Soldering

Soldering Is NOT Rocket Science!: I've seen so many articles on electronic soldering that are either overly verbose and hard to read, too complex for a beginner, insist on expensive tools, or are just plain wrong, that I decided to clear the air a bit by going back to the basics. Wh…

Learn how to do the NASA-approved Lineman's splice. It is designed for connections that will be under tension and is pretty strong.

The Upcycled Garden by Dishfunctional Designs: using upcycled materials in your garden.

Build a low voltage soldering iron with a copper rod, some nichrome wire and thermal insulator.

Basic Silver Soldering With Strong Joints: In this Instructable, I'll show you the absolute basics for making silver-soldered joints that are simple, and structural. To accomplish this, these are the MAIN tools and supplies needed: Harris Safety-Silv 56% Harris Stay-Silv Flux Mapp Gas T…

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Soldering Is NOT Rocket Science!: I've seen so many articles on electronic soldering that are either overly verbose and hard to read, too complex for a beginner, insist on expensive tools, or are just plain wrong, that I decided to clear the air a bit by going back to the basics. Wh…

Over the holiday break (oh, I’m so busted…I wasn’t suppose to be working), I came across this great tutorial from I Can’t Stop Making Things. Thank you Gail for the great tutorial! I’m so excited to try this. To see Gail’s full tutorial, please visit her site Cant Stop Making Things | More Rubber Stamped Jewelry. [...]

Learn everything you need to know about how to solder copper into silver, brass and more with metalsmithing expert Lexi Erickson.

In this guide I'm going to list the basic tools and materials you'll need to just get started with silversmithing. Since I started jewelry making using silver and joined the metalsmithing Facebook groups I've done my fair share of asking what tools others use and scouring the internet comparing tool