Coin Ring Crafting, in less than 10 minutes
2022 ж. 27 Шіл.
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This is how I make rings from US quarters in less than 10 minutes with only hand tools.
Tools used:
- Coin ring punch
- Brass hammer 2lb
- Deburring tool
- Ring mandrel
- Ring stretcher, reducing die only
- Dapping punch
- Flat punch
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Cool technique! Thank you for sharing!
I love watching this. So far it's only been 3 times.
I've spent about $300 and still cannot make a ring out of a 50 cent piece
Sorry to hear you're having trouble with coin ring making. Half dollars are a bit tougher to move than quarters, so they take more patience and slightly different tools. The older silver one's can crack easily too so they need to be annealed frequently. I typically use an arbor press, and swedish wrap dies for those coins. I'm happy to help if there's a specific part of the process you're hung up on.
Very impressive craftmanship sir!!!
Excellent information thank you
10mins no sweat with right Tools & Mandrel &... err..a rather large Anvil not to mention some considerable Skill... Great piece of work in the end...
Thanks, with even better tools I've done it under a minute. I've got a video of that too.
Grazie per la diffusione di contenuti e informazioni. Buon lavoro
Like making anything, you just need the right tools and understanding
I have tried different ways of making coin rings this is unique, great job.
Thanks I developed this method to do demonstrations while traveling at fairs and shows. I typically use a ring stretcher and press however.
Seriously cool!
Yes, nice video. I just subscribed. Thank you.
Awesome technique truly a craftsmans handiwork. "He has sealed talents in their hand"
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO. 🇺🇸👍🏻
This is a great demonstration! I can figure everything out myself from watching but I think seeing the steps as a basic text narration would do wonders for your audience.
So, you can figure it out, but others need words??? You're full of crap...hahahaha, get it? Crap...Mr. lover and studier of such stuff...hahahaha
Pretty cool!
I made a ring from a quarter of my birth year. It was silver. I used a steel soup spoon to mushroom out the fluted edge until it was the correct size and then drilled out the center. I wore it off and on for years until the date nearly wore off from my finger.
Very cool
This was really helpful knowledge for me, I'm hoping one day to be a bladesmith, making and selling rings like this is a great way for me to get started, to earn the money I need for the tools and knowledge for bladesmithing!
Dork 😂😂😂
Go for it! I actually got into jewelry because of bladesmithing. The jewelry side has been the more profitable endeavor in the long run.
@@beliedat2457 precisely 🤓🤓
You need a life@@beliedat2457
That's cool
Silver spoon handles make nice men's rings 😎
They’re pretty popular with the ladies too :)
Man the technique has changed from the sixties hasn't it. We used to beat on the edges with a spoon till it gets wide enough and then drill out the center and then take a rasp and bore it out to size sand it down polish it look like a real silver ring except for one thing your shows the whole thing ours didn't great job master
Yep that’s the old school way, it takes a bit more patience :)
Too cool I want one
How do I get onplse plse
I sell coin rings on my website Joshuathejeweler.com. Contact me if you don’t see what you’re looking for.
i need one of those brother
Bello grazie
nice
Nice job, where can I get the mandrel, pretty much have everything else. Don't think I could afford that anvil, she's a beauty. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! believe it or not I paid $100 for that anvil. It's a 240lb Colonial period Mousehole style anvil that was dug up in the suburbs of Durham NC. I got a deal to say the least. Vevor has some decent starter anvils at affordable prices. You can get a mandrel from any number of online stores, Amazon or Otto Frei would be my first recommendations. Make sure it's steel not aluminum or plastic.
Is there a huge market for rings made from quarter's? I see tons of videos on the subject .. are they lucrative at all?
Love it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻, what happens with the centre part of the coin?? 🤔
I’ve made some into earrings but I have quite a collection at this point.
Please explain the process as you perform it.
Excellent! But aren't you worried? That you'll scratch that gorgeous anvil!? LOL
A bit late for that I’m afraid haha. She’s lasted a couple hundred years already so I think she’ll survive.
Thats my type of coin ring making no 17 degree dies and cones or swedish wrapping lol
Wow
Where can I find a flat punch like that sir? Ty! Great video!
I happened to find this one in a parking lot, some kind of car part I guess. Any piece of flat steel bar or even an old hammer head may work similarly. If you have a press or ring reducer however I do recommend that over the punch for coin rings as you will get better control.
It appears to be a railcar brake lever pin (41 years as a railroader). They are hardened steel, but I’ve never one that was that flat on the end. Great vid btw! I’ve been making coin rings, bells & cowboy hats for a couple years, and found your procedure variation interesting! More than one way to skin a cat (or ring a coin)! Ha! Merry Christmas!
