[Jewelry making - Article 00026] - Re: [Orchid] Spinner rings

[Michelle]

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    Hi Karen, I make a version of the spinner ring.  So it's best to The
    bottom band is flared slightly on the edges to hold the spinning
    band like this: I make the base band -solder it sized slightly
    smaller than the finished size I want. Then I make a narrower,
    spinning band that is just barely larger than the outside diameter
    of the base band so that when it is soldered closed it will just slip
    over the base. With the spinner band in place  on the base ring( you
    might want to tape it or something) I lay the ring on its side on a
    smooth steel plate, set the ball of a ball pein hammer on the side
    facing up - and then strike the flat of the hammer with a mallet
    basically - I don't have a hydraulic press or other means to flare
    the band - so I am using a ball pein that is sufficiently large that
    it doesn't protrude from one side of the ring to the other - and yet
    small enough that it can fit into the ring a bit and flare the
    edges. I flip the ring from one side to the other, flaring a bit at a
    time on both sides and testing that the spinning ring will still
    spin. The flaring process usually stretches the ring about a 1/4 of a
    size. There's a picture of the ring on my site
    www.sumiche.com/platinum.html that might make the procedure seem
    clearer. best, Michelle 


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