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I absolutely love your videos! I have been making rings for a while, but I still learn something new every video that you post! What I love even more is that you give Jason credit where credit is due and not to the "other guy". I hope to see you at next years Coin Ring Crafter Convention!
Ive used 3 different type of presses in my working life, I am in the Aerospace industry. telling this to bolster the use of the arbor press. Ive used two different type of 50 ton presses. Hand pump type and electric hydraulic. Then the arbor. For small applications such as making rings in this fashion the arbor press is best because you can feel your work! You can somewhat with a hydraulic type, but the arbor is the best for feel and control. Ive watched a bunch of different videos from different people and their methods and what has amazed me is you are the first I have seen of someone finally using a small arbor press..Good choice, its an excellent tool. Haven't made any rings myself yet. Gathering info. Yes I do have an Arbor press. Look around for them, I got mine off of Craigs list from a machine shop where a guy was retiring. Paid 40 bucks.
+sfbfriend amber presses are good for sure but if I were to buy just one press it would be the 6 ton a frame press. It actually has much more control. With an Arbor it takes more force to use and you can accidentally over press. That isn't an issue with a hand pump hydraulic press.
Very interesting. I'm super r impressed. My mother makes silver and gold jewelry with stones. This is really cool. I'd like to try it my self. Thank you.
your right about not needing much force to press i couldn't wait for the dies to come out so I spent some time at the machine shop Makin up my dies an there great an i had my push rods made from aluminum an its working very well its really amazing how easy this method works
The reeded side did leave marks the first time but other than that I haven't seen that its getting any worse an I've made it seems like tons since I've got them back from the machinist I've been Makin alot of the wide straight band with a 3/8 hole an small fat tire side for the ladies I thought the Morgans in the smaller sizes would just be to heavy but all the ones I've put out they won't take them off or have any complaints about weight
+Cory Canfield That is great. Yeah I figured that too but I have been selling a ton of smaller Morgans and not an issue at all. Some people really like big rings.
Thank U 4 ur insight & informative Vids. to take Us through ur techniques and great workmanship! I'll be saving up to purchase one soon. Maybe the 'Walking Liberty'. I hope I can reach you somehow with a few questions.
hello...and have to say awsome!!!...I really enjoyed watching the video...my respects on your craftsmanship......I think I know what I want this year for Christmas!!!....
When all was said and done with this size 8 ring in the video, what size did the cut side of the ring turn out to be? 8.5-8.75? It was larger then 8, right?
The finished ring looks absolutely beautiful. One question, why don't you file the outer edge of the coin away to match the inside of the ring? I did two quarters yesterday and they look good but a little strange with both sides not being smooth. Personal preference maybe? Thanks Skyler, another older but great tutorial.
@@CoinRingsfromTheMint Ok, I like it and all the ones I see have the edge but I just wondered. My wife prefers no edge but she always tries to be different, lol. Thanks Skyler.
Seems like science, math, and a generous dose of artistry. I was impressed that you must be so talented and skilled to be able to explain with such clarity a complicated process. Very cool and well done. I just still don't understand why after the gold is heated and cooled, it still is so malleable. Is that because properties of gold are so different from say, Iron? Asking for a friend...
+Joel Buchanan Yes non ferrous metals act different than ferrous metals like iron and steel. Annealing is totally different. If you don't anneal silver or gold, it gets harder as you work it and then will crack.
Please install a vertical support directly under your arbor press. It shouldn't take more than a tightly fitted 2×4 from the underside of the bench to the floor beneath to eliminate all that flex you can see in the bench to when you use the press.
I don't watch your videos but I liked this one nice point on wrapping with a lot of tape, and the use of the domeing block at the end...also the sizing chart. Thanks for the informative video
+Brandon RideOrDie yes I do gold! My best tip is just work slow and don't use old gold if you can. The modern coins come out better and have less issues
+kayla mickel Yes a Swedish wrap is exactly what to use to get s size 6 half dollar. Here is s video that explains which dies,for halves. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IdExeXuOBcw.html
i don't know if i should ask you this here but +Coin Rings from The Mint - Change You Can Wear do you, by any chance, ship international via you're storefront?
This is cool! I've been looking at various channels on how they're made and yours seem to be the best of the bunch. I especially like the care and detail you put in protecting the coin as you make the rings. Do you make them to order or do you have them pre-made? Thanks, FB
Cool! If I ordered a ring, would you make a vid of you actually making it so I can show my friends and family? All I'd have to do is whip out my cell and show them. :) I think they'd like it enough that they'd order one for themselves?
Have you had any requests for a video on the SAE Sweedish process? I have many of the SAE coins but no Morgan's. I'm in the process of finding/buying some Morgan's. My SAE are 99.9% pure silver and I know they are more difficult/temperamental because they are so soft.