It might nice if you described what you were doing?
you took the detail off?
Kool
So where can we buy some ??
Do you make one's from old collectable silver quarters. I could supply some. Or how much are silver coin rings cost.
I do sell old silver coin rings. Online I have half dollar and Morgan dollar rings available, silver halves start at $127 for a ring. Feel free to send me an email, joshuathejeweler@gmail.com, with what coins you might be able to supply (I'll make a ring from your coin too if you so desire).
could the coin be pierced and rolled rather than taking a plug out of it so that a gold or silver coin retains its weight? i like the idea of the ring weighing its face value.
I haven't seen anyone do this successfully. The challenge is the inner material would be spread so thin it would crack very easily making it difficult to form the ring. That being said the punched pieces make nice earrings, tie tacks and cuff links. With larger coins like Morgan dollars I can even make a second ring from the center piece.
maybe using the purest k and heating to some point below melt although you would probably end up with a plain gold ring. it bears experimentation. the plug could be pressed back into the ring perhaps.@@joshuathejeweler
Why do you not heat them up and quench them? Whenever I dont heat, they start to tear?? Great process btw !
I've found with newer quarters (less than 25 years old) I can generally size them to about a size 9 ring without annealing. They will crack if over-worked and for larger sizes or older coins I will anneal them. When stretching the coin only stretch a little bit at a time and turn the coin about 1/8 of a turn with every stretch so you aren't overworking one area of the coin.
I've seen these video's and most of them heat the coin before forming it. What keeps yours from splitting? Nice video.
Newer coins are quite malleable, however they will crack if over worked. I find I can get most to between sizes 6 & 9 before they start to show signs of stress.
@@joshuathejeweler Ok, thank you for the reply.
Yep, have to drop it at least once on the floor.
Do you shave the back of your hands?
Pretty cool , the punch doubles as a ring sizer . Did you make the tools also ? Almost forgot nice anvil :-)
Thanks, I don’t make these tools myself. Yea I like my colonial anvil :)
Great video! What tools does one need to make these rings? Best place to purchase the tools? Thank you in advance.
Tools are listed in the description. I’ve ordered tools off Amazon, Etsy, and Otto Frei.
Can you only use certain coins, like not with a high zinc content
Most brass, copper, nickel, gold and silver coins will work for ring making if you are careful. I avoid steel coins and zinc pennies however. Steel can mar my tools, and zinc pennies just aren't very malleable and the copper cladding separates from the zinc interior.
My father took a coun and a needle, he hit the coin in the middel for days with the needle every so many days he wil use a thicker needle. it eventualy made a ring.
Easy to make with the tools
Where can I get you tools to learn how to do it properly myself
There’s many suppliers out there that make coin ring tools and jewelry tools, you can find most of the tools used in this video on Amazon, Etsy or EBay. Jason’s Works is a great brand for coin ring specific tools but can be a little pricey for some. For Jewelry tools I recommend Otto Frei and Rio Grande if you’re in the US.
I like green 😂
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Always ANNEAL!
This is extremely interesting to me however the investment in the anvil another tool working items seem to be a big expense for
The anvil is not required just a sturdy bench or even a stump. The remaining tools you should be able to find for around $200. Sell 20 quarter rings and you’ll make that money back pretty quickly.
I've heard of guys making rings out of silver coins in WW2 with just a spoon to round it with
yes and a drill to remove the center, that's the old school way. It takes some patience :)
I had a sailor show me a ring he made from a silver dollar. They tapped them flat on the ships rail, then drilled out the center. I made one for my pop but used a light hammer to round. It took me a long time but was unique.
That was my grandfather in WW2 in a Japanese POW camp. I have still have the quarter. Not a ring though.
My dad made a ring for my mother using a spoon. She still wears it and she’s 84.
My dad made his wedding ring out of a silver half dollar or silver dollar, I don’t remember which one, in about 1950 using a spoon. I was born in 52 so wasn’t there but my mom said it about drove her crazy, all the tap, tap, tapping.
Do you coat the inside with anything to keep it from turning your finger green
I don't coat my rings with anything. The green finger is minimal on clad coins, although noticeable. I know some makers use clear powder coat or uv resin but it's not worth the extra effort in my opinion for a simple quarter ring.
@@joshuathejeweler I think my wife is really sensitive to it or something. Her finger had some really bad staining from a modern quarter
@@josh88113 I guess the quarter had an alloy with more of copper. And it's the oxidization that usually leaves the stain. Blue to green. And that's toxic. Silver coins would be better option.
