Comments on: Cheap-Ass Tools: A Ring Sizing Stick http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/cheap-ass-tools-a-ring-sizing-stick/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:39:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: o4tuna http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/cheap-ass-tools-a-ring-sizing-stick/#comment-24965 o4tuna Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:28:52 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/cheap-ass-tools-a-ring-sizing-stick/#comment-24965 Ummm, They actually sell a whole kit with a plastic sizing stick, steel stretcher & a mallet, I bought one a few months ago... toolaholic? I prefer tool-whore! Ummm, They actually sell a whole kit with a plastic sizing stick, steel stretcher & a mallet, I bought one a few months ago…

toolaholic? I prefer tool-whore!

]]> By: Paul http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/cheap-ass-tools-a-ring-sizing-stick/#comment-24935 Paul Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:38:58 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/cheap-ass-tools-a-ring-sizing-stick/#comment-24935 I could do without this item. I could do without this item.

]]> By: Evan N. http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/cheap-ass-tools-a-ring-sizing-stick/#comment-24872 Evan N. Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:37:08 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/cheap-ass-tools-a-ring-sizing-stick/#comment-24872 You know, I stand corrected -- and thankful my fellow Toolmongers haven't disowned me already. This actually could be a very handy tool! And I agree with Chuck it's not particularly asinine compared with the frog family or that Sudoku game that always pops up. You know, I stand corrected — and thankful my fellow Toolmongers haven’t disowned me already. This actually could be a very handy tool! And I agree with Chuck it’s not particularly asinine compared with the frog family or that Sudoku game that always pops up.

]]> By: Nick Carter http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/cheap-ass-tools-a-ring-sizing-stick/#comment-24793 Nick Carter Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:49:06 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/cheap-ass-tools-a-ring-sizing-stick/#comment-24793 You are better off buying a steel ring mandrel (and a bracelet mandrel!) - you can use it for all sorts of metal forming jobs as well as for sizing rings. An aluminum mandrel (like the HF) is really only good for checking ring size, not actually modifying it. If you were doing rings on the lathe, this would be a good tool to modify as a mandrel for holding them though... Their "Doming Block and Punch Set" is a great deal, even if the finish is substandard though... Jewelers supply catalogs are a great way to find tools that are unobtainable elsewhere, or are just high priced common tools sold to the ignorant jeweler...same goes for gunsmithing catalogs... You are better off buying a steel ring mandrel (and a bracelet mandrel!) - you can use it for all sorts of metal forming jobs as well as for sizing rings. An aluminum mandrel (like the HF) is really only good for checking ring size, not actually modifying it.

If you were doing rings on the lathe, this would be a good tool to modify as a mandrel for holding them though…

Their “Doming Block and Punch Set” is a great deal, even if the finish is substandard though…

Jewelers supply catalogs are a great way to find tools that are unobtainable elsewhere, or are just high priced common tools sold to the ignorant jeweler…same goes for gunsmithing catalogs…

]]> By: nrChris http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/cheap-ass-tools-a-ring-sizing-stick/#comment-24769 nrChris Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:41:12 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/21/cheap-ass-tools-a-ring-sizing-stick/#comment-24769 I don't remember what size my wedding ring is, so at $4 maybe this would be worth tacking on to a normal HF order. Also, with some simple mathematical conversions it could be a means to measure all sorts of holes. I don’t remember what size my wedding ring is, so at $4 maybe this would be worth tacking on to a normal HF order. Also, with some simple mathematical conversions it could be a means to measure all sorts of holes.

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