Tech #5 – Soldering our Designs

I have finally finished my pendant. It took a lot of time and effort, but I’m very proud of myself for completing it. During my last blog post, I was still working on the design for my pendant. I designed it by bending metal wires to make it look like my design. After I finished doing that, I had to solder it together. I soldered it by using a soldering iron and a soldering wire. A soldering iron is an iron that’s very hot, and is used to connect the wires all together. A soldering wire is the wire that is melted by the soldering iron. The soldering wire acts like a glue that sticks all the wires together.

First, I cleaned my soldering iron. Then, I let the soldering iron touch the place where I wanted the wires to connect. I did that for ten seconds to heat up the soldering iron. Next, I got my soldering wire and put it in between the two wires I wanted to connect. After that, I put the soldering iron right on top of the soldering wire, which made the soldering wire melt. After a few seconds, the melted wire hardened. I repeated these steps until all of my pieces were connected. When the pendant cools down, I carefully removed the pendant from the piece of tape it was on. After that step, I was finally finished with my pendant. My pendant didn’t come out perfect, but this was so fun to do and I hope I get a chance to do it again.