Master class on production of the gold ring

Young couple Julia and Andrew have made them wedding rings for the wedding.
Let's look at this process.




It all started with the smelting of gold. Pure gold is very soft to give it the rigidity it is alloyed with other metals - silver, copper, zinc, etc.



After melting the gold will be 585



The photo is not visible, but in the hands of Andrew piece hornbeam)



Pare was very difficult to believe that such a small piece of gold in the evening they will ring)



Rolled gold mill



A piece of gold on the sly becomes the desired shape and have prepared the first piece of hornbeam)
Grab a sawed off by a large piece.



Here's the second piece and a gold bar is almost ready)



But with such a strip can already work on



So, jointly Burke strip)







Strips of gold to heat and leave to cool, so that they become soft. This process is called annealing.



We turned the strip into a ring



And soldered joints



Two welded rings, each in his own piece of hornbeam



Scrollsaw hole under the ring







Customize the hole under the ring on bormashinke



Bravo! All tailored and can proceed to the next step



Defining the line deformation on the gold part



Clench and gold on wood) to this point, and we needed a joke that the metal is not fractured by internal stresses



Next is a matter of technique, opilivaem all unnecessary and polish



First, the inside of the then foreign



And here is the result!



So one day you can make a wedding ring.



Source: master-klass.livejournal.com