Monthly Archives: April 2016

New – Fretz Riveting and Texturing Hammer

This is my new hammer, its so beautiful!

20160324_192939

I can use it to rivet two pieces of metal together or make some nice patterns like this one

romeo-1

I think I am going to put it on the wall on display.

 

 

Leave a Comment

Filed under Tools

Romeo- A Sterling Silver And 14K Gold Spinner Ring

This ring starts out as sheet and wire.

romeo-1

I hammer a pattern with a riveting hammer, first in one direction and then in the other direction to give it a cross pattern.

romeo-2

I then anneal it, bend it in to a ring, and solder.

romeo-3

now it is a wide ring, I sand one side flush and use my dividers to the width I want the ring to be, scribe and saw or file to the line the.

romeo-4

now I put on the finished spinner rings made of silver and gold wire. I then flare the sides of the ring with a dapping pinch larger then the inside of the ring and with a light tapping with a weighted nylon mallet flare the edges of the ring.

romeo-5

All done ready to wear!

ss14kspinnerring1

For sale in the shop, made to order in your size!

Leave a Comment

Filed under Finished Jewelry

Tip Of The Month E2

Tip Of The Month- April 10, 2016

If you have ever stamped a piece of metal you know how hard it can be to line everything up. The last thing you need to worry about is the metal moving. so the tip is blue painters tape, any tape will do but painters tape won’t leave gunk on your metal or bench block

Thanks for visiting.

Learn. Share. Inspire!

 

Leave a Comment

Filed under Tip Of The Month