{"id":10400,"date":"2015-08-05T05:15:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T12:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=10400"},"modified":"2015-08-04T23:12:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T06:12:29","slug":"in-which-i-make-a-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10400","title":{"rendered":"In which I make a circle"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, you take this flat piece of silver with a design sawed into it.<\/p>\n


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Then you bend it into a not all that circular shape, making sure the ends are flush.<\/p>\n

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Then you apply fire and solder to make it into a continuous circle-ish shape. You are not overly concerned about how un-circular it is at this point. It is supposed to look like this. Really.<\/p>\n

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Since the fire has made all black, you pickle it to remove all of the oxidation from the heat.\u00a0Then you put it on a ring mandrel and hammer it until it is round. This is very good stress relief unless you hit your finger.<\/p>\n

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Then there is filing. A lot of filing. And sanding. A lot of sanding. I \u00a0am nowhere near through sanding.<\/p>\n

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Still. Even though it isn’t quite shiny yet, I have a circular ring with appropriately soldered joins.<\/p>\n

Pretty nifty.<\/p>\n

It even fits.<\/p>\n

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