Utilities

Everything on the Shanks tab that is not a shank builder: what you run before building a band to get the size right, and what you run after it exists to lighten it or mark it.

Setting the size

Before any shank exists there is a curve at the right size. Get this wrong and every measurement downstream is wrong with it.

• CurveThe ring curve at the size you choose, the spine of every shank.
• Estimate SizeThe size of an existing ring, measured from its band.
• Cut by Ring SizeA clean finger hole, cutting away whatever intrudes into it.

Finishing the band

Two commands applied once the band exists.

• ScoopHollows the inside of the band: less metal and a better fit.
• EngraveText at the ring size, to cut into the band or raise out of it.