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How is this done?
Laeger
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Anyone have a clue to how these coins are not completely destroyed in the process. I have hammered some out but it ruins the outside ring. Some of the ones in the video are a work of art.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDnnF0J6ix8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDnnF0J6ix8&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mikLcJmK54
If it is dealing with turning silver or gold coins into rings. We use to do it a lot back in the 70's.
We did it by taking a gold or silver coin and a heavy table spoon. Use the concave side of the spoon to strike the coin hard and work around the outside edge until it started to mushroom and form a lip around the coins edge. Once we got the design we were looking for. We would drill a small hole in the center and work it outward with a rat tail file and smooth it with fine sandpaper to fit whoever the ring was for. Wasted a lot of silver quarters making rings out of them.
You can practice with a non silver coin. But you will have a ring with a zinc (or whatever metal is used to make the coin) center ring bordering the outside edges.
will have to look to see if I can find one.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=coin+rings&_sacat=See-All-Categories
This one show how;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mikLcJmK54
Looks easy, I'll have to try that.
Thanks for the video.