Skyler, I'm planning on making a ring from a Tunisian Mallima 50 piece coin. It is made of brass, and I am unsure of how much to anneal brass, any tips? Thanks :)
السلام عليكم ورحمه الله وبركاته يا ريت بعد اذنكم يقولوا لنا الخامات والعده اللي بيشتغل بها نقدر نحصل عليها منين انا عمتي من جمهوريه مصر العربيه ام العالم كله وليه البرنامج ما يبقاش مدبلج او يبقى فيه تحديث باللغه العربيه بصراحه الاخ اللي شغال استاذ ومعلم و باشا الله ينور عليك شكرا لكم جميعا يا ريت تردوا علي
I tried contacting you via your website, not sure if it went through or if I sent multiple messages. If someone were to supply with the coin they wanted made into a ring, would you make it for them (obviously if they paid)? Do you still offer classes/tours? sorry if this was a duplicate message from one (or many) you received from my post on your page.
+hapsblog Sure I can do that for you! If the email wasn't going through, you can always give me a call. There is a phone number on the contact page also. Thanks!
Off topic here....What is that thing in front of the Swedish wrap kit on your bench? It looks like a railroad spike on one end. Beautiful work. Keep it up.
This is totally unrelated to the "Swedish Wrap"! Do I recall that you had made an adapter, for your ring stretcher, that accommodated ring sizes larger than 15/16? I have been going thru videos trying to relocate that one. Again, not sure if it was you? If so, could you let me know which video that was. Thanks!
+Keith Regan yeah I showed it in the long morgan video but here is the video where I made it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ty2eecuXX4A.html Jasonsworks.com has a mega stretcher which I use now and it works much better.
+BIll Broyles I should do another video on that. I noticed that different grit nail blocks make really different results. Mess around with different brands and grits until you find one you like. Thanks!
You call what you are doing annealing, but annealing, as I understand it, requires cooling the metal slowly. You are quenching instead, which will make the ring harder, not softer (it sounded like the latter was your goal).
+Scott Gartner That would be right with steel or other ferrous metals. Silver and copper along with other non ferrous metals can be quenched with no hardening.
+Coin Rings from The Mint - Change You Can Wear Right on. Thanks for the reply. I ask because my in a class I took, the teacher was very adamant about cleaning after annealing. I believe it was to avoid working the dirt into the metal. Thoughts?
+SmokeyJoe024 Everyone who works at craft has specific idiosyncrasies that might not have a purpose. I know I do also. This is what I'm assuming is going on there :)
Hello my name is Manoel I'm Brazilian and I find your art amazing with the coins ... I would like to deduct two rings, for me and my wife ... For her 18 cm and for me 20 cm. thanks for the feedback.
Hi, We dont have dollars in my country let alone a Morgan Dollar. Please can you make me one of those rings, if so how much will you charge me. Rgds Lucio
+Lucio Carrozzo You can go to a jewelry store and get sized. I can convert it from there. Contact me through my website though. I miss comments here all the time.
I love your work. I wanted to let you know, you probably already know but it's worth a mention... You don't have to necessarily buy MS Morgans you can get AU or even a bit lower in grade. Because you are destroying the MS which is the luster on the coin you don't have to use a Ms coin. Keep up the Great Work and I've subscribed so I get your videos now. Also. I see comments about how it hurts to see you destroy Morgans, but they must not know how many there truly are out there.
I don't know man....this looks a little cooky....why wouldn't some sockets and reducing ring that comes with your mandrel work? Stacking things on top and not seeing if the coin is even would be a major problem. Doesn't this method also squish the raised details on the ring and flatten it all out???? Would make this very hard to patina wouldn't it? I see holes in this technique, sorry man. cool video though
+A C nope it doesn't hurt the details one bit if you wrap the coin properly. If you follow the notes I made in the video you won't need to see the coin. Sockets damage the die if you over press. Also the reducing plate is way too shallow of a die to work well.
You do the rounded look when you complete the coin? Just curious as the finish product looks pretty rounded to me as the reverse force would make more of a straight band look. I think sockets would be the same concept here as long as you protect the reeded side and reduce to make sure it is a good fit. The mandrel dies come in various sizes as well...so if you are reducing by mandrel just get it to the desired size. I don't know about you but not being able to eyeball the coin while reducing it would increase the chance for uneven, wobbly rings.
Yes I watched the video and it is cool as heck. I wasn't trying to be hating just some questions. I'm going to do one with my die from my mandrel....1964 Kennedy and see. I will do a size 8 see what happens. It a genius idea. I will just use smaller sockets as it goes down. Great videos.
+Henrik R Here is a video that goes over it. You can also use a nail sanding block instead if the steel wool. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pvpdp4ZBe94.html
