Features:

  • Quickly and easily enlarges rings
  • Stretches ring from size 6 and up
  • It stretches material by expanding metal from within
  • Metal construction with wood base
  • Dimensions with rod in base: approximately 5-3/4"
Works GREAT if used PROPERLY.

Arrived quickly. Allowed me to resize a ring easily. I recommend watching some YouTube videos on how to properly use this device and some tricks & tips on how to resize a ring without causing damage. Hint... use a propane torch to heat the metal and GENTLY tap the rod to SLOWLY stretch the metal. Getting impatient and hammering too hard and failing to heat the metal can often cause the ring to split where it was soldered together. THis tool works GREAT if used properly. You may need a pair of pliers to close the top enough to get the ring to fit on the sizer properly. Be patient and watch YouTube how-to's.

Works wonderfully!

I love this thing! I've already stretched 4 rings with this and it's still holding up quite well. With the use of a heat gun, I've successfully stretched the first one from an 8 to a 9, the second from a 9 to a 10.5, the third one from about a 9 to a 10 and the fourth one from a 9.5 to a 10. All I need is a ring reducer and I'm all set, but for now, this is one amazing product for an incredible price!

Very cool gadget and it works great !

It worked!! I needed to stretch my son's ring. It was one of those 30 dollar souvenir rings not worth taking to a jeweler plus it had little tiny pseudo gems in it - but he loves it and it was really getting way too small. Not sure what it was made of, but it wasn't 92.5 sterling silver, because I had to bang with all my might to get it to stretch. (With no experience, I started off VERY cautiously, and took it off and tested it about 6 times finding no change in size before determining how much muscle it took to make it stretch.) I also tested a slightly too-small sterling silver ring for comparison, and it took VERY LITTLE effort to stretch it - so definitely go easy so you don't go farther than you want! A note: my son's ring was too small to slip over the mandrel. Or whatever you call the part you slip the ring onto. Don't despair; simply take a shoelace (or similar) and tie it around the mandrel and make like a tourniquet: tie a pencil thru and twist the pencil so you're tightening the shoelace. It will pull the mandrel splines together and your ring will slip on. Then you can go to town.

Don't push it to the limits!

Works great but don't push it to the limits. I use mine for making coin rings. Being cheap and living in an apartment I find this to be a great compromise for those who want to graduate from beating the ring down the mallet but don't have the space or funds to spring for a full stretcher/press. That being said, I have managed to distend the stretcher fingers on mine by pushing it to the limits making rings out of larger coins. Also, it's easy to mar the inside of the coin if you don't pause your stretching, remove the mandrel, rotate the ring a few degrees and resume stretching every now and then.

Good tool but take your time to not crack the ring.

This tool does what it says. Said that the stretcher splint you hammer in is soft metal. When I hammered it out I damaged it slightly - the chrome came off and it deformed slightly at the tip so it became hard to remove. I had to hammer it back in shape - so no big deal. Said that I should have used a rubber hammer rather than a big iron hammer - my fault. I resized a ring from 11 to 12.25. It took some time (30 -45 minutes or so) because I moved slowly to not crack the ring. I started very slowly and then moved on a bit faster but as I said I wanted to make sure the ring does not crack. I would buy this tool anytime again - especially for the price.

Exceptional Ring Stretcher.

Loved the quality and functionality of this Ring Stretcher. PROS: 1. Exceptionally priced $14.00 at time of review 2. Well made - very sturdy 3. Worked excellent on my ring 4. Save money (time, gas, & jeweler cost) CONS: 1. None I can think of Works best if the original ring wasn't downsized (cut and re-soldered) as this may result in split ring when stretched but will work with non-downsized rings without a problem as in my case. Gave this to a friend to borrow to stretch a downsized ring for his wife. Ring split - worried about the long term impact of that decision. Tips: 1. Grease the rod before inserting into the split section of the stretcher. Make turning and removing the rod to release ring so much easier. 2. Stretch a little at a time and wear the ring for a couple of days and an overstretched ring is hard to downsize. Your hand will shrink and swell naturally so you'll which stretched size works best for you after a couple days of wearing the adjusted ring. Really happy with purchase - recommended to my friends.

It's not often you get more than you paid for :)

I needed my wedding ring to be sized up. I guess it shrunk :) The local jeweler wanted $60 which seemed high to me so I looked on Amazon and found this tool. I was skeptical of the tool based on it's $16 price tag. Upon opening the package I was blow away by the quality of the machining and the simplicity of the design. In less than 5 minutes I had my ring custom sized and saved $44, plus I have the tool for future use if my ring "shrinks" again. My only criticism is that there were no instructions although it was fairly self evident. I'd like to offer a few tips. First of all go slowly increasing the size a little at a time. You should probably put a light coat of high pressure grease on the tapered punch before driving it into the mandrel with a mallet. Also when you put the ring on the mandrel squeeze it together and push the ring as far up the taper as possible before you start driving the punch in. Besides a mallet you'll also need a generic punch or something similar to drive the supplied tapered punch out after the sizing procedure. Good Luck

Ring saver, useful to have in any family

I had a class ring that was too small and I had discomfort for nearly 2 decades, taking it off, needing sometimes soap and water. Finding out this product existed and seeing some youtube video's, I ordered and tried it. Since my class ring had a jewel stone embedded and I did not want to crack it, I also got a 12" bar clamp, hand screw type, rather than ratchet quick grip time (supposed to give more pressure and more control), rather than just using hammer. On my 1st attempt, within minutes, the ring would go on my finger noticeably easier. 2nd try, the ring size was perfect - big enough to slide in, small enough not to fall off. The whole thing tool about 5 minute to do! What a relief after nearly 2 decades! I should mention that, aside from using 12" bar clamp, I also used 5/16" hex bolt and hammer to drive out the inner rod, while the gadget was fixed in a small vise. I saw someone use just a nail and free hand hammering to get the inner rod out, but I did not risk hammering my hand and also did not want to damage parts, so I used bolt and vise instead. I was also pleasantly surprised the material appeared sturdy, likely to last for decades, without rusting, and compact, since inner rod can stay in gadget, allowing for easy storage. I think this product can save many rings and it is useful to have in any family. I did notice there were "stretch marks", like birth stretch marks, in thin part of the ring, after stretching, but it was smooth and did not cause any discomfort. It is likely this was due to the rather hardness of the ring material, unlike gold or silver, and alloy composition which resulted in uneven stretching. I am ok with it. Next I tried the stretcher on a purely metal ring. This time, I used just the stretcher, hammer, and the provided wooden base. This was very quick, several hammer hits were enough to stretch the ring. This too, I had to repeat 2x, to increase ring size by half, but the whole thing took less than a minute. I was worried about the wooden base being sturdy, but it came through without any damage. Very good.

BackYardJackOfAllTrades

I liked the convenience of working my own jewelry. I didn’t use a hammer but used my Bessey and Erwin clamps to press expand my ring to my current size. I also used pliers and a crescent wrench to loosen the expansion tool after use. I also placed the ring sized tool to ensure that the desired size was close. Each time I compressed the clamps(Erwin Clamp for light expansion of rings and the Bessy Clamp for Heavy Duty Expansion of rings) I would place the gauge ring close to the expanding ring and if the gauge ring starts to rub on the mandrel it’s time to stop. I leave the expanded ring on The mandrel for 5-10mins for acclimating(my own idea) it’s new size.

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