Unusual job on the bench today

Unusual job on the bench today

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Variomatic

2,392 posts

160 months

Thursday 28th August 2014
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And I thought I had patience! biggrin

HotJambalaya

2,023 posts

179 months

Thursday 28th August 2014
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Christ thats amazing, I actually felt a bit panicky reading that and the process involved.

ecain63

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10,588 posts

174 months

Thursday 28th August 2014
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It had me panicked at the thought of doing it. Luckily it went to plan from start to finish. Customer was overjoyed!

Gixer

4,463 posts

247 months

Thursday 28th August 2014
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Just stumbled onto this thread and had to sit here and go through every page. Cracking thread

busby

263 posts

213 months

Friday 29th August 2014
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Easily the best thread on PH . Love your updates and glad all is going well for you and the family.

waterjoke

34 posts

115 months

Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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fantastic job!They are beautiful!

ecain63

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10,588 posts

174 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Not so much a 'build' thread today, but here are a couple of items i finished today.

1.0ct diamond, 10 stone 1/2 eternity for a lucky PHer.







And a tiger / cat ring that i've made for my Ultimate Fighting Championship mate, to match his Bulldog, Wutang |Clan and Yankee Candle rings:






I will do another proper build thread some time soon, just need to figure out what to do.

Eddie


longshot

3,286 posts

197 months

Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Top work there.

The diamond ring is very elegant.

I can honestly say that I wouldn't know where to start on something like the Tiger head.

ecain63

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10,588 posts

174 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Todays build:

A bar of 18ct white gold and a sky blue topaz.


Made a setting:


Then a split shank (in 2 peices because it's easier to build that way).


The two parts:


Soldered together:


With the stone:


Stone set and ready for polishing and rhodium plating.


Done!


Eddie


Edited by ecain63 on Thursday 23 October 21:43

Variomatic

2,392 posts

160 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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It's about time you starte dshowing off again. You bloody showoff biggrin

I do like that tiger / cat btw!

Johno

8,401 posts

281 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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Dear Eddie

Having got rid of 21kgs and on the way to shift a further 4 at least, my wedding ring is dangerously oversized when my hands are cold and dry (not so bad living in Singapore) but when back to Europe and at other times I'm close to losing it. This would be bad - so I'm told.

Being sentimental and wanting to keep the peace, an adjustment is required. How should this be done properly ? Ditching the old ring for a new one is also apparently bad practice - so I'm told.

Advice much appreciated...

Rgds

Johno (revised slimmer version)

ecain63

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10,588 posts

174 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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Depending on the metal and design the ring can either be compressed or cut and a piece removed. Good thing about compressing is that you avoid unnecessary joints and retain material weight. However, this can only be done for certain styles, heavier ones normally. Lighter weight rings can buckle. Cutting a piece out is the most risk free method but you do lose some material (negligible in the scheme of things, a size is roughly 1mm) and you will have a joint in the ring. If done correctly you wouldn't see this joint though and the correct solder ensures it's as strong or stronger than the rest of the ring. Helpful?

Eddie.

Johno

8,401 posts

281 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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Very helpful, it's what I'd assumed but wanted confirmed. Thank you.

It's 'court'? style (squared shouldered, flat, rounded inside), white gold, 3mm wide - I think....

ecain63

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10,588 posts

174 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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Should be fine to compress then. Easy peasy!

GALLARDOGUY

8,160 posts

218 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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Such an excellent thread.

How did you get into bespoke jewellery making?

You were in the forces weren't you? So is it a second career? Or have you always had a sideline in this business?

Love topaz ring this week. What's a ballpark figure for something similar?


skoff

1,387 posts

233 months

Tuesday 4th November 2014
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ecain63 said:
Todays build:

A bar of 18ct white gold and a sky blue topaz.


Made a setting:


Then a split shank (in 2 peices because it's easier to build that way).


The two parts:


Soldered together:


With the stone:


Stone set and ready for polishing and rhodium plating.


Done!


Eddie


Edited by ecain63 on Thursday 23 October 21:43
This ring was made for me as a 40th birthday present for my wife and she is absolutely over the moon with it, it's exactly what she wanted, and the craftsmanship and skill that has gone into making the ring is simply superb. Eddie, you did a great job and we are really grateful how quickly you got the job done. Thank you!

ecain63

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10,588 posts

174 months

Tuesday 4th November 2014
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Happy to have been of help and it was a pleasure to have you involved in the whole process.

yeti

10,523 posts

274 months

Tuesday 4th November 2014
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ecain63 said:
Blimey Eddie, you're just getting better and better - that is incredible!!

Neil H

15,323 posts

250 months

Tuesday 4th November 2014
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Brilliant thread, just spent an hour or two reading the whole thing. Hope you are on the mend.

PS the 10c diamond ring was epic, I didn't think it was going to look good, but it looked stunning!

tobinen

9,180 posts

144 months

Wednesday 5th November 2014
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I love that topaz ring. Top stuff.