Have you ever done that? You know you only have a certain amount of time to do something important, like scrub the toilet, and you put it off because there is something so much more fun to do -- like solder a ring that has been in your head for days and days.
I am learning how to fabricate rings at the moment but I am a cheapo so I got the most inexpensive materials to play with that I could find: Sheet metal and copper tubing at the hardware store. The sheet metal cost me a whopping .35 and the tubing was $8 and the little tool to cut it with was under $10. The butane torch was $10 or so (got it at Harbor Freight), the gas was about the same. The solder (medium) was $20. The flux was free (THANKS LOLLY) and so was the stainless steel pick and tweezers (THANKS LISA). But the third hand was about $30 but when I searched for it I found an identical one for $12 (oooofph) and the charcoal soldering block was $9. Then there was the ring mandrel ($25) and then the clamp to hold the ring mandrel ($30) and the rawhide hammer ($12) ... So this ring, while seeming to cost pennies, actually cost me about .... oh nevermind, it doesn't matter. This is a lot of fun and I've been wanting to do it for absolutely ever! Now I'm wondering .... what am I going to put in that teeny tiny bezel?
Thanks for stopping by! -- Natalie
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