classes at SilverWorks
classes at SilverWorks
Setting Up Your Silversmithing Studio $95
Stuffed full of all the inside information that you have been dying to know from decades of collected experience, Blair will share basic conventional knowledge as well as discovered short cuts and personal tips to help streamline your home studio.
All the “scary” things that hold you back from equipping your home silversmithing studio are addressed: torches and other tools; soldering surfaces compared; how to handle Pickle. Safety concerns and flexi-shaft accessories will be explained. Daunting and confusing industry terms made simple. Demo, group discussion, and Q&A.
A few things we will cover...
studio set up
When to change pickle
How to neutralize it
Different solders and their uses
Soldering surfaces
Staging assistants
Different torches
How to assemble a torch
Tool identification
Tool maintenance
Safety
Defining the differences between Sterling, Fine, Dead-Soft, Half-hard, etc.
and more...