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harlewood — Intertwining Ring Tutorial
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How to make an intertwining ring. © B Wood - Harlewood The tutorial shows the wire twists in copper with the finished example in Sterling Silver. Copper wire is readily available without the cost of gold or silver. Your choice.
If you use my tutorial please credit me and show me your version.
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how long do you cut the wire? like how do you determine the wire you'd need for the size of the ring you need?
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Best method to begin with is to use cheap copper wire to practice with and work out roughly what length you will need. You can then google (printable ring sizer) to calculate the length required once the twists are soldered together. Unfortunately this is a difficult project to take on unless you have some experience with jewelry making. Hope that helps you a little. 
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oh i make all sorts of rings and chainmaile even. but i just didn't know what the formula was for it. like so many inches per size of the ring and all that. i have a ring mandrill i wasn't sure if i could just use that
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Hi, you cut through the twists with a jewellers saw so that they match up when curved around to form the ring then solder together.
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I draw my own wire to whatever size I need, and as I am in Australia I can't really help with that. Sorry.
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Would you be able to do this with 3 or 4 bands instead of 2? If so would you just alternate the wire (left, right) ?
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Theoretically you could add more bands and yes you would have to alternate left and right to maintain the pattern. The hard part would be matching up the twists.
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Well I received the wire I ordered today, however they sent me 20gauge instead of the 16gauge I had ordered -.-' So sadly I have to wait for the replacement to get here now.
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Try some copper wire first, thinner and thicker will work. If you can buy a small section of electrical wire (hardware store or scrap metal dealer) and strip out the thick solid copper its so much cheaper than silver to practice with. Don't try cutting some out of the household wiring though.
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Any tips on getting the 4 different strands to line up better/properly?
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I haven't tried with 4 strands so looking forward to a photo of yours if it works out ok.
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I received the 16gauge I ordered, now to go replacement tips I neglected to buy last time -.-'
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Thank you so much for this tutorial and also for commenting on one of my pendants
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My pleasure.
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Perfect!! I have added a link to your ring on the tutorial page.
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Ooooh, I've made a ring inspired by this: [link] Hope you'll like it!
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that looks great!! so glad that the tutorial helped.
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Looks good with that open twist!
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lol ty! ^^
i ended up just braiding the Wire XD
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should be ok. copper would be easier to work though
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I used 1.5mm copper wire for the tutorial and sterling silver for the ring.
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NICE awesome tut man!
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this is fantastic!
Unfortunately I don't have access to soldering tools
By any chance do you do these rings on commission?
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thanks so much!
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you're welcome <3
and no problem, just thought I would ask :3
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Oh, wow. I'm definitely going to make one of these in my spare time!
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Excuse my language, but this is fucking awesome.
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These rings are so pretty. I'd try this but I dont trust myself soldering things lol.
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Thanks Rebecca, glad you like it, maybe you will make something like it one day.
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this video shows the basics of soldering a silver ring, hope it helps.
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thank you! glad you like it.
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