Making Rings From Sheet Metal

The benefit of using wire is it gives instant shape for example.

Making rings from sheet metal.

These base metals make beautiful and colorful artisan jewelry without the high cost of precious gold or silver. A band ring can be made with sheet or wire. How to make a ring band in 5 easy steps. Cut your metal band to the millimeter length indicated.

Thanks to benjamin todd of stonybrook fine arts. Insert the piece of stock into the chuck. 24 gauge sheet works great for metal stamping and metal embossing. If you want to make a ring for another use simply create a rectangle the same length as the desired circumference of the ring.

In this video i will be showing you how to make this mixed metal braided ring from just wire and sheet metal. 24 gauge and thinner sheet is very useful for metal stamping and embossing. Typically about seven inches is long enough to make several rings and to allow for some error in work. Make custom metal jewelry with brass copper aluminum and nickel silver sheet.

Then follow across that row until you re under the gauge of metal you re using. Choose from 16 gauge thick to 28 gauge thin silver sheet for piercing and sawing into custom shapes dapping doming soldering forming into bracelet cuffs and other fine craft applications. Start with simple ring bands or stacking rings you can make by simply combining silver wire with basic metalsmithing and texturing tools likes hammers and files. Choose from 20 gauge thicker and 24 gauge thinner metal sheet for piercing and sawing into custom shapes dapping doming forming into bracelet cuffs and other fine craft applications.

Sterling silver sheet metal is excellent for making special handcrafted jewelry pieces. Make sure your sheet metal is thick enough to prevent razor like cuts from the metal edges. I prefer standard 8 gauge half round wire for ring making but you could use 6 to 10 gauge round half round flat or square wire as well. If this is your first band ring i would recommend using 18 gauge 1 mm or 16 gauge 1 3 mm sheet.

The benefit of using sheet is it is much easer to work with than wire. Video tutorial for metal rings. 20 gauge sheet works. Choose a metal gauge.

Decide the width of the band and indicate it on the sheet. After chucking up and testing for wobble select a tool bit for parting. Half round wire or square wire. Use this chart to find the length of sheet metal you need for the metal gauge you re using and ring size you want.

The metal can be turned on only one point but only if the piece short enough to not wobble. Measure the length of the ring that you want to make using a ring mandrel.