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 every shank is built along.
  • Estimate Size
  • Cut by Ring Size

Finishing the band

Two commands applied once the band exists.

• ScoopHollows the inside of the band: less metal, a lighter piece, a cheaper cast — and a ring that sits better on the finger.
• EngraveText at the ring size, ready to be cut into the band or raised out of it — dates, names, hallmarks.