Steve Sells Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 sadly cant wear a ring like that for too long, galvanic corrosion will it take it apart so fast ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 Yeah it will be an issue, more so for some. But I can do it, which was the whole reason for me to try. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 then take it to the next stage where they can wear it, and make a liner !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 I did put a liner in it after the starting picture. Near the end of page one.I think a silversmith would laugh at the way I installed it, but it worked for me. I had the ringt to my size and a liner would make it smaller, so I made a liner the right size and then carefully stretched the ring until I coulld almost slide the liner in. A little heat on the outside and I slid it in with an interference fit, then soldered it in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffrat Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I was forging in my shop today. It was only 102* in the shop, 110* outside......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffrat Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I don't do chemistry much beyond derusting with phosphoric acid and occasional acid etches.Frosty The Lucky. A blacksmith buddy of mine tried de-rusting with electrolysis, and ended up stumbling on a really cool way to hyper accelerate the rusting and creating wild textures and the ability to etch designs in steel without all those acids and chemicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 A blacksmith buddy of mine tried de-rusting with electrolysis, and ended up stumbling on a really cool way to hyper accelerate the rusting and creating wild textures and the ability to etch designs in steel without all those acids and chemicals.He got the polarity reversed. You can mask and etch some pretty intricate patterns with negative to the work and using the positive on a brush or other various . . . stingers? Basically it's reverse electro polishing.Nifty and fun.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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