Coin Ring

[JimInPhilly]

Made a coin ring last winter. Its a 1944 Walking Liberty Half Dollar.
Got the tutorial at the Whites MD site.
It was alot of fun and a very time consuming project


HH
Jim

[TerryETex]

Very nice. You may want to get with John Edmonton to exchange ideas.

[scott.f]

Nice job Jim. They are fun to make arent they?

[WThesing]

Jim,
I think all of the coin rings are neat, wouldn't yours be a little painfull to wear?

[hoser]

I'm gonna have to give this a try, I can see that. Nice job BTW.

[poptop]

I am going to try that one day but can't get myself to drill into a coin I found. Have tried to buy some junker coins but haven't found any so far. Used to make rings out of a large monel nut in machine shop. Could use stainless now.
pop

[Joe G]

I made one last year. Considering it was my first shot with a Kennedy half, I was pretty amazed that it came out round and it fit Nearly drove my wife crazy with the tapping though.

Started out with a spoon and graduated to a small (tack?) hammer. I banged the edge on a stainless steel block.


After getting the edge just right I had to smooth out the surface... So, I made this little bit to hold the coin in my dremel while I ran the edge over sandpaper (heavy to very fine grit).


To drill out and sand out the inside, I used some vice grip pliers and a piece of rubber that goes on the bottom of a leg on a chair. (so I wouldn't burn my fingers)


And here's the finished product. (yes, and one of my flies which I don't get a chance to use now that I MD every spare moment ) The picture really doesn't do it justice. It had a beautiful gloss to the finish (used some jewler's rouge). All in all, it's a nice winter project. Now if I could only make one of those "inside-out" rings that John-Edmonton makes. 3 tries so far and the last one came darn close to looking like a ring

[fastforty]

Awesome pictures and workmanship.

I read this thread last night & had to try it (it works ).

I started with a little copper headed tap hammer, maybe a few ounces. It seemed to take forever to just get the ridges flattened, so I moved up to a small, polished flat faced hammer that might weigh a pound or less. I let the weight of the hammer falling about three inches on each "blow" do the work, without additional force. It took about an hour to do that work, & with the help of a jeweler's saw & my dental handpeice, less then an hour to finish it out.

The macro setting on my camera is pretty tight, had to focus on the print or the near side shine, wouldn't do both in one pic.

Oh, a quarter makes a nice size 6 ring, & no, they are not uncomfortable to wear, you don't even feel the inside ridge.

Anyone wanna try this with say, a $10 Gold Peice & post some pics?

[beerdoodle]

silver quarter rings were the rage in the early 60,s everyone used teaspoons. The tapping was maddening tho.

[Swepty]

Can i use any type of coin? Does have to be prior to a certain year or something?

[fastforty]

Silver U.S. coins (1964 & prior) work well, later U.S. clad coins don't- they are just too hard & tough (they bend, crush, split, etc). You can try it with any manner of coin, but inferior alloys will give you fits.

[JimInPhilly]

Nice ring Fast40.

[Inkog]

I couldn't find the tutorial on White's site

Anyone got a link?

Thanks in advance,

~Gary

[Joe G]

Originally Posted by Inkog

I couldn't find the tutorial on White's site!

Anyone got a link?

Thanks in advance,

~Gary

Here you go...! Take a look at how I did it though.! !The spoon works! but it's slow; but then again you have to go a bit slow doing this.! I've only made the one ring (which I wear all the time).! If I can do it, anyone can

http://cleanstream.net/mirrors/coin_ring/

[Jason]

Good job! Anyone have any other links for jewelry parts? I would like to start doing things with my finds.

[cpa49707]

Isn't this considering defacing US Govt Property and illegal?

[Carol K]

Really, I've wondered that myself. But then, when I go to the fair, I see the machines that smash the pennies as souveniers, and so dismiss the idea.

[badboy]

This looks like a fun project, I will have to give it a try, Does the coin have to be silver?? And what is a machinist hammar and where can you buy one??

once you have a coin in your possesion you own that coin and can do with it whatever you wish , making a coin ring is perfectly legeal......

[booker]

Jewerly is legal