Impression Die Nouveau Flower Window

Design your own impression die! Made with special die-carving steel that is easy to carve. Use files, gravers, burs, or chasing tools to carve your own design in the negative.

Use this pancake die to cut two strips of metal (connected by a short tab that is easily removed with saw or shear). These strips, when soldered and formed round, create a pair of telescoping rings. Use the two rings as a lid and container for a poison ring, small container pendant, or just a teeny tiny box. Silver ring samples by Marriane Barton Jennings. Design: 2" x 1" Die: 6-1/2" x 3-3/8" Longer strip measures: 51mm long x 6mm wide and creates a 17mm (OD) diameter ring. Shorter strip measures: 44mm x 6mm wide and creates a 15mm (OD) diameter ring.. THIS SET IS INTENDED FOR USE WITH 20 GAUGE FULLY HARD Sheet if you want to make a fitted lid and container. If you use a different gauge the parts will not fit as well together. If your metal is not full hard it may become stuck in the die. If you would like to purchase a circle pancake die that fits well with these two rings, the 3/4” diameter and 5/8" diameter circles work well. If you would like to purchase a matching ring blank die, there are many that would work, but PD R16o works perfectly.

This floral design has a center perfect for a tiny stone. From Ru-Mart Toolcraft in Providence, Rhode Island.