I know this is an old video, but learned so much and LAUGHED so much, I had to comment. THANK YOU! I was trying to figure out how to stick stuff together myself -- um...there are VIDEO tutorials in this modern world! - Thank you for showing it so simply!
I always love watching your videos, I am so glad I am not the only one who didn't seal it all the way...I had two actually.. and I just put it to the side. :(
Hi Nancy. You are totally bonkers but I love you and your tutorials, you are so talented. Your cat looks like mine (he is called Eric).Here in the UK it is sometimes difficult to get the materials that you have available in the USA, but we struggle on............I am new to silver clay, soldering etc, so I am learning a lot from your videos - they are so good but please, don't disappear into another room to do the 'boring' bits, take us with you so that we can see the whole process.
hi nancy, first of all i really love you! your videos and vast information has helped me with numerous 'how to' questions. needed to remember sweat soldering and you once again helped this mentally challenged jeweler. thank you thank you thank you :) would love to take a class on your beautiful rings and amazing bezels. best regards, irena
Thanks for the great video Nancy! Question: I am going to sweat solder an intricate sterling silver overlay over a solid copper plate. I am concerned that the silver solder may flow outside the boundaries of where it should go, and cover some of the copper where it needs to show through. Any tips to make sure solder stays where it should? For my piece, it's important that the pretty copper doesn't get covered by silver solder.
HEEEEELLLLLLLP!!!! Nancy and anyone else who cares to comment....Can you tell me what size flame tip you used in this video? I know your website article states you use primarily a Goss #3. I'm trying to decide if tip size is part of the problem I'm having with a similar applique project- it's a devil getting the solder to flow on a bookmark size piece of appliqued and pierced copper, brass and silver. I'm using a Smith #1 torch tip and no more than two layers of 24 gauge metal; my flux (Cupronil) starts out beautifully but eventually fries up before the solder flows; I get terrible firescale- in some cases after the third attempt to solder my metal is getting pitted. My metal is pickled and scoured with a fiber pad on my flexshaft prior to soldering, I'm having the same problem regardless of the solder, I've used both copper wire solder and silver pallions in varying hardness, after each attempt some areas are soldered or just tacked on and the applique falls off during cleaning (when it's just tacked on I don't quench- I allow the piece to cool gradually). My pieces were pretty flat and when I use my pick to press down any area that raises while heating the other side pops up. The ONLY thing that is substantially different from previous projects is the ambient temperature of my studio- it's winter here in the Colorado mountains and though my studio is heated the room is still colder at this time of year (It's my first winter in this studio space), so the air is cold, my products are cold- untill I hit them with the torch- I just cannot figure it out....
This is the first vid of yours ive watched and less then 5 minutes in i had to subscribe. I was crackin up the whole time, your such a funny and bad ass lady!! Super fucking talented too♥
Thanks so much for sharing your expertise! I get a lot from your videos and appreciate you taking the time to make and post them. I do have a question about this sweat soldering that I am wondering if you can help me out with. I sweat soldered a backing layer onto a bezel that I had created and apparently missed a couple of places on the backing piece so that when I was soldering I got the back a little too warm and it bubbled up as though air was trapped. Is there a way to fix something like that? I have been researching, but found nothing helpful.
Thank you, again, for teaching us how to do cool stuff with metal . I have one question: how do we solder thin silver wire to silver sheet with out the solder showing? I want to do design work with small wires on metal with out it looking like a solder fail. :)
Sorry to be off topic but does any of you know of a tool to log back into an instagram account?? I was dumb lost the password. I love any assistance you can give me!
@Yosef Reese I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im in the hacking process now. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
I wonder how you get the solder in the voids where it didn't go the first time without it being visible. I think you said it was a repeat of the first time, but then it was 2 separate pieces. You make me laugh, and you're brilliant! Thank you.
