{"id":18,"date":"2008-03-16T12:41:02","date_gmt":"2008-03-16T18:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/?p=18"},"modified":"2017-04-20T14:00:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T20:00:13","slug":"custom-making-a-wide-eternity-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knoxjewelers.biz\/blog\/custom-making-a-wide-eternity-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom making a wide Eternity Band."},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a look behind the scenes of how a custom ring is made.<\/p>\n

I will start by showing a picture of the finished ring and then explain how the ring is made and show some of the steps in the process.<\/p>\n

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Knox Jewelers Caledonia Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Now I will show and explain in a very condensed manner the process of making a ring like this.<\/p>\n

Here is the ‘screenshot’ from our 3-D design software showing the design from several different angles. A design like this can take many hours of design and engineering time.<\/p>\n

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Screen shot from Knox Jewelers 3D design software<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After using a CAM technology to make a physical prototype and mold used to make this ring, \u00a0the design are cast in 18 karat white gold. Here is a picture\u00a0of the raw castings:<\/p>\n

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Raw Ring Casting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The design has three sections, the two outside rails and the inside pattern.<\/p>\n

The overall finished width will be 15mm. Finger size 5.25<\/p>\n

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After cleaning up the raw castings ( removing sprues, smoothing, etc) the three sections are\u00a0ready to finish.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple pics after we finished setting the diamonds in the two outside rails.<\/p>\n

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Assembled ring with diamonds set in the rails<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Assembled ring with diamonds set in the rails<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Here are a couple quick pics with the rest of the diamonds set.<\/p>\n

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Assembled ring with diamonds set in the rails and center section<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Assembled ring with diamonds set in the rails and center section<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nThere is No Short Cut to Quality<\/strong><\/p>\n

The work necessary to obtain an immaculate look on a design with this level of detail is a very time consuming task and as we are fond of saying at Knox Jewelers, “there is no shortcut to quality”.<\/p>\n

A master level artisan must carefully bright cut and engrave all of the beautiful detail into the areas around the diamonds and finally apply the milgrain which gives the design a beautiful and finished look.<\/p>\n

The diamond setting, engraving and milgraining labor (not counting design work, prototyping, casting) for a ring with this level of detail will have approx 32 man hours of labor when finished.<\/p>\n

We think of projects like this as a miniature work of art with our name on it.<\/p>\n

Click Here to See the product page of the Finished Ring and Hi-Def Video<\/a><\/p>\n

Please Visit our website KnoxJewelers.biz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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