Hi,
I'd made a bracelet with S links and hand-made jump rings at my first silversmithing course, and for some mad reason decided that I'd make a present of same to my 3 nieces for Xmas. So I made my coil out of 1.0mm wire..... all good.... but then I had some kind of mind-melt and started sawing with the blade parallel to the coil instead of perpendicular..stupid, stupid, stupid.....
Anyway, I managed to get off a few rings that have flush edges, but they also have scratch marks and divots on the top of the ring, where the saw blade slipped. I wanted to ask if:
1) It's possible to salvage some of them, by filing off the scratches/divots before soldering them.
2) Solder them anyway and let the tumbler take care of the scratches and divots.
I'm off to Cooksons in a couple of hours to pick up some ready-made ones, for the bracelets I'm making.
If anything, I could always use my ones for soldering practice
Many thanks,
Vi
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