Soldering Bootcamp with Baleigh Acebo

Class Description

Soldering adequately can be easy.  Soldering like a pro can take years to hone.  This class is designed to help students reevaluate their soldering habits to be more successful in building complex pieces. We will start with the basics: how to cut your solder and judge the proper amount of solder for the task at hand, preventing hours of clean up on solder-flooded joints, and nifty soldering set ups and heating techniques so your solder flows where you want and only where you want. Not only will you build a unique version of this stunning 2 stone pendant but there will also be tons of bonus technique based projects to expand your soldering prowess. Drop and give me 20 soldered jump rings!

Class Requisites

Students with beginner to intermediate soldering, fabrication and stone setting experience will enjoy and benefit from this class.

Materials Kits, paid to instructor (price will vary depending on stones students choose)

$130-170

Worksheet

silver bezel stock

silver sheet

silver tubing

silver 20g wire

silver jump rings

silver knife edge stock

hard silver solder

5mm rose cut stone of student’s choosing

large pear cabochon of student’s choosing

soft charcoal block

cylinder bur

drill bit

ball burs

Additional optional projects w/ materials will also be available that test soldering skills, time permitting

Tools Students Need

Needle files

½ round hand file

Saw and saw blades

Soldering picks/tweezers

Sanding sticks, 180-400 grit recommended

Bezel roller

optivisor

Your favorite rotary abrasives

Sharpies

Scribe

dividers

Chain nose pliers

Flush cutters

Solder shears/snips

Supplied by Studio

Soldering stations

GRS Benchmates

Flex shafts/micromotors

Artist Bio

Baleigh has tinkered with craft and jewelry since she was a wee adolescent growing up in the lush green mountains of Vermont. After pursuing a BFA in Creative Writing she realized she had made a terrible mistake on a very expensive education because what she wanted to do was work with her hands.  She then enrolled in the North Bennet Street School’s Jewelry Making & Repair program in Bahston, MA and everything was good again. Baleigh was technically trained to craft her own tools, fabricate intricate pieces from scratch, handset diamonds & precious gems and repair fine jewelry. 

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