D.I.Y. tip ring.
- Watermole+
- Chub
- Posts: 1055
- Joined: Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:07 pm
- 12
- Location: Devon & Cornwall border
D.I.Y. tip ring.
This one was a bit more of a challenge.
As Hovis has correctly observed, the agate liner should be encased within a bezel and I made this from a thin strip of brass sheet formed to shape and soldered around.
The next step was to turn a tapered sleeve which was then heated, bent around to shape and carefully soldered to the ring.
Then came the tricky part. I needed to solder the two, 0,6 mm diameter, nickel-silver side legs on to the ring, without getting it hot enough to melt the existing attachment to the bent sleeve.
After two scrapped attempts, the third try came out OK.
The sleeve was then partially filed away to leave two side legs which will be whipped down to the cane. Thee are still a few grinding burr marks on the agate which need to be polished out with very fine diamond paste.
The 50 pence coin is for size comparison.
wm+
As Hovis has correctly observed, the agate liner should be encased within a bezel and I made this from a thin strip of brass sheet formed to shape and soldered around.
The next step was to turn a tapered sleeve which was then heated, bent around to shape and carefully soldered to the ring.
Then came the tricky part. I needed to solder the two, 0,6 mm diameter, nickel-silver side legs on to the ring, without getting it hot enough to melt the existing attachment to the bent sleeve.
After two scrapped attempts, the third try came out OK.
The sleeve was then partially filed away to leave two side legs which will be whipped down to the cane. Thee are still a few grinding burr marks on the agate which need to be polished out with very fine diamond paste.
The 50 pence coin is for size comparison.
wm+
"Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? Yet one of them shall not fall without your Father knoweth" ..Jesus of Nazareth, King James AV
- Pallenpool
- Zander
- Posts: 3722
- Joined: Tue Sep 06, 2016 2:04 pm
- 7
- Location: North Norfolk
Re: D.I.Y. tip ring.
That is so gorgeous to look at - what lines - wouldn’t be out of place on the bonnet of a traditional Bentley (if scaled up) let alone a fishing rod. Marvellous.
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
Heraclitus
www.thepiscatorialraconteurs.co.uk
Heraclitus
www.thepiscatorialraconteurs.co.uk
- Northern_Nomad
- Arctic Char
- Posts: 1668
- Joined: Wed Nov 27, 2013 8:10 pm
- 10
- Location: Wales
Re: D.I.Y. tip ring.
Fantastic work Leszec.
May I enquire about the finish? Are they chromed or tinned to get the desired finish. Or have you mastered soldering stainless ?
Superb workmanship though
May I enquire about the finish? Are they chromed or tinned to get the desired finish. Or have you mastered soldering stainless ?
Superb workmanship though
"We knelt side by side looking at it. I knew it was big, and suddenly it dawned on me it was more than that. It was tremendous!" - Richard Walker
- Duebel
- Rainbow Trout
- Posts: 3450
- Joined: Tue Jan 12, 2016 5:49 pm
- 8
- Location: Frankonia (Northern Bavaria)
-
- Chub
- Posts: 1052
- Joined: Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:31 pm
- 4
Re: D.I.Y. tip ring.
As an ex jeweller l can really appreciate that top ring!
You probably know this, but jewellers' silver solder can be used on brass and German silver . It comes in Easy, Medium and Hard grades which run at slightly different temperatures ,making it easier to make several solders to the same piece without risking those made earlier
You probably know this, but jewellers' silver solder can be used on brass and German silver . It comes in Easy, Medium and Hard grades which run at slightly different temperatures ,making it easier to make several solders to the same piece without risking those made earlier
In order to shoot some close-ups, wildlife photographer ,the late Len Scapstillon, lured the orca to him by dressing as a seal.......
- Lea Dweller
- Pike
- Posts: 6050
- Joined: Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:58 am
- 10
Re: D.I.Y. tip ring.
Like most people of average ability, I continue to be amazed at the standard and quality of the work that you produce!
- Hovis
- Tench
- Posts: 2527
- Joined: Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:54 pm
- 11
- Location: Nottingham
Re: D.I.Y. tip ring.
This is amazing! Such fine work. Well done WM+
I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.
Izaak Walton
Izaak Walton
- Wallys-Cast
- Pike
- Posts: 6615
- Joined: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:02 am
- 12
- Location: Durham.
Re: D.I.Y. tip ring.
Very nice and very well thought out.
I wonder if the original ring makers had jigs to hold everything in place while it was being soldered.
I have tried to repair quite a few tip rings and have probably scrapped 50 percent of them due to soldering problems.
Wal.
I wonder if the original ring makers had jigs to hold everything in place while it was being soldered.
I have tried to repair quite a few tip rings and have probably scrapped 50 percent of them due to soldering problems.
Wal.
- Old Man River
- Eel
- Posts: 2186
- Joined: Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:43 pm
- 8
- Location: Yorkshire
Re: D.I.Y. tip ring.
That is a work of art, and looks far more substantial than those tip rings commercially available. A great result !
OMR
OMR
Hurrumph....... whatever happened to Handlines ?
- ReelMaker
- Brown Trout
- Posts: 1317
- Joined: Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:11 pm
- 11
- Location: Herts
Re: D.I.Y. tip ring.
I was always asked to do the tricky soldering jobs in the instrument shop,some silver and some soft soldering,The art is experience and time and patience, there's always an solution if you put your mind to it.Reelmaker