Reducing the size of a sterling silver ring with a tube set amethyst.
Advice please.
Is there a safe way of cutting out a small amount of the shank of a ring and re soldering without demounting the stone? I think I have heard that if the stone is protected from the heat using a special thermal block jell or even sunk into a raw potato it can protect the stone…….is this true? The shank is D section 5.1 x1.25mm
David
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Reducing the size of a sterling silver ring with a tube set amethyst.
The shank is about 5.1x1.25mm so quite thick and will take a bit of heating . The stone is an Amethyst tube set . I have a tube of Technoflux which Mr Berry uses in his video , but his ring shank is much slimmer, thus needs less heat.
To unset the stone will be a bit of a job or rather, to reset it there may not be sufficient tube length above the shank to house the stone. Suppose I could totally remake another ring and sell this one!
David
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