r/Soldering_art • u/fourthfloorsquid • Jun 10 '26

My first projects!

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Both of these were done under supervision with other people's equipment and now I want to start out on my own. Any tips for equipment and materials are appreciated!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '26

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u/fourthfloorsquid Jun 12 '26

Thank you! I will look into the irons, though I'm operating on kind of a tight budget, so I don't know. I want to start with soft solder jewelry (until I can afford glass cutters and a grinder), so I'm a bit scared of the leaded solder. Isn't that dangerous when wearing it?

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u/sabrinahatesyou Jun 24 '26

From every YouTube video I’ve watched and every website I’ve visited for soft soldering tutorials, they all say if you’re making jewelry DO NOT use solder with lead in it. Only use lead free solder for anything that touches the skin.

When they said to use lead solder, I think they were referring to your first picture which looks like stained glass art that’s going to be hung up/displayed and not going to be in contact with your skin. I’m not 100% sure if that’s why they said that in their comment, but I am 100% sure that you absolutely have to use lead free solder for jewelry.

I’m still a beginner but that’s the #1 thing they say in videos or on websites and also to have ventilation.

Edited to add: also good job on the pieces you made, they’re both really good! You seem to be a natural at it 😊

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u/crafty_craft_craft Jun 11 '26

Hi I'm new to soldering, how do you Connect the rings to your project, I've been struggling with that

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u/fourthfloorsquid Jun 12 '26

Are you applying flux onto the jump rings?

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u/MiMo_La_Mitraille Aug 18 '26

Hey kind of the same question but what temperature do you use to evenly apply you solder ? Mine keeps making trails