[Jewelry making - Article 00027] - Re: [Orchid] Making matching wedding bands

[Neilthejeweler]

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    Since you have a lathe, here's a quick way to get the effect without
    perishable plating. 

    Take a seamless sterling band a few sizes(two? depends on how deep
    the grooves are) smaller than customer's finger size and mount it in
    your lathe. Cut two grooves for where you want the gold. Make two
    thin gold bands(wires, really) with a cross section suitable for the
    grooves. Make them so they just barely fit over the ring. Put the
    sterling ring in a ring stretcher and place the gold 'washers' in the
    grooves and stretch away. Finish as desired. No need to solder the
    gold to the sterling, in fact its better and neater if you don't. If
    you don't have access to a stretcher you could probably use the
    hammering texture to spread the silver ring. 

    This will work better with a comfort fit type ring. This is not
    theoretical, I've done it several times.
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