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Does your ring size fluctuate during the day or throughout the year depending on the season? The solution is to wear adjustable rings! Here is the latest one to consider. The tutorial is by metalsmith Soham Harrison. It can be made in 10 minutes! It is ...

Adjustable Ring Tutorial Uses Very Thick Wire  More Recent Articles Adjustable Ring Tutorial Uses Very Thick Wire Does your ring size fluctuate during the day or throughout the year depending on the season?  The solution is to wear adjustable rings! Here is the latest one to consider. The tutorial is by metalsmith Soham Harrison. It can be made in 10 minutes!  It is only about the forging as it doesn't really cover the preparation steps before and after. If you use very thick wire like he does - about 6-8 G, then you have to anneal the wire beforehand i.e. torch it so it becomes softer and easier to manipulate. You could use soft metal like copper and go with something more manageable like 12 G but the hammered ends will not look as good as with thick wire. The final ring looks wonderfully shiny.  So as the instructor says, the ring has to be pickled (firescale removed in a pickle or mild acid solution) and then polished. The wire he uses looks like half round wire. The part with use of the vernier caliper and calculator is where he determines the circumference of the ring he wants to make. He adds extra length for a bit of an overlap.   H/T Aims for this find! Before You Go: How to Remove a Stubbornly Stuck Ring How to Make Your Own Adjustable Focal Ring How to Make a Simple Adjustable Ring ______________________________ Original Post by THE BEADING GEM Jewelry Making Tips - Wire JewelryTips  -Jewelry Business Tips           Share Your Comment! Share Your Comment! Related Posts 2 Pretty Crochet Wire Hoop Earrings Tutorials Sunburst Rivoli Beaded Jewelry Tutorials | 2 Hole Triangle Beads Two Awesome Wire Wrapped Stud Earrings Tutorials   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments •   More Recent Articles Viper Weave Chain Maille Tutorials How to Add Edge Beads to Loom Work Egyptian Style Statement Necklace Tutorial Uses 3 Hole Swarvoski Connectors Colorful Recycled Jewelry by Cirrhopp Winner of the Playful Perfection Book Giveaway Review | Using the Flitz Polish on Resin Sunburst Rivoli Beaded Jewelry Tutorials | 2 Hole Triangle Beads     Contact Me •Past Issues •Join This List •Unsubscribe     Click here to safely unsubscribe from "The Beading Gem's Journal." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.