Ted,

Thanks for your information. I will definitely be doing some
additional research as time allows. I also thought your analogy with
FoMoCo was interesting, although I'm not sure exactly how to take it.
Yes, I do seriously doubt that I could show up at the plant with a
coil of raw steel and ask them to let me use their tooling to make a
car. However, I understand that it is common (or at least possible)
to schedule plant tours with various auto manufacturers, and it you
care to put a little planning into the date, they may actually be able
to arrange it so that you can watch your car being built.

At any rate, thank you for your input.

Corey

it was interesting"ted.frater" wrote in message
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Your type of request for guidance is common on this newsgroup.
However you should copy this request to your local jewellers and their
replies will be a good indication of what you will get here.
The simplest analogy is to ask say, the Ford Motor Co. if you could be
an apprentice in the making of your new car if you come along with all
the raw materials for it.
Also Ask yourself this question and the answer you should get will be
the same as you will get here for your custom rings.
One other observation, read the last 2 weeks of postings here, youll
also find the answer.