the easiest way to give a copper band a silver ring liner. I take i I should use fine silver? I have no ring stretcher, just basic tools.
the easiest way to give a copper band a silver ring liner. I take i I should use fine silver? I have no ring stretcher, just basic tools.
No the inner ring can be sterling and quite thin, but a little wider, say 5-6mm.
Then make the copper band narrower to fit over that.
Next use something round, like the head of a doming punch to spread the edges, of the lining. No solder needed, but the join of two metals will not touch the skin. Dennis.
Yes that's a good way to put it Sheena.
I was going to edit the difference in size to half that, but got called away.
The problem is that electrolytic action and corrosion takes place at the junction of the metals, so that must be placed where skin is least likely to touch. Dennis.
The silver liner is in and i've now finished soldering my long wire claws to the band (going to attach a piece of sea glass. My copper claws are really soft from the soldering. Need to stiffen them up. Is my best bet twisting the wire with some pliers? Can't think of any other way to do it. Would be delighted with any thoughts.
Yes, copper is really soft when annealed. You can harden round wire by twisting, but other profiles might look a bit strange. Dennis
Hi Dennis, thought you might like to see how it turned out so glad I made the effort to fit the liner, it really made the design. I set it in thermoplastic then hammered it out with the pointy end of a riveting hammer then flattened it to the side with a chasing hammer (had no punches suitable) next time I'd prefer to keep the band upright when I solder on the prong setting as I overheated my piece cause I couldn't quite see what i was doing. I was originally going to have all my prongs short apart from the balled one. But I liked the alignment of the two vertical prongs and couldn't bring myself to cut them off.
That's turned out to be a real designer ring now Sheena, a bit reminiscent of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
I like the promgs long to give that barred effect.
If you want a gentle criticism, I would make sure the three ends were as level with each other as possible and cut off the slightly wonky end of the top one.
The camera is always your sternest critic. Well done, Dennis.
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