[Jewelry making - Article 00054] - Re: [Orchid] Resizing a ring with design work around it

[Stephen Walker]

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Hello Craig,

    Celtic knotwork ring designs are a specialty of mine. As David
    Huffman correctly suggested, your best bet is a lever opperated ring
    sizer.You can size up a full size or more from the cast size on most
    rings without too much distortion, but you have no way of knowing how
    much the maker has already streched to tune in on the size. MOst of
    my rings are cast a little undersize and then streched up to size.
    Sizing down with the compression dies works also, but there is a
    cupping on wider bands that bulges out the center in relation to the
    rails that are compressed. Sizing up or down there is distortion if
    the wall is of uneven thickness, so you must be very careful. 

    Customers for Celtic knot rings are often very particular that the
    pattern not be compromised by cutting a piece out that does not match
    up with the weave when put back together. The point of the symbolism
    of an endless knot should not be ruined to make it fit. If you have
    to cut a bit out or add a piece, cut a full interval of the pattern
    so that the cords of the interlace line up. This may make you
    undersize, but you can then strech up to make the difference. Not
    always the easiest thing to do. Celtic rings with stones are a real
    bugger to size. Since I have all the molds, it is usually easier for
    me to just make a new ring than to mess around with it. 

    If the ring you have is one of mine (marked "(C) SAW") give me a call
    and I will assist. 

Stephen Walker
607-478-8567
http://www.celtarts.com

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