Watching a perfectly good coin get destroyed like that made me want to throw up. The activity portrayed in the above video should be a Class 2 Felony and Detecto's Historical Coin Protection Act should be amended to include coins not just from the United States but from every country.
that looks cool but there are other ways to make them. i have never seen someone have to do machining to make one. http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Ring-from-a-Silver-Coin
I mentioned this video to a friend, and he gave me a link to someone who hammers out two-sided rings. If you read the opening paragraph, you will also learn that his work is being displayed at the US Mint in Philadelphia. Chris http://www.etsy.com/shop/SpiritualFlyer
I agree, first time I have ever seen it machined. I have wanted to try the spoon/mallet method for a smooth ring, but I also have an article on making the double sided ones. I doubt they would turn out as good as the ones Chris posted just because I only have scrounged items to use rather than specialized equipment.
Why what? I supported Detecto's Historical Coin Protection Act when he proposed it last October and after having seen the above video I support it even more now. Destroying old and historic pre-1965 coins by milling, bending, carving, melting, etc. should be a felony. Only the government that issued a coin to begin with should be allowed to destroy it. Even then the only time a government should only be able destroy a coin is if it is damaged.
I particularly like the rings made from half dollars: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odk...1313&_nkw=half+dollar&_sacat=110666&_from=R40
I destroy about $50 face of Mercs, walkers and Franklins every month (anything silver really). You can't save every tree and you can't save every coin. I won't get them all but I'm doing my best.
1) Wow, I wish I had all those metal working tools. 2) Look at all the silver shavings flying everywhere! Breaks my heart. 3) I like the two-sided rings much better.
I think he is talking about 3:10 in the video when the guy starts to round the edges of the ring on the spinning thing (is it a lathe?)