+Silva Hi Silva, you pickle, rinse, dry, reflux, careful heat from behind (you don't want the piece your are soldering to "slip" off - when the solder re-melts. The solder is still there, just needs to be coaxed to the edges. In the example in the video, it was a hollow shape. When I put the water into it, it demonstrated that all the edges weren't sealed - because the water leaked out. If all the edges are sealed - no water will escape - meaning that the piece is soldered all the way around. It's an especially good trick with bezels. It's very important to have bezels completely soldered onto their backplates because, they can lift up during the setting process. I've had entire bezel "peel" off while setting, due to all the edges not being soldered. Thanks for the kind words and hope this helps. N
+Ardys Otterbacher Hahaha! So, it's really easy. Brush your cats - a lot or clean out the dryer lint trap. Put it into a plastic bag, move it around a bunch and violá - felted fur. I've got a bunch of cat fur "buttons". Gawd knows what to do with them. Thanks.
+Ardys Otterbacher Have fun! I just pulled the mother lode out of my dryer. Although, I have stopped collecting it. Thought it was too weird, even for me!
Ardys Otterbacher I know and after me confessing as to how I think about my big cat as a pair of slippers and gloves and the little one as a one glove...or a collar..small collar cat lol!
I greet Lady. I am a producer of natural and pressed charcoal from Polish. Natural charcoal contains 2% ash - weight 120 grams. Pressed charcoal-weight 140x70x30 mm 280 grams - ash 7-17% of my product - competition ash 50% {pottery} How has your questions -Please to ask questions about the properties of charcoal for goldsmiths. I wish you a Happy New 2016
My big ginger cat is a pair of gloves and a hat cat. The little one is only a one glove or a small pair of fingerless gloves cat...you think you're the crazy cat lady...I'm the local crazy fox and cat lady (and I am just joking about the hats and gloves but I wouldn't mind shaving the buggers and doing some felting. ...why is it that your own indoor animals are so picky and moody whereas the feral cats and foxes are always happy to see me?
Mrs. Nancy your videos are so helpful. there isn't much out there on these subject's good videos anyway. Thanks a ton
I know this is an old video, but learned so much and LAUGHED so much, I had to comment. THANK YOU! I was trying to figure out how to stick stuff together myself -- um...there are VIDEO tutorials in this modern world! - Thank you for showing it so simply!
I love your personality! You’re hilarious and so fresh; it’s wonderful to watch and listen to your tutorials!!
A lot more to sweat soldering than I thought in these applications. Thank you Nancy. Great video as always.
I really appreciate that you take the time and make the effort to do these videos. Thank you! You're my first GO--TO!
Thank you Trish!
I love the way you teach and your great sense of humour, BIG THANKS FROM PERU !!!
a pleasure to watch ,best way to teach by adding humour ,
Love your apron!❤Thank you Nancy! You make everything fun! I now see some things I was not doing correctly.
I like your style because you make it fun and at the same time, you really know what you are doing.
But Nancy! We LOVE to see the solder flow! Don't leave us behind when you go to the solder room! Lol Thanks for all the great tutorials!
Love your humour and your generosity sharing your craft ! Thank you
I appreciate these videos and your sense of humor.
I love your personality. Thanks for the great videos!
I just love this person. We would be besties if we knew each other. Love the videos such excellent knowledge. Thank you. Kathy
Wow, that ring on your right hand is incredible!
Great to watch a new video. Just started sweat soldering, thanks for the clear info. So enjoy your humour.
+Hazel Fox Thank you Hazel!
I thoroughly enjoy your videos. I’ve learned several little tricks and ideas. Thank you!
I always love watching your videos, I am so glad I am not the only one who didn't seal it all the way...I had two actually.. and I just put it to the side. :(
Fantastic video! LOVE your sense of humor! Thanks for this!
Thank you Rachel!
Refreshingly Funny tutorial! Loved it!
So glad!
Hi Nancy. You are totally bonkers but I love you and your tutorials, you are so talented. Your cat looks like mine (he is called Eric).Here in the UK it is sometimes difficult to get the materials that you have available in the USA, but we struggle on............I am new to silver clay, soldering etc, so I am learning a lot from your videos - they are so good but please, don't disappear into another room to do the 'boring' bits, take us with you so that we can see the whole process.
hi nancy, first of all i really love you! your videos and vast information has helped me with numerous 'how to' questions. needed to remember sweat soldering and you once again helped this mentally challenged jeweler. thank you thank you thank you :) would love to take a class on your beautiful rings and amazing bezels. best regards, irena
Thanks Nancy you really are heaps of fun. Love watching your videos..
