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Step 1
Cut four pieces of 21 gauge gold filled square half hard wire--each
3-1/2 inches long. These will be the wires of your ring.
Cut two pieces of 21 gauge gold filled square half hard wire --- each 2
inches long. These will be your wrap wires.
Lay the four 3-1/2 inch long shank wires together.
TIP: Wrap the center of the bundle with masking tape to help hold your
wires together.
Using your flat nose pliers, make a small hook about 3/4 inch long on
the end of one wrap wire.
Measure 3/4 of an inch from one end of the bundle, place the hook
around the bundle, and start making two complete wraps around the
bundle. Cut the excess wires off on the backside of the ring shank. |
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Step 2
Next measure 3/4 of an inch from the other end of the bundle and make
two complete wraps using the second wrap wire. Cut off the excess wires
on the backside of the ring shank. |
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Step 3
Using a smooth kitchen knife, start on one end of the bundle and bend
the end wires one by one in an outward direction. |
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Step 4
Using your knife, bend the wires one by one outward in the opposite
direction on the other end of the bundle.
The bundle with bent wires should look like this. |
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Step 5
Start with one end of the bundle and work from the left to the right.
Do not cut the wire on the far left at all. Cut off 1/8 inch from the
wire next to the far left wire. Then cut 1/4 inch off of the next wire
and cut 3/8 inch off of the last wire.
With your chain nose pliers, catch the tip of the shortest wire and
start to curl the wire outwards around itself. This is the beginning of
a rosette. Always start with the shortest wire. |
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Step 6
Press the curl flat with your flat nose pliers and start to turn the
wire into a coil. |
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Step 7
Continue to roll the wire into a complete coil--a small rosette and
flatten the rosette with your flat nose pliers.
Working from the shortest to the longest wire, begin a small curl with
the next wire, flatten the curl and continue to make a rosette in the
next wire. Bring the rosette right up to the first rosette and flatten
it.
Make a rosette on the next wire bringing the rosette right up to the
last rosette. And make a rosette on the last wire. |
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Step 8
Using your pin vise, twist each of the wires at the opposite end of the
bundle. |
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Step 9
Now clip the wires on the other end of the bundle, cutting them
opposite of the other end -- the shortest wire on other end will be the
longest wire on this end. Do NOT cut the long wire. Cut 1/8 inch off
the next wire. Cut 1/4 inch off the next wire and cut 3/8 inch off the
last wire.
This is what your bundle should look like. |
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Step 10
With your flat nose pliers, make a rosette facing outwards on the
shortest wire. Flatten the rosette and continue to make a rosette on
each wire working from the shortest wire to the longest wire. Your
finished rosettes should look like this. |
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Step 11
Put your bundle on the ring mandrel at about 5-1/2 and bend it
completely around your ring mandrel.
Flatten and gently shape your ring by putting it on the ring mandrel
and tapping it with a rawhide hammer.
TIP: By starting with a smaller size, you will be able to easily open
the ring up to a larger size ring by pushing the ring to a larger size
on the mandrel. If you start with a larger size ring, you will not be
able to make the ring smaller. |
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Step 12
The finished adjustable filigree gold ring.
NOTE: This project produces a ring that will fit sizes 6-1/2 to 11-1/2.
To make a smaller ring, use 3 inch long wires for the bundle.
NOTE: To make a toe ring, use only 3 wires instead of 4 wires. |
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