Progress has been made on the ring.
A flat piece of copper was hammered and then cut into a circle.
That circle was dapped into a dome shape.
The the tree bit was soldered onto the domed bit, making a hollow ornament
A chunk of 12 gauge half round sterling wire was made into a ring band.
The top was then sodlered to the ring band and… voila …
![ring_face the front of the ring](http://blackdogandmagpie.net/shoes/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ring_face-265x400.jpg)
![ring_back ring face soldered onto the ring band](http://blackdogandmagpie.net/shoes/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ring_back-400x265.jpg)
![ring_side ring from the side](http://blackdogandmagpie.net/shoes/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ring_side-400x265.jpg)
I happen to be pretty dang proud of my first “real” soldering project.
Next up the finishing. In the end the top of the ring will be black and the band will be satin finished silver.
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