@@RajendraRajani I tried a 90% silver coin and she still got stains. She said it happens with sterling silver too. I’m gonna try some UV resin on it
@@josh88113 Great. My sister has somewhat similar problem. She's allergic to most metals (except gold) and has to wear resin strap wrist watch without metal buckle. I'll be happy to know how you fare with UV resin part. I'm in India and haven't come across the UV resin concept.
How do you keep it from turning your finger blue/green?
Don't get one so tight it cuts off the flow of blood ?
I don't do anything on these coins, nothing will prevent it long term and I fear some of the chemicals in coatings may be worse than the metal itself.
@Joshua The Jeweler I use clear nail polish on mine every 6mo or so, it works just fine. But I was just wondering if you had something better. Nice work, what is the silver coin cut off 1964?
@Don T. Ripfüller it's the metal content and not fitment
@@dont.ripfuller6587 has nothing to do with the size 😂😂😂😂😂
I want one like this price 🧡🧡🧡🤗
看起来很简单啊，好，我会了~哈哈~
I agree, 100 %...though 'simple' is a relative term, and it helps to have the correct tools. Can you make jewelry out of coins in China? The older ones already had a hole (square hole) in the center, easier start...hahahaha
Whats that matel cone shape thing called
It’s a ring mandrel
Howmuchisatring
What about smaller sizes? Looks like they all have to be size 10
for smaller sizes I simply press the coin into a smaller hole in the die. For larger I will use a ring stretcher.
Did you anneal the coin before?
Not usually for a standard quarter but I may for older coins as they tend to be more work hardened
Do you sell the rings?
Yes I sell silver coin rings on my website: Joshuathejeweler.com.
Is that anvil circa 1790s? Or circa 18-coolashell!?
Yeah, you know your anvils. Late 18th century Colonial for sure. About 240lbs. I bought it off a lady who dug it out of her yard in Durham, NC.
@@joshuathejeweler that's cool, brought back to life, looks amazing!
just about 2:24/2:26 I can see where the coin you started with split. You edited it out of the continuation and replaced it. Nice work in any case, I'm sure failures happen from time to time.
My camera is a little out of focus in those frames, but the ring shown at the end is actually the same one you see me working on from the beginning, no cracks. I don't exactly have a ton of 2017 Frederick Douglass quarters lying around :) Older coins are more prone to splitting, so I typically anneal those.
@@joshuathejeweler I looked again and what I saw was the edge of the ring you are wearing on your finger and it looked (I only saw it for a fraction of a second) as though the ring you are making split. I was wrong, thanks for replying and like I said, good work.😀😀😀
Do you sell coin rings you make ??
Yes I do on joshuathejeweler.com
No annealing?
Not for this one but I do anneal for older coins or larger ring sizes
Cool beans. But my father would say you're holding the hammers wrong 🙂
Isn’t it illegal to destroy money?
All that metal to metal contact you have with your die, Don't you lose a lot of detail?
Actually no, not with a modern quarter. The nickel is very tough and doesn’t deform much and the only part of the coin in contact with the die is the very edge of the outside and inside rim. Silver coins are a different story however because they are softer.
@@joshuathejeweler ty, I have never seen it done that way, I think I'll try it.
Wait! No annealing ??? Doesn't that increase the chance of cracking?
No annealing on this one, why waste time am I right? Yes it increases the internal stress in the material, older coins (pre-2000) I typically anneal first.
I have a 1961 dime. I want a ring made out of it. With the date inside. It's the year I was born.
I can do that for you, dimes make small rings, about size 5 max. If interested please contact me via my website: Joshuathejeweler.com.
im surprised it didnt split
Yeah newer coins have enough malleability to ring without annealing. If it’s old or needs to be stretched larger it will require annealing.
I have my grandfathers ring, Born in 1894. He said it was made from a coin. I wonder how they did it 90 to 100 years ago ???
Most likely he used the spoon tapping method, that's the old school way. Takes a bit of patience though.
It's weird that it is against federal law to destroy or deface paper currency. But not illegal to destroy coinage.
Old bills are regularly destroyed and it has been STONGLY suggested that nobody will ever face consequences for defacing US currency as long as they aren't trying to counterfeit bills.
I bet all those tools are pricey.
I'm pretty sure you could buy all the necessary tools for this process for under $250. That may be pricey for some.
Ok, now that you've shown how is it is let me buy one for $10... well $10.25 😂
Haven't you tried to anneal it, nickle is nickle.
I can make a ring in about 4 minutes without annealing, so that would just slow down production. Some older coins I may anneal or if I need to stretch to a larger size.