Thank you for posting your videos! they are great. I ´ve learnt a great deal from watching them.
Nancy! I would love to do a class with you one day! You are such an awesome peep!
Thank you for sharing. You are enjoyable to watch.
Thank you for the video! Love your personality, I'd love to make jewelry with you!
Thanks for the great video Nancy! Question: I am going to sweat solder an intricate sterling silver overlay over a solid copper plate. I am concerned that the silver solder may flow outside the boundaries of where it should go, and cover some of the copper where it needs to show through. Any tips to make sure solder stays where it should? For my piece, it's important that the pretty copper doesn't get covered by silver solder.
HEEEEELLLLLLLP!!!! Nancy and anyone else who cares to comment....Can you tell me what size flame tip you used in this video? I know your website article states you use primarily a Goss #3. I'm trying to decide if tip size is part of the problem I'm having with a similar applique project- it's a devil getting the solder to flow on a bookmark size piece of appliqued and pierced copper, brass and silver. I'm using a Smith #1 torch tip and no more than two layers of 24 gauge metal; my flux (Cupronil) starts out beautifully but eventually fries up before the solder flows; I get terrible firescale- in some cases after the third attempt to solder my metal is getting pitted. My metal is pickled and scoured with a fiber pad on my flexshaft prior to soldering, I'm having the same problem regardless of the solder, I've used both copper wire solder and silver pallions in varying hardness, after each attempt some areas are soldered or just tacked on and the applique falls off during cleaning (when it's just tacked on I don't quench- I allow the piece to cool gradually). My pieces were pretty flat and when I use my pick to press down any area that raises while heating the other side pops up. The ONLY thing that is substantially different from previous projects is the ambient temperature of my studio- it's winter here in the Colorado mountains and though my studio is heated the room is still colder at this time of year (It's my first winter in this studio space), so the air is cold, my products are cold- untill I hit them with the torch- I just cannot figure it out....
Girl, you are a riot...nevermind the talent. Thank you. Chuck Deutschman
You are awesome, I actually laugh out loud watching your videos.
lol, love your personality and videos. Thanks Nancy...you rock!
Omg, I love your eccentricity!
Love your work. Thank you very much. I love the rings that you wear. Do you teach how to make the hollow rings?
This is the first vid of yours ive watched and less then 5 minutes in i had to subscribe. I was crackin up the whole time, your such a funny and bad ass lady!! Super fucking talented too♥
Thanks so much for sharing your expertise! I get a lot from your videos and appreciate you taking the time to make and post them. I do have a question about this sweat soldering that I am wondering if you can help me out with. I sweat soldered a backing layer onto a bezel that I had created and apparently missed a couple of places on the backing piece so that when I was soldering I got the back a little too warm and it bubbled up as though air was trapped. Is there a way to fix something like that? I have been researching, but found nothing helpful.
You are a hoot to watch, just thought I'd let you know ;) thanks for your lessons!
Yes, I'd love to know where to get that big round charcoal block too. Thank you!
+whynot184 Thank Whynot! I got it at Rio Grande Jewelry. Item #: 502030. I love it.
Thankyou for this very useful lesson and the comedy act!
Thank you, again, for teaching us how to do cool stuff with metal . I have one question: how do we solder thin silver wire to silver sheet with out the solder showing? I want to do design work with small wires on metal with out it looking like a solder fail. :)
i love your videos thank you for sharing your knowledge
I love you and your Craziness.
thanks Mrs Nancy
It would be nice to see how you resoldered the piece. I don't know where you place the solder for that.
Sorry to be off topic but does any of you know of a tool to log back into an instagram account??
I was dumb lost the password. I love any assistance you can give me!
@Tate Martin Instablaster =)
@Yosef Reese I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im in the hacking process now.
Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@Yosef Reese it did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy:D
Thanks so much, you saved my ass !
@Tate Martin Glad I could help xD
The beginning had me like, “yep, I’m still half asleep.” 😅
Thank you for sharing, very nice video.. I love your videos... :)
I wonder how you get the solder in the voids where it didn't go the first time without it being visible. I think you said it was a repeat of the first time, but then it was 2 separate pieces. You make me laugh, and you're brilliant! Thank you.
+Silva Oh, and why should it hold water?
+Silva Hi Silva, you pickle, rinse, dry, reflux, careful heat from behind (you don't want the piece your are soldering to "slip" off - when the solder re-melts. The solder is still there, just needs to be coaxed to the edges. In the example in the video, it was a hollow shape. When I put the water into it, it demonstrated that all the edges weren't sealed - because the water leaked out. If all the edges are sealed - no water will escape - meaning that the piece is soldered all the way around. It's an especially good trick with bezels. It's very important to have bezels completely soldered onto their backplates because, they can lift up during the setting process. I've had entire bezel "peel" off while setting, due to all the edges not being soldered. Thanks for the kind words and hope this helps. N
+Silva See my prior answer.
+Oh God, I just read your entire answer, DOH!
beautiful....thank you,Nancy....:):)
+Kremena Venkova Thank you Kremena!
Nancy do you think a Weller 80watt would work for flat but thick horseshoe nails if you want to solder them together on the sides?
Nancy - When you did the piece that you ran through the rolling mill (at 2:33min), you used 24g silver and 18g copper?
You are amazing! Wish you were my neighbor!
love your persona 💕Thank you ❣️
Hi, Nancy I can spin and knit cat fur. 😊 you mentioned a while back about embossing machine you saw at a show do you have any info on it?
thanks to share
How do you solder copper to stainless?
Love your videos, Nancy. Where did you get your round charcoal block? I've never seen one like that before. Thanks!
+Adele Suniga Thanks Adele. I got it at Rio Grande Jewelry. Item #: 502030
You are so funny 😆 😂🤣
I'm still waiting for the lesson on how to felt cat fur -
+Ardys Otterbacher Hahaha! So, it's really easy. Brush your cats - a lot or clean out the dryer lint trap. Put it into a plastic bag, move it around a bunch and violá - felted fur. I've got a bunch of cat fur "buttons". Gawd knows what to do with them. Thanks.
+Nancy Hamilton I didn't think you'd answer that! ha ha - well, I can collect plenty of that cat fur in my house.
+Ardys Otterbacher Have fun! I just pulled the mother lode out of my dryer. Although, I have stopped collecting it. Thought it was too weird, even for me!
+Ardys Otterbacher Hahahah! Not happening!
Ardys Otterbacher I know and after me confessing as to how I think about my big cat as a pair of slippers and gloves and the little one as a one glove...or a collar..small collar cat lol!
Cool!
You are just Fantabulosa!
Thank you!!!
Loved your video... lol
I greet Lady. I am a producer of natural and pressed charcoal from Polish. Natural charcoal contains 2% ash - weight 120 grams.
Pressed charcoal-weight 140x70x30 mm 280 grams - ash 7-17% of my product - competition ash 50% {pottery}
How has your questions -Please to ask questions about the properties of charcoal for goldsmiths.
I wish you a Happy New 2016
Did you make the copper pc you sweat soldered, in this video? If so, how? :) TIA
You get a bell click for that one honey!
❤
I am just so in love with you...
Seems like without a mill, Im simply an amateur.
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.....
My big ginger cat is a pair of gloves and a hat cat. The little one is only a one glove or a small pair of fingerless gloves cat...you think you're the crazy cat lady...I'm the local crazy fox and cat lady (and I am just joking about the hats and gloves but I wouldn't mind shaving the buggers and doing some felting. ...why is it that your own indoor animals are so picky and moody whereas the feral cats and foxes are always happy to see me?
🌷🌹🌸
I love your videos. Are you stoned?
Soddering???? Am I hearing things?
Soldering!
Nancy you're great 😁
You are wonderful and I learned a lot! 🫶