Here are the pics I promised you all. I posted them to the Photos section. Sorry it took so long, I was otherwise engaged. I'm hoping to add another album to...
Your rings look great, congratulations! And it was quicky really. Perhaps I will make the overlap shorter, one mm or so. :) And the finish of the overlap a...
Julio, I just uploaded some pics to the Album "Cuvien" in Photos. These are the ones you requested of the back side of my rings. Hope they are satisfactory,...
Hi, I wonder if anyone tried punching the holes from INNER SIDE of the overlap? I gave it a try yesterday and results look promising (1mm wire, 6mm ID, round...
Thanks, Kuvien. It looks great. Kuven said: "Some of my newest backs show a small dome." Perhaps it happens because your pliers are soft and the first rings...
Excuse my english - by inner side I mean the side of the wire where overlapping ends lay on each other. Contrary to common approach, where one tries to punch...
I cant see how to do my rings like that. My tools want too much room. I'd have to ruin the roundness in order to make the room. Or am I missing something about...
Hi there guys, I am trying to make punch again... I have tried it about hundred times already but with no success. I was using HSS drills but they all bent or...
As you say.. I will try to mount one of these in pilers and see how it will work. I am not afraid using fire since I am casting silver jewelry and have nice...
Ok I am thinking how to mount punch into modified pilers. I have seen pictures here and I think they were yours pekka. You have set punch into hole in pilers...
I made that and I prefer the glue. And yes, when the punch is broken I heat it with a torch and... Pluff, the broken punch is out( be careful, sometimes the...
The glue is most probably also the historical way of doing it, if we at least consider them using pliers to punch the holes. The system of using screws is...
I have read somewhere over the forums that you should use hand held drift to pirce rings not tongs. I have tried it and I have found it really difficult...
OK, so I have modified broken drill bit into a punch. It is quite small about 0,8-1mm width and 0.3-0.4 mm thick at the tip of it. I have heat treated it so it...
Thaks for your opinion pekka. Yes, making of that punch took some time because drill was abou 8mm diameter :). Right now I am making puch of 4mm hss dill and...
Ok... got the punch and its working great but I thik I will need to make another which will leave wider hole one the backside of the rings. But we will see. ...
Hmm... Ring was held by the pilers and they were hit few time with a hammer so I suppose that was hard enough to form overlap. There is one way to form thicker...
Of course the overlap must be thicker( and better with the same wide) When I punch the overlap, it is about 2 mm thick and the rest of the ring is 1'5 mm. If...
Ok I have examined one photo of A2 maille carefully and I have spotted few rings that show that their overlap ridge is above rest of the ring and one ring have...
I mean that If you have propely made tongs for forming overlap and you use 3 hammer blows, overlap will form into nice shape and its ridge will be same heigh...
Hello, I'll post some pics of this "punch from inside" process in coming month hopefully. Yes it is somehow sensitive to the room tool takes and no doubt some...
Hello, I'm looking for a place or person to buy some of the tools needed to make riveted mail. I really just need a set of piercing tongs for round rivets. If...
... Hi, Piercing bits do have that bad habbit to break just whent you don't want that to happen and if your tools are made by someone else, then you are in...
Hello, finally I got to create an album "Petr's stuff", some tool pictures as well as latest rings - one ring for each process stage. I stopped working with...
I´m with you. The round rings are more... exciting :) and your rings are good, very nice. I like specially your second step, when you get a round surface even...
Hi Julio, I pierce each hole from inside the overlap - thus, two holes - and the ring opening is needed for my punching pliers have space. Piercing after...
Hello, I've been working on making a circular punch and seem to have it working with just one problem. My punched rings are always very well stuck on the punch...
... Hi, First thing you should do is to dip the tip of your punch in some wax (I have used bee wax) between each punch, that helps a little. Best thing though...
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