These coins are 80% copper with a nickel coating unless they’re the limited silver edition
Just go and buy. Thousand dollar set of tools
Coulda done it in under 2 if not so clumsy
I have another video under 1 minute :)
Sweet! Don't use current circulation coins though, it's technically a felony to deface legal tender.
I thought defacing currency was illegal.
Hmm, Disney's penny smashing machines didn't raise much of a ruckus
You realize this is literally illegal and you posted it for everyone to see 😂
It was illegal to deface coins until around the early 70s. Then the Federal Government decide that money is the peoples and they could do what they wanted with it. It just ceased to be money (legal tender).
My brother in christ, it is no longer the 1950s, try doing some research first 🤣🤣
@@acemator569 na I’ll do whatever I want. 😂 appreciate your concern tho.
Too bad you’re misinformed. It’s illegal to turn a penny into a dime, a quarter into a 50 cent piece, a half dollar into a dollar coin… that’s what’s illegal not this 😂😂
I’ll give you 50 cents for your quarter
Great! shipping is $15 in the USA ;)
It is his money. He can do anything he wants to. As long as he is not trying to put it back into circulation.
It's actually the Governments Money 😢
For everyone screaming it's illegal....it is not. You can do whatever you want unless you try to spend it as legal tender
I understand you do not know how to look up information. It's clearly written in federal law that until you attempt to spend the altered currency, no law has been broken.
@@davidmorse2149 Section 331 of Title 18 of the United States code provides criminal penalties for anyone who fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the Mints of the United States. This statute means that you may be violating the law if you change the appearance of the coin and fraudulently represent it to be other than the altered coin that it is. As a matter of policy, the Mint does not promote coloring, plating or altering U.S. coinage: however, there are no sanctions against such activity absent fraudulent intent. Since you are too fucking stupid to research anything
@@davidmorse2149 please keep going and show the world how stupid you are
@@davidmorse2149 you may want to quit when you're so far behind. You're really starting to sound stupid. I gave you what you asked for and it clearly spells it out for you
@@davidmorse2149 i get upset when idiots don't know how to comprehend what they are reading and then keep running their damn mouths. It's trump logic. Keep running at the mouth even when you're wrong. I could say grass is green and you'd be like nuhhh uhhhh
Very cool but illegal.
To make a 2 dollar ring.
$15 dollars shipping in lower 48.
It’s supposed to be against federal law to destroy currency
Never fails! Always someone misinformed saying this!
Soo annoying to see your anvil bounce. Looks like a 50 cent ring! 😂
Not helpful if you don't share the tools with us.
all the tools I used are listed in the description
@@joshuathejeweler Got it and thank you. Nice video.
That coin was possibly worth 25$ too bad you chopped it up
That coin was worth about 5 cents metal value (copper) and 25c monetary face value. But even if it was part of a silver proof set, which it obviously isn’t, it would still be worth only about $10.00. It’s far better off as a ring, lol.
More like $0.25. It's just a quarter or at least it was.
@@joshuathejeweler: I wish I could turn all my quarters into $20 rings, lol. I’d be richer than Rumplestiltskin!! Oh, and btw, what do you do with the centre punchout?
Look at coin collectors pricing you think it's worth that but it's worth more than you know.
@@dwaynechmielewski900: There were 482,000,000 (that’s nearly half a billion) 2017 US quarters minted and probably still in circulation…except the one in this video, lol. They have a value of 25c in circulated condition and 50c in mint uncirculated condition. As scrap metal they’re worth about 5c copper value. Even a solid silver mint condition proof is worth only $10 and there are half a million of those out there. It’s worth far more as a ring either way.
Impressive but not informative, wasted my time
This is the perfect example of defacing a coin for art which is a crime that if convicted could land you 5 years in prison. With this video as evidence I think a first year law student could get a conviction. Just saying you might want to think about what you post.
Dude who cares. Dont b hating! Those laws are garbage. They should b enforcing some other serious stuff. Get a freaking life. Josh u got mad skills thanx for sharing with us
Illegal to deface or mutilate U.S. coins. Federal law.
Key word in that law is "fraudulent" as in defacing it for the purposes fraud, not jewelry making.
Completely legal to change money into jewelry. The law about defacing is to cover making currency appear to be a more valuable piece of currency. Ie nickel to look like quarter or adding mint marks or errors to a less desireabe piece
Exactly, there is no intent to defraud. They sell coin jewelry at the US mint gift shop. And Disney's old penny smashing machines never caused a lawsuit.
FEDERAL CRIME! 🤣🤣🤣
Its against the law period....