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Everyone who has or will be signing up for my newsletter will be entered. Deadline is Monday at midnight, November 28th.
I will announce the winner on Friday, December 2nd.
The winner gets to choose the colours, you can view my colour choices on the Etsy Listing...
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Shipping or delivery will be free.
Good luck!

"What I need from you is the exact Inside Diameter to create your custom ring!"
Here is an easy way to measure an existing ring that fits your finger well.
When ordering a custom ring online to get the exact size you need, you will first download this RING SIZER PRINTABLE PDF at 100% and then double check, with a metric ruler, that the 30mm bar is in fact 30mm.
The image below shows you what the printout will look like.

Another important consideration is if you are ordering a wide band ring and you are using a thin band ring to get your size .
In that case I would make the ring 1/4 of a size larger... but if you can have your finger measured at a
jewellery store using wide ring measuring bands even better!

"What I need from you is the exact Inside Diameter to create your custom ring!"

Your ring size can change depending upon the width of the ring that you need.
For men’s rings, rings with a width of more than 6mm can require a larger finger size than for narrower widths.
For ladies rings, rings wider than 4mm may require a larger finger size than for narrower widths.

For these reasons you can have your finger size measured by a local jeweler when you are looking to buy a new ring.
Local jewelers by default will use narrow ring bands when measuring your finger size.
If you will be wearing a wider ring (wider than 6mm for men or wider than 4mm for ladies) you should make sure that the local jeweler uses their wide ring measuring bands if they have them available. You should also mention the specific width of the ring that you will be wearing, so that they can advise whether a larger size is needed.

In this image you can see what I mean by the width of a band.

Below is a conversion chart, for example a 1/2 inch wide band ring is 12mm.

A couple weeks ago, I did a Rail Catch Demonstration for my class - "Clasps and Hinges", at the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre. 
I was following Charles Lewton-Brain's step by step instructions from his book "Hinges and Hinge-Based Catches".
This is a great book to add to any jeweller's reference library!
"This book analyzes hinges and hinge-like mechanisms in a manner never done before in a single volume. It has become a classic for jewelry making. Along with history, generics, classes of hinges, guiding principles, sections include: design, tube making, hinge pins (force-fit, riveted, upset, tapered, cotter type, tubing, square, threaded, stud), hinge types (basic, thick-walled, locket, bracelet, box, block, cold-rolled, tab, cast and milled), lubrication, catch systems, hidden, alternative, cast hinges and solving design problems. Good index and table of contents. Covers more information about hinges than any book in English. 112 pages, over 200 line drawings."
http://www.brainpress.com/Books.html
There are many steps involved, documented below by Glendine Gogel.
I did not follow the last suggestion of soldering the catch button while shut and therefore it soldered on a bit crooked, I will be  re-soldering...