Ring stretching tool

I've got a 12" long tapered tool made of steel that is marked in ring
sizes from A to Z, that my dad used for stretching rings. Any idea what
it might be called in the jewelry trade in the UK? It looks as if it
might have been made to fit/slot into some holder. It will be either UK
or European make I think. TIA.

Richie wrote:
I've got a 12" long tapered tool made of steel that is marked in ring
sizes from A to Z, that my dad used for stretching rings. Any idea what
it might be called in the jewelry trade in the UK? It looks as if it
might have been made to fit/slot into some holder. It will be either UK
or European make I think. TIA.


Its called a triblet. They come in various profiles, but the most common
is round, like yours.

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Regards, Gary Wooding
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:35:26 -0700, in rec.crafts.jewelry lemel_man
wrote:

Richie wrote:
I've got a 12" long tapered tool made of steel that is marked in ring
sizes from A to Z, that my dad used for stretching rings. Any idea what
it might be called in the jewelry trade in the UK? It looks as if it
might have been made to fit/slot into some holder. It will be either UK
or European make I think. TIA.


Its called a triblet. They come in various profiles, but the most common
is round, like yours.

And in the U.S., we call them "ring mandrels", or just mandrels, if they happen
to be for shaping things other than just rings, like bezels or the like (in
which case they might also be called bezel mandrels). They're used for more
than just stretching rings. Measuring the size for one, and then for shaping
and forming rings while making them as well, or reshaping them at some later
time while repairing or the like. All in all, a very basic tool which you'll
find, in one form or another, on almost any jewelers workbench. In the U.S.,
the sizes will be marked in U.S. ring sizes, commonly 1 to 13 or 1 to 15-16,
depending on the maker of the tool. In other parts of the world, several other
sizing standards are also used, so mandrels may be marked in those measuring
systems as well, or left unmarked when intended just for forming and shaping.

Peter

"Peter W.. Rowe," wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:35:26 -0700, in rec.crafts.jewelry lemel_man
wrote:

Richie wrote:
I've got a 12" long tapered tool made of steel that is marked in ring
sizes from A to Z, that my dad used for stretching rings. Any idea what
it might be called in the jewelry trade in the UK? It looks as if it
might have been made to fit/slot into some holder. It will be either UK
or European make I think. TIA.


Its called a triblet. They come in various profiles, but the most common
is round, like yours.

And in the U.S., we call them "ring mandrels", or just mandrels, if they happen
to be for shaping things other than just rings, like bezels or the like (in
which case they might also be called bezel mandrels).

They're known as mandrels in Australia as well.

Cheers,
Dale

"lemel_man" wrote in message
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Richie wrote:
I've got a 12" long tapered tool made of steel that is marked in ring
sizes from A to Z, that my dad used for stretching rings. Any idea
what
it might be called in the jewelry trade in the UK? It looks as if it
might have been made to fit/slot into some holder. It will be either
UK
or European make I think. TIA.


Its called a triblet. They come in various profiles, but the most
common
is round, like yours.

Aah, the trouble with triblets.

BWAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAA - that's one of my favorite episodes!


Aah, the trouble with triblets.

Snaggeltooth wrote:
BWAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAA - that's one of my favorite episodes!


Aah, the trouble with triblets.



"Anyone know who put the triblets in the hammer drawer?"

"No, but if you hum a few bars I can fake it."

- an out-take

As the sun rose on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:57:10 GMT, the distinguished
and oh so talented "Snaggeltooth" climbed up
to the podium, shuffled some papers, took a sip of ice water and
shouted in a loud voice:

BWAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAA - that's one of my favorite episodes!


Aah, the trouble with triblets.



Imagine! A trekkie on Usenet. What next?

lemel_man wrote:
Richie wrote:
I've got a 12" long tapered tool made of steel that is marked in ring
sizes from A to Z, that my dad used for stretching rings. Any idea what
it might be called in the jewelry trade in the UK? It looks as if it
might have been made to fit/slot into some holder. It will be either UK
or European make I think. TIA.


Its called a triblet. They come in various profiles, but the most common
is round, like yours.


From the French "Triboulet" (http://www.answers.com/topic/triblet)

This is the term for a ring mandrel also used in Holland.

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Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com

If its A-Z it will be UK sizes.
All these are just called ring stretchers.
The modern one has a vertical tapered post the older ones had a big wheel on
the top instead of a handle.
Dave
"Richie" wrote in message
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I've got a 12" long tapered tool made of steel that is marked in ring
sizes from A to Z, that my dad used for stretching rings. Any idea what
it might be called in the jewelry trade in the UK? It looks as if it
might have been made to fit/slot into some holder. It will be either UK
or European make I think. TIA.





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