Resizing an engagement ring

[@yuriguillen-escobar3711]

I had to get my engagement ring resized from size 7 to 5.5. From what I can see they take a piece of the gold out. Does this mean they steal a piece of your gold and still charge you to get the ring resized ?! Because I never got a little piece of gold back.

[@Bert-Kay]

On point, always wondered that

[@mancbiker17]

Came to ask the same thing. Not many rings before you have enough material for a full size one!

[@DarkFire0421]

I was just going to ask the same question ... I mean think about it hundreds of thousands of ppl a year just in your state alone get there rings resized ... that means over time they got enough gold and silver to make 27.4 pound bar out of .... im starting to feel like I deserve a cut

[@nimmahdawilah]

In my country, they usually give you back the cutted piece.. It's up to you whether to sell it or keep itu

[@NorthernBL]

So incredibly cool ! I've often wondered how this was done, thank you for sharing your work with us !!

[@naimi9584]

We ended up exchanging this model for the slimmer version kzbin.infoUgkx0jZ_lGlDVJhDnmagEU8gn47cmfPNlLQU because it was too wide for the only door trim area that made sense to mount it on. However, we should have just noted the dimensions prior to purchasing. Otherwise, we love the doorbell. It works perfectly, and the video is very clear, even at night.

[@SpaceExplorer31]

What happened to the small crack with no solder!

[@jessicakim5681]

What was the initial size and what did you size down to? I’m going from a 7 to a 5 and the chuck you took out seemed so big!

[@putir7021]

Hey sorry for the late replay . The rings shank was cut down by 5mm

[@redrose7970]

Amazing! Getting my size 6 ring resized to 4.5 hope it turns out this perfect

[@vitolucci636]

How did it turn out ?

[@mandidc9975]

@red rose how'd it go?!

[@serenafrausto9692]

I got my size 6 resized to a 4.5 but it’s stills tad bit too big so now I am making them size it down a quarter

[@putir7021]

Hope it turned out well ,and sorry for the late replay I was away from KZbin

[@mgdesigns1952]

@ 4:08 it looks as though a side melee diamond has fallen out. Check your bench pan. I was a bench jeweler for over 15 years, and this is not how I daily did resizing. I cut the piece out, carefully bend the halves close to mating, use a separating disk on the Foredom to square the sides up, mate dip in super-saturated solution of denatured alcohol and boric acid, burn off the DNA, solder without sinking in water with high karat white gold solder, let cool, quench in pickle solution, clean and polish. Replate with Rhodium after polishing - that's the standard USA way to do this.

[@putir7021]

Thanks for all the grat imput ,I'm always happy to learn and corect mistakes .

[@eugenestati3085]

the man the legend

[@kermitthecrog7262]

I’m getting my gfs new engagement ring cut from a 7 to a 4. How much money should that typically cost me? ’m from Texas if that makes a difference in price.

[@dedicated_whomba3520]

Around 40$ - 70$

[@sandrar7443]

Unless you have insurance then it shouldn't cost anything

[@nicksteegstra9667]

What about sizing up? How does that work

[@cavemanjoe7972]

Same process, but you cut it, then bend the sides outwards and add material to the gap by soldering, then file, polish, and finish the same way.

[@tigerfury0209]

@@cavemanjoe7972 Nope, you could do that or just use the ring stretcher and have it done that way.

[@cavemanjoe7972]

@@tigerfury0209 It's not a 'ring stretcher', it's a mandrel, and using that method thins the ring, which isn't good for higher karat gold rings, as well as taking more polishing after.

[@putir7021]

Hey sorry for the late replay ,well depending how much the ring needs to be upsised ,and the type of ring . Sometimes just the stretcher will do the job ,sometimes the ting needs to be cut open stretched and a piece of metal inserted

[@monicae67]

I have to get a Tiffany platinum ring resized. The standard size was a size 6 but I’m a size 9. I also have diamonds running along the shank of the ring. How do you not damage the integrity of the diamond setting that run along the shank? I worry about those stones no longer being secure.

[@danlinganay5337]

Is it possible to enlarge my ring? My size is 6 but i bought size 5 it’s so tight for me 😢

[@putir7021]

Hi Dan.Well it depends on the type of ring.

[@jefoo5692]

What happens to the big piece he took off the ring ? Do they keep it?

[@putir7021]

Hey,yeah we usually just give it back yo the costumer ,unless they want to sell it to us.

[@1313Mocha]

How long is it taking to downsize? Fiancé’s engagement ring has been out for two months is that accurate? Macys just doesnt give me a website to check whos repairing it or an estimate time when it will be done

[@putir7021]

Sorry for the late replay it usually takes a couple days to a week..

[@nonhlanhladlamini9]

Did you end up getting your ring back from Macys thinking of trying them.

[@CQLLIN]

What song is this? Great video by the way

[@mjhaysaez5725]

What will happen to the excess gold that was removed..??

[@putir7021]

It will be refined and used again.

[@michellem.m.1477]

@@putir7021 don’t you give it back to the customer ?

[@evoxdream9101]

@@michellem.m.1477 i saw and thought they'd use the cut out piece to re-melt it onto the missing gap binding the ring back together while retaining its value.

[@nikimoreno9070]

The way the poor diamond was just banged around 😭😭😭

[@johann_queensley6557]

Could you explain the purpose of the water well? I’ve never seen anything like that in my apprenticeship and I’m super curious

[@putir7021]

I use the water to keep the stone cool during the soldering .

[@jacobmorgan1182]

a diamond is still carbon introduced to pure oxygen and high heat it will crack and quite literally burn up in some cases

[@johannkingsley]

@@jacobmorgan1182 at the time i was being taught with something else as a heatsink lol i didn’t know the water would work so nicely so it perplexed me. cheers man

[@DragonflyQueen34]

Beautiful video!

[@putir7021]

Thank you very much!

[@goldsmithmodelmaker9736]

Good design friend

[@PhucTran-bz8nw]

isn't that too much gold just for 1 that size of ring

[@putir7021]

Well it's easier to file the excess down than to add more more solder later

[@Hectalene1]

Is that platinum?

[@putir7021]

It's actually silver

[@kennansilvio4552]

is it possible to resize a size 9 ring to a size 5.5. It has a lot of stones tho

[@putir7021]

Well it really depends on the type of ring,send me more info and perhaps i can help

[@thisismerica6206]

Can ring with diamonds halfway down go from a 7 to a 9? Plss

[@putir7021]

Well it really depends on the type of ring,send me more info and perhaps i can help

[@ammarammari7869]

waw foooooor,👏