[Jewelry making - Article 00138] - Re: [Orchid] Making a Two Piece Ring

[Chris Hackett]

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>     The grooved wood block with a mandrel and a mallet suffers only
>     from the very occasional  limit that it's not always quite a two
>     handed procedure ( It's sometimes tricky trying to hold the 
>     mallet, the mandrel, and theblank positioned correctly over the
>     groove all at the same time) 

    You can cut a groove at right angles to hold the ring stock tightly
    so it leaves your hands free. You can do it at various angles and
    widths to suit. The wooden blocks are very easy to make so I don't
    have any problems cutting them about. I quite often use the torch to
    close thicker ring shanks when I don't want to mark them. I all ways
    like to bend my shanks as round as I can get them, this comes from
    constant nagging from my German mentor when I was young :) 

Chris



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