I have a sister who makes light fixtures as a cottage industry. She called
me just now wanting to know how to go about getting or making stainless
wire rings, spring tempered, made from something like 16 ga. wire. I don't
see any people who directly source rings in lampshade-sized dimensions
(like 3" up) so now I'm wondering about making them.

Does she specifically need stainless? I can find several suppliers of lamp
rings with a Google search but none of them actually say what their rings
are made of:

In the picture provided these look like brass but it doesn't seem likely:

http://www.lampshop.com/Merchant2/me...06_01_WIRE_BOT

And these look to be steel of some sort:

http://mainelyshades.safeshopper.com/208/cat208.htm?227

Best Regards,
Keith Marshall


"I'm not grown up enough to be so old!"