses Leak detect Torch igniter Solderite pads Charcoal bricks Flat nosed pliers Spray flux Liquid flux Flux brush Third-hand
Author	by Pattie Parkhurst and Richard Sweetman Pattie Parkhurst has been pursuing jewelry craft since she was a young child. This passion led her to pursue metalsmithing in college. After graduating, she worked as a jeweler and continued her education by taking a multitude of workshops taught by master metalsmiths, which expanded her skills tremendously. By 35, Pattie became part owner of a metalsmithing school that specialized in master workshops. After college, Pattie served on the board of The Colorado Metalsmithing Association (COMA) where she learned the anticlastic raising metal technique. This process involves hammering different metals, over and over on an antler-like form. By immersing herself in this ancient technique, she combines her love for nature and metalsmithing into cohesive nature inspired metal forms. Her work is mastered and constantly evolving through observational learning, a continuous process that comes from having many jewelry-related businesses. Pattie loves outdoor adventures, guest lecturing, and teaching. Richard Sweetman is an artist and teacher with a BFA degree from Colorado State and an MFA degree from the University of Oregon. He worked as a goldsmith for George McLean Goldsmith in San Francisco. Richard then taught for many years and has the distinction of starting the Jewelry and Metalwork Program at Arapahoe Community College near Denver. Several summers he continued to learn and sharpen his skills at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine. He currently teaches workshops at his studio and for other guilds.