Vivia
17-11-2009, 08:11 PM
Hello all,:~:
Today, I mainly have two ring-related questions!
Firstly I wondered whether people tend to make their rings out of sheet metal, or out of reversed D wire, or other?
Secondly (but it's related), as a beginner I tried my first ring a few weeks ago and made it out of copper sheet. However the bit I found quite awkward was getting rid of the square (sharpish) edges so it was comfortable to wear, but so that all the edges were equally curved. . . Which then led to a lot of sanding and filing to equal them all out. . . Which led to a ring that ended up being half the thickness it started out as. #-o I know the latter is due to my novice-ness, but I wondered if there was a 'usual' way to combat the problem (or avoid it in the first place) that perhaps I'm missing?
I'd be grateful for any advice/thoughts from you clever people...
Vivia x
Today, I mainly have two ring-related questions!
Firstly I wondered whether people tend to make their rings out of sheet metal, or out of reversed D wire, or other?
Secondly (but it's related), as a beginner I tried my first ring a few weeks ago and made it out of copper sheet. However the bit I found quite awkward was getting rid of the square (sharpish) edges so it was comfortable to wear, but so that all the edges were equally curved. . . Which then led to a lot of sanding and filing to equal them all out. . . Which led to a ring that ended up being half the thickness it started out as. #-o I know the latter is due to my novice-ness, but I wondered if there was a 'usual' way to combat the problem (or avoid it in the first place) that perhaps I'm missing?
I'd be grateful for any advice/thoughts from you clever people...
Vivia x