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Step 12Cutting the balconies.
The purpose of cutting 'balconies' into the stone seats is to increase the light transmission through the ring (and stone), to add elegance, and again to lighten the weight of the ring.
This step is very hard to do, so take your time.
Use the scribe to mark the location of the balconies on the ring seats.
The areas above and below the balcony windows should not be thinner than about 1.5mm - 2mm.
Drill a center hole from both sides of the ring for each balcony window. Do not drill straight through, it is too easy to drill out in the wrong place.
Thread your saw blade (3/0) through the two center holes of one balcony. Rest the ring in your left hand and your fingers on the bench pin. Using a just a small section of the saw's length (about 1/4") rock the saw so as to cut only the window closest to you, leaving the hole on the reverse of the ring uncut. Think of the cutting motion as a pivoting one, where only the top of the saw moves around cutting the window (along the X, Z axis) and the base remains fixed in the drill hole on the reverse side. Cut inside of your scribed lines, then remove the saw and blade, and finish the window using a sharp wax working tool or graver.
Turn the ring over and repeat the cutting process for the window opposite to the one you just finished.
Continue like this until you have cut all six windows for your balconies.
This step is very hard to do, so take your time.
Use the scribe to mark the location of the balconies on the ring seats.
The areas above and below the balcony windows should not be thinner than about 1.5mm - 2mm.
Drill a center hole from both sides of the ring for each balcony window. Do not drill straight through, it is too easy to drill out in the wrong place.
Thread your saw blade (3/0) through the two center holes of one balcony. Rest the ring in your left hand and your fingers on the bench pin. Using a just a small section of the saw's length (about 1/4") rock the saw so as to cut only the window closest to you, leaving the hole on the reverse of the ring uncut. Think of the cutting motion as a pivoting one, where only the top of the saw moves around cutting the window (along the X, Z axis) and the base remains fixed in the drill hole on the reverse side. Cut inside of your scribed lines, then remove the saw and blade, and finish the window using a sharp wax working tool or graver.
Turn the ring over and repeat the cutting process for the window opposite to the one you just finished.
Continue like this until you have cut all six windows for your balconies.
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