I am currently producing some earring designs, out of sterling
silver, which have a shape cut out of a circle and then the circle is
domed using a dapping block. As expected I get some distortion of the
cutout shape when doing the doming process. Unfortunately, the
distortion is often not consistent enough that I can easily account
for it in cutting out the design. For example, if I know the design
gets taller during doming I theoretically can make the cutout a bit
shorter than I want to account for the distortion. I think that a die
or two which does the cutting and doming on a hydraulic press would
be the ultimate answer but since I do not have a press and it is a
bit of an investment just to try a new design. I am looking for a
good way to try to better account for the distortion that takes place
and thus lower the product rejection rate.
Thanks,
Scott