Soldering a Chunky Ring with a Small Torch

Here is a soldering tip from @makeitwithkim - “Do you struggle to solder bigger pieces of jewellery with your small torch?

Here Alex is demonstrating how a tiny torch can heat up a super chunky ring with ease.

This ring is a size Z and made from 5mm (6 gauge) round copper, so in jewellery terms, it's pretty beasty.

Normally I teach people to place their join near the front of their soldering block so you can reach it easily with the torch. But when soldering larger pieces, you can put the join facing the back of your soldering block and place another block directly behind it.

The heat bounces back off the soldering block, on to your piece, effectively making the heat produced by the small flame, much hotter 🔥

This trick also works if you struggle with torch control. Often, if you're a millimetre off with your flame, either because you're struggling to see or you have shakey hands, the heat reflected back from the soldering block, minimises the heat lost when your flame isn't directly on the metal. So while Alex moved the flame off his solder join a few times, he still managed to get it back up to temperature in super quick time 🙌 “ Thank you so much Kim for allowing me to share this. I didn’t speed this video up because I wanted folks to see in real time how long the process took ☺️ just a minute anyhow 👏 using the blocks is a great idea!! #soldering #solderingjewelry #solderingstation #torch #butanetorch #jewelrytools #jewelrymakingprocess