[Jewelry making - Article 00993] - [Orchid] Ring joins

[Karen Clynes]

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Hi,

    I wander if anyone can give me some suggestions.  I am never
    completely satisfied with my ring joins.  If you look closely in a
    certain light then you can see a thin black line where the join is
    some times it's a broken line - it's usually pretty hard to see but
    it's definitely there - I don't actually know any one else who makes
    jewellery so don't have a visual comparison but I'm guessing you can
    get a flawless enough join that if you were to look at it under a
    magnifying glass you would have trouble seeing the it? 

    I always make sure that the ring is completely clean before
    soldering - no oxides or grease or anything left on it.  I get the
    ends as near a perfect fit as I can then I hold it together with
    binding wire and saw through where the ends meet.  I then use binding
    wire to hold it while I solder it. 

    I have spent the last couple of years working in silver and have
    recently done a few pieces in gold and would like to do some rings in
    gold, however I would like to perfect my ring joins before I do this. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Karen


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