How complicated/difficult is the process of ring making? There are a couple different kinds I'd like to try, but they would require being sculpted then cast in metal. And what about adding jewels? Who here knows about this?
So how does one go about making a ring?
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I used to work /help a jeweler at a pawn shop....lots of equip. involved..carving the ring, casting it, heating/mixing metals, pouring the mold..soldering...polishing etc...maybe carve your ring out of wax then take it somewhere....jewels have to be held in place by heads/crowns beveled edging etc....mabe start off w/ a jewelry book to get an idea of what your getting yourself into.
you can carve this in jewelers wax and have it casted, jewel setting is a bit tougher but it would depend on what kind of setting it is. ive been casting a few rings lately, and its not too expensive. another way is to have a block of silver or the metal you want but that way is much much more labor intensive
Broilermaker
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Casting is the easiest, or you could bend metal around a mandril, i have bent one or two before, just take practice and depends on what you are trying to achieve
TheSt.LouisKid
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I'm trying to remember the place in Tempe that did casting. I bought some supplies when I did some silver jewelry.
I have actually designed a couple rings in Solidworks and had them printed in Sterling Silver by Shapeways and they come out awesome. They also do other metals and gold plating. It is very easy and reasonably priced, if you can get what you want modeled.
