Hey this is my first instructable. I made a simple ring out of stainless steel pipe.

You will have to enlarge some of the images as it doesn't show some of them properly minimized.

Step 1: What You Need

Stainless steel pipe
Hacksaw or angle grinder
Pipe grips
Piece of tube to bend pipe round
Files, sanding paper/drill attachments, scotch pad
Welder
Wire brush
Vice & workbench
Tape measure
Hammer
PPE

Not everything here you will need, it's just what I used, there are probably many alternatives if you don't have all of these things. Although you will need a welder.

Step 2: The Pipe and Tube

The pipe I used had an OD of 6mm and an ID of 3mm. Thickness 1.5mm.

I cut this at approx 52cm (520mm) in length

The tube I used to bend the pipe round was 1.5 inch (38.1mm).

Step 3: Bending the Pipe

I clamped the pipe at the top of the jaws on the vice pressing against the 1.5 inch tube.

I could wrap it round by hand fairly easily apart from the last bit which I used the pipe grips for and a hammer to knock in the end.

Step 4: Cutting

I marked each end with a marker to cut off the ends "The straight bits"

Firstly I cut off the first ring using a screwdriver to separate the loops so I wouldn't damage the loop below.

After doing this I realized I could just cut straight down the middle of all the loops which cut out the final 2 rings, I had a piece roughly 20mm left over.

Once cut out you will notice the gap between the two ends.

Step 5: Joining the Ends and Welding

The best way I found to bring the ends together was to squeeze the ends towards each other with the pipe grips and then clamped it in the vice at the same time. This brought the ends together evenly and square.

Whilst still in the vice I tacked the ends together with a TIG welder.

MIG or stick will probably do the job, although tacking it may be a little trickier, also filing down the welds after will be much harder, will just take a bit longer.

I had the welder on 24 amps which seemed to work fine whilst welding up.