Not a good soldering day
Some days are just not meant to be, and this was one of them. On top of work and everything else, my left eye would not, and still has not, stop twitching. Then I was dropping everything and breaking my fingernails. I gave up soldering for the evening after about 10 links and made the rest of the medium sized links instead.
We learned how to make twisted wire effortlessly with the Foredom which impressed everyone. It can be done by hand as well, but it's not so even or quick. Maybe I should get a flex shaft for my Dremel...Shona called it a "cheezy" technique, but you know, some people like cheezy effects.
We also learned how to polish chains. Polishing chains with the big scary polisher is a no-no, and is cause to be expelled because of the danger. Instead there's a giant tumbler in the lab. It can hold up to four tumblers and has three speeds! Each tumbler is filled with steel shot that can become rusted and damage metal rather than polishing it. Shona put a few sample items in and after three hours we were oohing and aahing at the result. I can't wait to polish my chain...the senior student in our class says that it fixes a lot of mistakes :-)
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