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Yes, I see you don't really believe me, but that's the thickness that I use.
Fine silver is just for the bezel, which you can order ready cut. The back plate, ring shank, or whatever, will normally be sterling and the whole piece gets submitted for hallmarking as sterling 925.
However if you are not selling, you can save £££ by not getting it hallmarked.
Lastly You can familiarise yourself with the subject by having a beginners text book, which pictures all the tools, describes many techniques, and has a few projects, including how to make a ring. This book, which i always trot out is out of print now, but used copies are so cheap, you virtually only pay the postage:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jewellery-T.../dp/1840921978 Dennis.
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