Silver rings

[indospan]

Hi,

I will be making two silver rings, about 6mm wide....wondering about:

- ideal thickness, was thinking of using 0.7 or 0.8mm
- soft or half hard silver? I presume after being worked, soft will be fine?

many thanks

[Dennis]

Hi, it says fully annealed, which is for ease of bending, but as you say, the final hardness will depend on the amount of deformation of the metal by hammering, after soldering.
I would go for thicker if your budget permits, probably at least 1.0mm thick, so that they stay good and rigid when finished. Dennis.

[Sheen]

I do make rings using 0.8mm. Usually if it's a wide band.