Chaos Ring - In progress

**Filament** · 21-11-2009, 05:11 PM

Here are some pics of a ring I was asked to make for someone. It is going to be a very large ring. It is far from finished and I will post pics as I progress.

The ring as you see it here does not go on the finger. The whole thing is going to be mounted on the front of a wide band. Its going to have a secret compartment inside and some chunky stones set on the front of the ring and the back of the band. The ring shown in the pics is free from the inner bit and will be able to spin around the shaft.

**caroleallen** · 21-11-2009, 06:22 PM

That looks really interesting. Can't wait to see the finished ring.

**Vivia** · 21-11-2009, 06:48 PM

Absolutely, sounds like a very interesting and challenging piece there Filament. Keep us up to date with your WIP

Can't wait to see more!

**Mila Jewellery** · 21-11-2009, 07:06 PM

Liking the sound of that lots! Look fowards to seeing it when it's done

**MuranoSilver** · 21-11-2009, 07:34 PM

Wow very funky - how do you wear it with all the sticky out bits...
Amazing design, can't wait to see how it progresses
nicx x

**Lindyloo** · 21-11-2009, 08:50 PM

Um. If not on a finger, then where is it worn? Nice work there.

**Filament** · 22-11-2009, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Vivia

Absolutely, sounds like a very interesting and challenging piece there Filament. Keep us up to date with your WIP

Can't wait to see more!

Its been challenging so far, but with some handy tips from other forum members I have reached this stage in the design.

I will indeed keep the forum updated to the progress.

**Filament** · 26-11-2009, 08:51 PM

A couple more hours work done on the chaos ring. The top fits very snugly into the compartment. The chaos star spins freely around the shaft.

**mizgeorge** · 26-11-2009, 09:47 PM

I'm really enjoying seeing this progressing - thank you for sharing the latest stage! Nice work on getting the 'lid' done

**Filament** · 27-11-2009, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by minnie

Hi
Can you confirm following my tip that you used pins to hold the work insitu(which you did so successfully) that you used one grade of solder and went for the whole hit?

I can confirm that I used pins to hold the piece in place on the soldering block and that I soldered all of the 8 settings in one go with hard solder. I was careful to heat the whole piece evenly and all the solder flashed at the same time. I will add though that one of the settings moved away from the ring and I had to do it separately at the end, which was worrying, but it turned out good in the end.