kraftrourke
14-10-2015, 11:04 PM
I've been asked by a friend to help him make his own wedding band. I've never soldered gold, only gold-filled. Today he came over and I gave him a quick tutorial and talked him through making two different silver rings for practice and to figure out sizing and style. 6GA half-round (4x2mm) was ever so slightly too thick(high) and could have been wider. Low dome (4.32x1mm) was much more comfortable but didn't feel as "weighty nice" as the other.
I found a "sizing stock" 14k half-round wire on Riogrande that is 5x1.5mm. That seems like it would work perfectly.
Is it inappropriate to use sizing stock for this? I don't even know what it is for, to enlarge rings?
Also, having never soldered 14k, I'm wondering how different from silver it will be to work with. I plan on doing some research but I will ask here as well, is there anything I should watch out for? Me supervising him is truly the blind leading the blind...
Thanks in advance!
-Adam
I found a "sizing stock" 14k half-round wire on Riogrande that is 5x1.5mm. That seems like it would work perfectly.
Is it inappropriate to use sizing stock for this? I don't even know what it is for, to enlarge rings?
Also, having never soldered 14k, I'm wondering how different from silver it will be to work with. I plan on doing some research but I will ask here as well, is there anything I should watch out for? Me supervising him is truly the blind leading the blind...
Thanks in advance!
-Adam