Wedding ring

[mbroder]

Here's a new ring that I did yesterday for a customer. Your comments and critiques are welcome. I know it could have been refined more, but he wanted it that afternoon, so I knocked it out in 2 1/2 hours. Not my usual pace, but he was a happy customer

 

[RoycroftRon]

Nice job!

Perhaps you could help a novice out with a few ring questions?

When engraving a ring is there an easier way to go around the band besides doing a small section and then re-aligning the ring in the engraving ball vise to do the next section (going around the ring)?

Is there a better holding device besides an engraving block for rings?

Any tips are greatly appreciated.

 

[mbroder]

Hi Roy-

I use the inside ring holder from GRS for almost all rings that I work on. It's an attachment set up in my engraver's ball vice.

 

[mbroder]

You can find the ring holder here http://www.grstools.com/ringtools.html#insideholder

 

[Dr. Nick]

Here's another done by Paul Hamler. I don't think he's selling these but if you wanted to make our own, it's a good idea. Look towards the bottom or search the page for "engraving ferrules"

http://hamlertools.blogspot.com/

Rob

 

[Peter E]

I like the ring very much. That is a very slick fixture Paul Hamler designed. I was recently engraving some ferrules and something like that fixture would have cut the time it took significantly. Must be nice to have a machine shop at ones disposal!

Peter