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Old 2008-06-26, 4:49pm
Max Hardcastle Max Hardcastle is offline
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The guy who taught me lampworking makes tons of rings and sells 'em in bulk to stores. He showed me how to make them by heating the rod, forming the ring over a steel ring mandrel (no release, just bend it around and then quickly slide it off) and then melting off one side, grabbing it with tweezers, and melting off the other side.

He always made rings with a gap in the bottom, this way if the ring breaks it won't cut the wearer! It was cool, he made some and broke them on his finger to show me! Not to mention breaking them was his favorite part... lol. I've made a few since then ... and subsequently broke them on my finger for fun! Not once have I been cut!
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