PROJECT 6


5: CLEAN YOUR


PIECES Let the ring cool, or quench it in water (don’t forget to pick it up with tweezers as it will be very hot!). Once cooled, check the size of the ring by slipping over a ring mandrel and forming it gently with the hide mallet. If the ring is too large, you can cut and fi le out a section. If too small, you can try tapping with the mallet a little harder to stretch it.


5 6: PICKLE


AND POLISH At this point, you can pickle the ring and then polish it and have it as a simple stacking ring. Otherwise it is ready to solder on a bezel cup.


7 7: ATTACHING


THE BEZEL File a fl at edge over the solder join onto which the bezel cup will sit.


The fl at edge needs to go about half way through the top bead, to provide a good surface for the bezel cup.


8: CHECK YOUR


WORK Prop the ring using your reverse action tweezers. Sit the bezel cup on top to check that it lies fl at. Add a blob of solder paste and reposition the bezel cup – checking from all angles that it is in the correct position.


9: BRING THE HEAT Heat the ring, moving around towards the bezel cup. Try to get in a position where you can see when the solder melts. The paste will hold the cup in place – but when heated it will move slightly as it melts. Make sure that your solder block is in a tray, so that if the cup falls off at this point – when it is extremely hot – it will roll safely into the tray.


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