Teaching myself a new hobby

Keith Willis

Keith Willis

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Been in the shop,trying to learn something new,these last few days.
I got a lot of practicing to do,but hey....I'll get there
The wide one,is a silver half dollar,the other is out of a silver quarter.
Little different on the outside,the small one has a taper.
What yall think.....not a knife,but,both were firsts for me.

God bless,Keith
 

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God bless,Keith
 
Keith,
They look really nice, I've wanted to make my own for myself and my wife, BUT I want to make ours out of MOKUME! Have you seen any of the rings Delbert has made? Check out his site, he makes beautiful stuff! The mokume he uses, is of course from his own making, and there is a lot more precious metals out there than I knew existed! Check him out, you can google Delbert Ealey....Not sure how to spell his last name, but I'm sure you can find him with a quick search on here.

The 2 you made are really nice, 1st or 50th! I'd be careful with the sharp bevels, it can be very uncomfortable for the fingers on the sides. REX
 
Nice work Keith , I made a ring in vietnam during some R&R . I also used a half dollar and the back of a stainless spoon , I swiped from the chow hall . I used the back of spoon for a hammer ............ You do some great work ...... Bubba
 
Lagrange said:
Keith I'd like to give that a spin if you could post the process....
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bubba-san said:
Nice work Keith , I made a ring in vietnam during some R&R . I also used a half dollar and the back of a stainless spoon , I swiped from the chow hall . I used the back of spoon for a hammer ............ You do some great work ...... Bubba
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That's the same process I've seen, though I used the inside of a fairly heavy spoon on a quarter.

Lagrange,
You basically just use a spoon to tap the outer rim/edge of the coin a million billion times while turning it between your fingers, until the edge starts to widen/roll outward. A spoon is the typical tool simply because it will give a round edge to the ring. A silver dollar or half dollar is typically used, one, because it's silver, and two because using anything smaller will not make the ring big enough for most adult fingers, as you can see in Keith's picture. ;)

As you keep tapping and rolling the edge, the diameter of the coin will shrink as the edge widens out to look like a ring. Once you get it to the diameter you want, you simply drill and ream out the center and you're good to go. I've seen one or two where the dates on the edge of the coin actually rolled into the inside of the ring. Pretty cool stuff.

A word of caution though: If you're not careful, you're likely to drive your significant other (and anyone else within a hundred yard radius) absolutely nuts with the constant tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap......

:hammer:
 
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