Hmmm... I simply use an anvil (a cheap-ass harbor freight pathetic excuse of an anvil... definitely as good if not worse than the lamp base you are using, Chocrates), a ball pein hammer and a propane torch handy at all times to anneal. I cannot stress enough the need to anneal before hammering the ...

I was never able to consistently flatten rings with a hammer. I tried using a 1" wide dumbbell bar as a die, and struck it with a 3 lb min-sledge several times. This gave me more consistent results., with fewer deformed rings. Ive been doing it with a ball pien hammer as a die. How did the dum...

Alright i feel really dumb..... My "anvil" is a flat piece of unhardened iron, a weight i salvaged from the bottom of a lamp. I was trying to flatten the rings on my carpet. I tried it on my concrete porch, and they were flat enough in one or two hits that i could overlap them and flatten ...

after destroying about ten rings attempting to flatten them, i was going to give up and ask for some advice on keyring maille (japanese weave), but i looked through the essays to make sure i didn't miss anything, and came across: m In it they have thicker wire than i do, and anneal it with a bbq, an...