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Secondary Resistant Materials

Heat Processes

There are 4 components to this section.
(a) Forgework
(b) Brazing/Silver Soldering
(c) Low Temperature Casting
(d) Electrical soft soldering
Delegates will manufacture a poker, that incorporates forming an eye, drawing down and twisting, a copper candle holder, a sample using the low temperature casting furnace and a moisture tester project/Rear Bike light project.

(a) Forgework

 How to forge an eye

Videos
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(b) Brazing/Silver Soldering

6 videos - Click on each picture

1. Joint Design	2. Choice of Brazing Filler Metal Alloy
3. Pre-Cleaning	4. Fluxing the Joint
5. Heating the Joint and Applying the Filler	6. Removing the Flux Residues After Brazing Metal

 A Guide to Silver Soldering and Brazing based on the videos 
 

(c) Low Temperature Casting

  Instruction manual (pdf version)

(d) Electrical soft soldering
Delegates will construct either the Rapid Electronics 'Moisture Tester' Project or the Kitroniks 'Rear Bike Light' project.

Rapid Electronics - Moisture Tester project

 Rapid Electronics Catalogue Number - (Pack of 20 kits) - 13-0102 

  Soldering
 Moisture Tester Project notes from Rapid Electronics (pdf version)

Kitroniks - Rear Bike Light project

'Your Guide to Soldering' by Maplins


Kitronik's video on soldering

DfES Teachernet Guidance
 Hot metal equipment
 Brazing Hearth
 Chip Forge