[Jewelry making - Article 00205] - Re: [Orchid] Making a Two Piece Ring

[jean adkins]

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    about bending rings with a wood block and mandrel:  tell us more
    about the wood block.  do you make several depressions to fit
    different sized rings?  how big do you make the depression/s?  what
    do you make the depression with?  my partner suggested a router.  as
    you can see, i have no experience with wood working either. 

    oh, i have another question about forming rings:  i have just
    recently made rings with 8mm bands in my jewelry making class.  the
    bands were wide to accommodate a design that i had roller printed.  i
    noticed after i had soldered and formed the rings on a tapered ring
    mandrel that the edges of the band were flared upward.  i am
    imagining that i inadvertently did this when i was malleting the
    rings on the mandrel-- that i hadn't allowed enough room for the
    metal to move on the wider part of the mandrel.    i wasn't
    successful correcting the discrepancy, even though i re-annealed and
    focused the mallet on the side of the ring with more space to move. 
    what caused this problem?  what could i have done to correct it?  

thanks,
jean adkins


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