Wedding Rings Direct
Dean with his blowtorch working on a ring in the workshop

Heating the ring

The process of heating a metal to make the molecules loose and easier to manipulate is called annealing. When the metal is ‘worked’, e.g. sized or hammered, the molecules lock back together again and the metal re-hardens.

Images of a wedding ring being
heated prior to being resized for a customer
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  • The ring on the table prior to heating
  • Blow torch being applied to a ring to heat it up

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