Scorpio ring in 14k gold, this time with diamonds and sapphires

 Scorpio ring in 14k gold, this time with diamonds and sapphires

 

 

 

Scorpio in 14k white and yellow gold with Diamond

 This is yet another of my favorite design.  This one was to re-create a wedding ring for a friend.

 

 

Construction Photos:

She had a wedding ring with a good diamond, but she didn't enjoy the setting style any more.  So I cut it apart.

I rolled the think white gold into thin wire.

These will be joined to go on either side of the band.

 

 

 

I used some other gold I had, so that there were many shades of gold in the design.

 

These shapes were cut with a die cutter, circle press.

I was making five at the same time.   The one with mostly round, bubble like, is for my friend Candi.

 

 

Rounded up, and seam soldered.

 

 

 

The white gold rings must fit exactly before I solder them.

 

 

 

 

Scorpio Rings - in 14k Gold - Spring 2023

 This is the next batch of my favorite rings to make.  

This is my standard design, the Scorpio ring.

This shows the progression through the finishing process.  The bottom one has just been soldered, shaped and is still rough.  The ones above have been filed, sanded, polished to various extents.

 Construction Pictures Below:

 

A bunch of gold to be scrapped/melted.  I have some 18k and want to add just enough 10k to get to a solid 14k.  Some math

Ready to melt in a crucible with some borax

This is what I got after the 30 minutes it took to melty-melty.

This is about $2,600 of 14k gold at the refiner melt value.

More pictures below:

Scorpio Ring - 14k

 This one was mine and I wore it for a while.  But I traded it for a scroll saw.  I really nice scroll saw.

 

 

Wedding Set - 14k & Sapphires

14k Gold and Sapphires - Custom Wedding Set

These were made as a Wedding set, with an attempt at a complementary design.

One has finished formal edges with banding, the other is more free form with offset stones.

 

I think the sapphires fit the overall design well. 

 

Construction pictures below: 

 

Basic ring blanks and a gold square wire, I milled all of these with my rolling mill.

 

 

 

this process begins here:

 

 

Basic design layout.

Tape to hold it temporarily.

 

First pass of soldering.

Forming the rings.

Second pass at soldering.

All soldered up tight.

Next, trim to shape.  They need to be parallel.

The little strips I cut off are up above.  All by hand.

Shaping the blanks to become rings.  This is done on a mandrel with a rawhide mallet.  They need to be reheated a few time to get the shape.

Soldering the joint together.  Those little wires are gold solder.

File, sand, file again, shape and polish.

Sapphires selected.

Black dots marking where the sapphires will go.  I use a 17 degree bit to drill out the shape.  The bezel tubes can be bought or shaped using a press and dies.