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Re: [Orchid] Hitting the right ring size  
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From: Wayne Emery
Date: Wed Nov 14 03:42:10 2007
 
     
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Hi Jonathan,

    If you are casting, you could buy ring tubes from E-Wax, where the
    holes are actually milled to perfect size and centered perfectly in
    the tube....either Matt or Kerr, your choice...and the lowest price
    for wax tubes in the industry. (630) 886-8814 Or you can start from
    flat stock and use a boring bar, but that's pretty wasteful. 

    If you are using abrasive on a mandrel, your mandrel is probably
    tapered. You need to flip the ring frequently, but remember it is
    not possible to make a hole with parallel sides by your method, so
    inside measurement would vary, as you see. 

    But....who cares? A person's fingers can vary by a 1/2 size easily
    throughout the day, and even more from one day to the next. A person
    does NOT have a "correct" finger size, thay have an AVERAGE size
    which feels comfortable most of the time. So, why worry? 

Wayne
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