Unusual job on the bench today
Discussion
Wills2 said:
I love the way these works of art come together and the skill on show, do you get the odd burnt finger with all that hot metal?
Friend of mine works as an ironmonger /farrier. The heat he's dealt with on a daily basis for yrs means he can grab a hot pan out of the oven, no gloves, without wincing. warren182 said:
Wills2 said:
I love the way these works of art come together and the skill on show, do you get the odd burnt finger with all that hot metal?
Friend of mine works as an ironmonger /farrier. The heat he's dealt with on a daily basis for yrs means he can grab a hot pan out of the oven, no gloves, without wincing. 
t coming. Ok, so here is what I got up to today......
Take one knackered ring. You can see it has had better days!
It pretty much needs a full rebuild, from top to bottom. We start with the sides of the head. Plates are cut and soldered to either side:
These plates will replace what has been worn away by years of rubbing against a wedding ring. The work to achieve that will happen later. Next job is to replace shank...
Off with the old:
An new one is made:
And soldered on one side at a time:
Now the work can start on the shaping and cutting of the head. Firstly the shoulders are shaped:
And the shank cleaned up:
The grooves for the new claws are then marked out:
And then filed out:
5 claws are soldered either side:
There are also 2 claws each end to solder on:
With the metalwork now in place the next job is to start shaping the sides of the head. First I do the claws:
And then it's time to get grinding with the drill!
The ring is then tidied up ready for polishing:
Polishing happens!
The ring is cleaned:
And that's it! Simple as that
Eddie
Take one knackered ring. You can see it has had better days!
It pretty much needs a full rebuild, from top to bottom. We start with the sides of the head. Plates are cut and soldered to either side:
These plates will replace what has been worn away by years of rubbing against a wedding ring. The work to achieve that will happen later. Next job is to replace shank...
Off with the old:
An new one is made:
And soldered on one side at a time:
Now the work can start on the shaping and cutting of the head. Firstly the shoulders are shaped:
And the shank cleaned up:
The grooves for the new claws are then marked out:
And then filed out:
5 claws are soldered either side:
There are also 2 claws each end to solder on:
With the metalwork now in place the next job is to start shaping the sides of the head. First I do the claws:
And then it's time to get grinding with the drill!
The ring is then tidied up ready for polishing:
Polishing happens!
The ring is cleaned:
And that's it! Simple as that
Eddie
mistergrumpy said:
How long did all that take because it took me around 2 minutes to read that's all. I reckon it'd take me around 10 hours and it'd still end up looking like a scrunched up Quality Street wrapper.
If I did each step back to back then I'd say about 3, maybe 4 hours. With repetition comes speed / efficiency. About 2hrs of metalwork and an hour or so cleaning and polishing.
ecain63 said:
Hi guys,
Sorry for the gap since my last post. I've just opened a new and improved workshop nearer home so will post up a bunch of pictures of an interesting job when I get chance.
Happy New Year all
Eddie
Eddie have you moved to the high street in Ringwood next to the barbers?Sorry for the gap since my last post. I've just opened a new and improved workshop nearer home so will post up a bunch of pictures of an interesting job when I get chance.
Happy New Year all
Eddie
Gassing Station | Watches | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff