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<p>[QUOTE="jtphantom, post: 269459, member: 9975"]Ive had enough interest from members about how I make my coin rings so I figure Ill put a link up here to where I learned it... its quite fun to do as a simple type of cold hammering ( without a forge ) </p><p> </p><p>but b4 u go and make a ring out of a half dollar I find they warp from the hammering ... but a fellow smith tells me that if u heat the coin to just below critical temp.. ( generally a cherry red ) and water quench that u can make if softer to work but also stop the warp.. I have not tested this method yet as I only make rings for women so far.. (not many guys want rings..lol) </p><p> </p><p>but heres the link for all who are interested </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/johnhuber/CoinRing/PhotoAlbum20.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://homepage.mac.com/johnhuber/CoinRing/PhotoAlbum20.html" rel="nofollow">http://homepage.mac.com/johnhuber/CoinRing/PhotoAlbum20.html</a></p><p> </p><p>I hope you all enjoy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jtphantom, post: 269459, member: 9975"]Ive had enough interest from members about how I make my coin rings so I figure Ill put a link up here to where I learned it... its quite fun to do as a simple type of cold hammering ( without a forge ) but b4 u go and make a ring out of a half dollar I find they warp from the hammering ... but a fellow smith tells me that if u heat the coin to just below critical temp.. ( generally a cherry red ) and water quench that u can make if softer to work but also stop the warp.. I have not tested this method yet as I only make rings for women so far.. (not many guys want rings..lol) but heres the link for all who are interested [URL]http://homepage.mac.com/johnhuber/CoinRing/PhotoAlbum20.html[/URL] I hope you all enjoy[/QUOTE]
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