Overlay soldered Ring

[@dee200056]

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[@lizw2853]

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[@annelandgraf1184]

Great video! What gauges of silver sheet should be used for the ring? I do not have a ring shaper thing and tried 2 rings, one with 18ga over 20ga, the second one with 20ga over 22ga. Both rings were so stiff that I could not get a good "spring" to solder them closed!

[@laurenseldenmakingthings7045]

I usually teach to form it in multiple ways. It gets hard depending on the design. You just need to anneal. I often anneal when I get the ring perfectly lined up. It eases the tension before soldering. You can use any gauge you want. I often use 20 and 20 or 18. Depending on the design- some designs pull the seam apart when soldering and you need to hold the ring together with copper tongs right when the solder flows

[@annelandgraf1184]

@@laurenseldenmakingthings7045 Thank you for your reply, Lauren! I ended up using baling wire to squeeze it together. The wire absorbed too much heat on the first try but when I removed the wire, pickled, dried, and soldered again without the wire, it soldered fine. Your answer makes me think that the first try annealed it well enough to ease the tension. Again, thank you.

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