Making a ring from a regular coin

Want to make a girl a gift, but not enough money? It's okay, because you can make a very beautiful decoration from an ordinary coin, using the simplest tools that everyone has at home - a drill and a tablespoon. True, the process is long, it is desirable to choose a coin from an alloy softer.

It is better not to take coins with nickel and copper, because they can cause allergies. Silver is best.

There are different instructions on the net. There are several ways, the easiest way is to tap the edge (coin edge), gradually turning it.
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Usually, a hammer is used for such forging, but American craftsman Shane Walton (Shane Walton) says that it turns out more accurately if you knock on a herd instead of a hammer ... with a tablespoon: he published step-by-step instructions on how to do it.

Production time: from 6 to 50 hours.

At the first stage, you need to drill a small hole in the center of the coin and insert a wedge into it, with which we will hold the coin during forging.



Then a few hours tapping with a spoon around the edge, turning the coin. The duration of the procedure depends on the softness of the metal. The ring gradually becomes thicker and smaller in diameter. We continue to forge until it reaches the desired size.



At this stage, it is convenient to grind the outer side of the ring, putting it on the drill bit. Use the sandpaper, rotating the ring on the drill.

After that, it remains to remove the material from the center of the coin, in any possible way: using a drill, grinder, file or other tools.



All the tools that were used in the process, Shane Walton photographed. The ax blade was used as a stand on the knees during the forging process. To polish the product, he took a female nail file.



Some steps and small tricks in the manufacturing process are shown in the tutorial from another craftsman who tried to capture the process on video.

Well, for more professional products that retain the original coin pattern, you will have to use a more technically sophisticated method .



The ring made by your own hands looks no worse than jewelry from the jewelry salon, and for a girl such a gift will be even nicer, considering how much time you have spent on it.