Ring Sizing
How to size down a ring
Traditionally, to size a ring (for example: sizing down from a size 7 to a size 5) would involve the following steps:
The advantages of the cut & weld sizing method are:
An alternative (non-destructive) sizing method is to laser weld a custom spring bar inside the shank. This method enables the jeweler to size the ring down without cutting out any metal from the original shank, see Figure 3.
The advantages to this spring bar method are:
Figure 1 – Removed gold piece to size down.
Figure 2 – The ring before sizing (left, size 7), and after sizing (right, size 5) using the cut & weld sizing method.
The disadvantages:
Figure 3 - The ring before sizing (left, size 7), and after sizing (right, size 5) using the custom spring bar sizing method.