[Jewelry making - Article 00599] - Re: [Orchid] Making ring of solid mokume gane

[Wayne Louis Werner]

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    I have to agree with both Mr Binnion and Mr Ploof. Stay away from the
    copper based alloys for rings. Unless you wish to see the magic of
    body chemistry and other things take a toll on the copper. I did a
    few of these years ago and was warned by Jim. I had a customer
    insist that it would not be a problem for him so I made one. He
    returned a few years latter and said that it was coming apart layer
    by layer and he had a collection of what looked a lot like metallic
    onion skin. I explained that this was one of the most detailed puzzle
    rings that I ever made and he should pay me some more money.......he
    didn't. 

    The you tube video is fantastic, it shows in detail how to butterfly
    a rod and flare it out to get a seamless band. However I have been
    doing it a different way for years and found it to just as good, but
    different. 

    - create a patterned sheet of mokume 

    -leave it on the thick side, say 16-18 gauge 

    -cut out of it the shape of a washer, say about the size of a
    quarter with a hole in it. 

    -now simply anneal the piece and place it over your dapping block,
    dap it until it is in the shape of a short funnel. 

    -anneal again, place it on the end of a round mandrel, now forge it
    flat. 

    -this stretches one side and compresses the other. 

    this is how my enamelist friend makes seamless silver bands. I also
    saw it done by the KRIS makers in JAVA to create decorative rings for
    the blades. 

    do a few practices on other metal first and good luck. it is really
    very simple and no big secret at all. 

wayne werner
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