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Learn to create beautiful solder seams. The Soldering 101 course will teach you how to finesse your skills.

This course will walk you through the important concepts you need to understand and practice to become skilled and confident with soldering.

If you’re looking to learn how much solder to use, how to run a smooth bead on the first pass, or want clear and simple instructions on how to break down each step, and all of the fundamentals of how to make it look great no matter your technique or current skill level, this course is what you’re looking for.

It will teach you the hidden secrets you need to take your copper foil soldering to a whole new level.

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Soldering 101

The Fundamentals of Soldering

5 Lessons

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Introduction to Soldering

Discover what tools and materials you need to get the results you want.

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Basic Seam Soldering

Learn the basic how to concepts you'll use when soldering

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Basic Edge Soldering

Learn the basic concepts of soldering the outer edge of a straight project.

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Sample Project With Complex Edges

Since curved edges on projects are not as straightforward as we saw with the straight edges earlier, this module explains how to solder projects with more complex shapes on the outer edge.

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When To Know You're Done

You've been soldering your project for a while now and as you keep turning it around and turning it over, you might be thinking you're done. But are you? Learn what to look for.

Soldering Wire and Zinc Came

3 Lessons

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Tinning Wire & Adding Hooks

When making suncatchers it's important to know how to add hooks. This module covers how to do this.

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Soldering Zinc Came to Panel Edges

This module provides instruction on how to solder zinc came to stained glass projects.

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Basic Reinforcement & Stability

Hiding wire in solder for reinforcement is a skill that will prove invaluable for stained glass projects as this allows for stability to be added without being seen on the finished piece.

About Your Tools

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Caring For Your Tools

Stained glass tools, especially good soldering irons, can be a little pricey. So for this reason, it's important to take care of them properly to avoid damage and keep them running as long as possible.

Time to Get Fancy

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Simple Yet Fancy Solder

Since the Soldering 101 course teaches the fundamentals of how to work with solder, I still wanted to give you a simple way of adding details with that extra little touch to your projects, easily.

Share Your Progress!

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Your Course Progress

This gives you the opportunity to share your wins and any feedback you may have on the course.

About the teacher

Samantha Calder

Samantha's a passionate creative with varied artistic interests which she loves to incorporate into her glasswork. Working in both stained glass and fused glass, her goal is to help you be creative and think outside the box while teaching skills to make glass crafting easier.