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I had to have that done with mine years ago, after I gave up smoking - only problem was it's white gold, so it had to go off for Rhodium plating again...so it took a month.
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:eeeek:
Jeebus! bloody hell. Whenever we did a rhodium-plated one, it took an extra 2 minutes if the whole thing needed plating - so it would be 12 minutes instead of 10. The equipment is beyond basic - just a voltage & current controlled DC supply and either a rhodium plating pen for things like settings or a simple titanium mesh anode and a rhodium solution. Only problem was, a 100ml solution with 2g of rhodium used to cost $700 when I was still in the game 7 years ago. I worked with another fella, so we were just a two-man show.
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A two-man, two-minute show?
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I guess I kinda walked into that one. 
I suppose now would be a really foolish time to mention that he was Turkish?
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Was his name Sean?
Politicians are always realistically manoeuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers.
Buckminster Fuller
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 Nah, it was Tony.
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Out of curiosity, is engraving a problem for ring stretchers?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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As long as it's not incredibly deep, I can't see a problem.
Where you can run into trouble though, is if the ring is too large and needs to be resized-down. On one hand, you can saw out a small piece, which can obviously remove some of it. On the other hand, a ring-compressor can damage the edges of any engraved lines.
There are two types of stretcher, though one of them is actually a compressor - forcefully thinning the metal by compression to enlarge it. This is the type to use when the ring contains delicate settings which would burst if the ring was stretched, or rings that are significantly thinner at the back than the front - men's rings with a large onyx, for example.
The second type enlarges the ring by expanding a tapered mandrel to become thicker - this type is better suited to rings with external decorative engraving.
I never experienced any problem with rings that had engraved messages inside them. The ones that you did have to be careful with were the ones that were engraved on the outside, for decorative purposes. A popular fad for a period was Lord Of The Rings duplicates (which were invariably cast, from a mold taken of a ring that was originally hand/machine engraved) Porosity of the cast metal combined with variable strength due to the engraving meant that these sometimes got a little 'interesting'.
A really enjoyable job, but elephant working daily with cyanide and red-hot metal, with permanently black finger-tips from polishing for less money than hairdressers are paid! Never mind the stick-up risk. 
Type 1: Ring stretcher that uses compression[^]
Type 2: Ring stretcher/compresser 2-in-1[^]
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How long have you had the thing on??
My wife had a similar problem with a ring. Turned out to be an allergic reaction to the metal it was plated with. Having it re-plated with rhodium worked for her.
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Been wearing it pretty much always for 12.5 years. Mrs Wife put it on me when we got married and there it has stayed except when I was doing something exceptionally mucky or sticky - like working on the car or baking.
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Well, the symptoms you described sound exactly like dermatitus or anaphylaxis.
Do you wash your hands with the ring still on? Has the wife changed soaps on your recently? Water and soap can stay trapped under the ring and, if not completely removed and dried, can cause the same dermatitus problem you're describing.
I've got a cobolt ring that I can't wear for more than a few days at a time because of an allergic reaction to the chromium used to plate it.
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I see you've been married too long...
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Movie Quote Of The Day
Back again!
They could feel magnetic fields created by quasars and black holes, negotiate singularities, navigate not just the stars, but space-time itself.
Which movie?
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Pilgrim's Progress[^] 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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You're going out on a wing here, commander.
And I wish I hadn't seen it. It was a better game...
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You think so? I kinda liked it... But then agian: I'm not know for my taste...  (Neither are you by the way  )
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Oh no, Griff is famed for his taste. In fact, on a few occasions he's even been prosecuted for it!
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Come now, if shagging sheep was illegal, all of Australia and New Zeeland would be behind bars... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Carry on Jack?
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Yeah, I also thought is was some kind of gay movie at first... But seeing that I don't know anything about those, I chose another guess instead. 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Granted that I'm using a company PC to browse the industry news via CP, and this is a protected PC with all sorts of filters, is it absolutely necessary for third party sites to be so pleased to see me that they block an industrial scale internet connection trying to funnel seventy kinds of crap into my machine?
I mean, everybody understands sponsorship, but 'the Verge' never, ever loads at all, and this morning nine out of ten links hung my browser for a minute or more while they sorted out the tangles in their knickers.
WTF? These are supposed to be IT sources for Chrissakes! And they cannot even sort out basic protocol.
F**king unbelievable! 
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Subtract current year from birth year?
Surely shome mishtake...
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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The computer she used used unsigned integers.
And don't call me etc.
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
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(That's an 'M')
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Dalek Dave wrote: Subtract current year from birth year?
This will give me my age
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