All posts tagged "rings"

  • Daily Wire Tip May 16: The Best Wire Temper for Prong Rings

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for May 16, 2011 Question: I recently purchased some beautiful faceted stones from Wire-Sculpture, and now I want to wrap them into a ring using gold filled wire 22-gauge dead soft. Everything...

    • Posted May 16, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip Feb. 8: Ring Making Mandrels

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for February 8, 2011 Question: Dale, I get so much out of all your videos and information, thank you. I have recently got interested in making rings. The only problem is that...

    • Posted February 7, 2011
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  • Daily Wire Tip: Wire Gauges for Chunky Rings

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip Question: What gauge of sterling silver is best for wire wrapping rings? I want my rings to be a little chunky. -Alice in Denton, Texas Answer: Well Alice, the diameter of wire...

    • Posted November 24, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip: Ring Mandrels 101

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip Question: I am just starting out making rings and thus far I have been using a piece of plastic that happens to be my ring size. I want to start making rings...

    • Posted November 11, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip Oct. 27: Snapsets and Ring Designs

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for October 27, 2010 Question: I would like to start making rings with snapsets in them to sell. I am interested in different designs, can you suggest an easy-to-understand book/DVD for me...

    • Posted October 26, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip June 11: Pharaoh’s Ring Sizing

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip June 11, 2010 Question: I want to make a Pharaoh’s Ring using a 10mm x 8mm opal cabochon that I purchased from Wire-Sculpture, but I’m not sure of the sizing from the...

    • Posted June 10, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip May 3: Pharaoh Ring Wires

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip May 03, 2010 Question: I have been making a few Pharoh rings and am wondering if there is some place where I can get an idea of a different configuration for the middle...

    • Posted May 3, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip March 22: How Many Rings Should I Make For a Show?

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip March 22, 2010 Question: I saw your answer to the question, “When making rings in preparation for a show, what size, or sizes, do you typically make?”  I was wondering, when making...

    • Posted March 22, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip March 5: Difference Between Silver Plate and Sterling Silver

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip March 05, 2010 Question: I have made rings with sterling silver wire. In less a then a week all the silver was gone. I am having to replace the rings. The ring turns...

    • Posted March 5, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip Feb. 11: Making Rings for a Show

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip February 11, 2010 Question: When making rings in preparation for a show, what size, or sizes, do you typically make? Answer: I usually have several different styles of rings ready for a show:...

    • Posted February 11, 2010
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  • Daily Wire Tip Feb. 9: What’s the Most Popular Ring Size?

    Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip February 09, 2010 Question: What are the average ring sizes you sell more of at a showing? Thank You Answer: Hummm . . . size 7 used to be the most popular size...

    • Posted February 9, 2010
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