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| Russian Wedding Ring by EmmalynnJewellery |
How to Make
- Choose a length of 12 gauge, half round, sterling silver wire.
- Using callipers, measure 3 pieces of wire to form the ring. Make the rings one size larger than you require, to compensate for them tightening when you intertwine them. My calipers leave a faint mark on the metal, showing me where to cut with my jeweller’s saw.
- Use half round pliers to bend the wire and shape into 3 round rings. Half round pliers have one flat side and one rounded side and are perfect for forming the inside of rings.
- Flux and solder each ring. Tip: I use my third hand.
- Using a ring mandrel, hammer each of the rings into a round shape.
- You now have 3 individual rings, and what I do next may seem like a backward step! Carefully cut two of the rings open using a jewellers saw, then intertwine the rings together
- Re-solder the 2 cut rings in their final position. This cut and re-solder step gives the best results, because it's very difficult to obtain perfectly round rings once they’re all soldered together!
- Double check the ring size
- File and sand the ring smooth
- Tumble with a little bit of dish soap
Now stand back and admire your beautiful new Russian Wedding Ring!
EmmalynnJewellery
26 comments :
Fabulous tutorial and a lovely ring! Thank you!
Thanks for this great tutorial, those rings were always a mystery to me!
Great tutorial...now I need all sorts of new tools...
Very cool. . .
Oh nice!!! always liked those rings, thanks for sharing!!!
Brilliant tutorial, it's inspired me to make my own! Thank you so much for sharing, Tracy! I
Beautiful ring! Always love it. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the wonderful tutorial. Now if I could just learn to solder . . .
What a great tutorial! I've been wanting to make rings for a long time and feel so inspired to go for it, thanks to your post. Your ring design is beautiful!
What a cool tutorial! I would have never have thought to solder the rings, cut them, and then resolder them together, but it makes complete sense why you would do it this way!
That's a gorgeous ring! It's always great to see the process of jewelry making.
Some wonderful tips! I know that Craig will be all over this technique. Lovely ring- thanks for sharing!
Excellent! Now I REALLY want to learn to solder better! Thank you for sharing. :)
Love the rings, and the tutorial feature... fun to see how you make them, but I'll leave the fire and soldering to you ladies who are experts ;)
Beautiful ring!
Great tutorial!
Such a gorgeous ring Tracy! It looks like fun and you make it sound so easy - but I know better!
Very cool tutorial! Love the ring! Thanks!
Oh geez. This is beautiful but way out of my comfort zone. I ca see me burning the house down using a torch.
So amazing! Love seeing the process of how a piece comes together.
So amazing! Love seeing the process of how a piece comes together.
This is awesome! Love this tutorial! Thank you for posting!
Wonderful tutorial! You made it look so easy.
Thanks so much for featuring my ring tutorial, and thanks everyone for your lovely comments!
Great tutorial. I am going to try this soon.
well done tutorial! fascinating!
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