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Published: 2016-04-09 03:14:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 353; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 0
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As you can see in this piece, my skill is quickly improving in comparison to the rings on display in my last journal entry. So far this one has taken me a good six to eight hours, and I still have a way to go, but I decided to buff and polish the outside to see how my hammering skills are going. Literally the only flaws I can see are extremely tiny scratches in the surface which are caused by me not having a small enough grit sandpaper to get all of them out. You can actually see some of those in the picture above. So far there is no marring of any of the letters or numbers on the inside of the ring. Hopefully I can keep it that way. Anywho, this ring is not for sale. 1995 is my birth year, and thus the ring is mine. Hopefully I'll be able to keep the quality at this level on my later pieces!If you would like to order a coin ring from me just send me a note and we'll discuss the details there!
Update: I got some more tools in today, among which is an excellent calipers, which has allowed me to file away the rest of the inside of the ring with a tolerance of less than .01 inch! I'm really loving the darn thing. I also got a sizing mandrel that I can use to find the size of the rings I make! Anywho, still no marring of the letters and numbers on the inside of the ring!
Comments and critiques are requested as I'm still very new to this!
pyroxyz out!
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Yeah, this one looks good! How do you make them?
Also, seeing as you're crafting stuff, consider making other things too! Like, try to melt pieces of lead, and then put them into cold water while they're liquid. See what happens.
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I basically use a hammer and slowly hammer out the edge of the coin I'm using until the letters and numbers are inside the bend. Then I drill out the center and use a circular file to file out the rest of the way and shape the inside of the ring so it's smooth and not sharp on the skin. Finally I sand out any scratches or dents on the outside surface and bevel the edges slightly and buff and polish it out! This type of ring is very time consuming because of the hammering and filing, and there are definitely ways that I can make it more efficient, but I'm still figuring all that out since this is only my fourth ring! I'm definitely getting the quality down, now I need to focus on efficiency so that I can actually make money off of these. As a side note, I think I've really under-priced this kind of ring.
Lol I don't think that would be safe actually! But I did see an idea for a necklace pendant using the folded ring technique.
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AH, I see! Well, efficiency comes with experience. And youtube tutorials...
Well, it is safe, if you keep your hands away. You don't need very high temperatures to melt lead. Huh, that's interesting too!
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Actually, the hot lead would cause the water around it to boil immediately, and such a reaction is often quite violent and could cause hot water to splash everywhere. That's what I meant.
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Nah, it's not that bad. I mean, you gotta take small pieces of lead, of course.
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Ohh so I take it you've done it before then??
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Not perswonally, but I've been present while someone else did/
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