I'd be really careful posting these videos because it is against federal law what you are doing which is defacing and or destroying currency. And the fbi and treasury departments crack down hard on that. It wouldn't surprise me to hear that you end up getting a visit from the feds
@@jamescarpenter7161"Is it illegal to turn a coin into a ring? No. US laws state that it is illegal to deface or alter currency 'with the intention to defraud'" Quick googling told me otherwise
You're supposed to take a silver quarter and tap it constantly over and over with the bottom of a spoon. With a bounce. It forms a ring you can wear. Learned this in the 70s. Takes alot if dedication
I mean the pepetools stretcher is about 550$, you can pick up a set of 17° does for about 180$ from legacy coin ring tools that come with a coin punch, it’s not Siri but it’s still good. Then a 1 ton arbor press for about 50$, then the other miscellaneous tools for 60-100$ but there’s plenty of videos of how to do it on a budget
This tutorial is most beneficial to those who already make jewelry and have equipment. If you just want to make a ring for yourself, it’s not really worth setting up shop lol.
Interesting… I have purchased a couple.. they’re beautiful! I knew there was alot of work and science involved. Just wasn’t sure of the process. Very interesting!
Thanks Skyler! You got me started making rings 3 years ago. I've paid for all my equipment & then some using the skills you have demonstrated. May God bless you for your generosity! Sincerely, Mikee409
Fascinating! It would probably be way less expensive to just buy a pre-made ring than to buy all the equipment, if you just want one ring, which would be me.
I'm surprised you have all these press and forming tools.I suppose it's much quicker.We used to make these when I was an apprentice toolmaker.The coin was drilled on a lathe and then repeatedly hammered while rotating and annealed regularly.Same result but took a much longer time.
Cool video, but I couldn't handle the background music competing with the voice track for which is actually in the background. Had to bail halfway through the video.
It was a very long time ago so, I could be wrong. But I always thought I remembered kids, in machine shop making those things using just a central former and a planishing hammer? I don’t recall any dies and presses. I guess the result was a lot more primitive.
Wanted to make a quarter ring as my husbands wedding band. Dont own a drill and im not interested in buying one with the special bit but holy crap the auto puncher is 400$! And thats with only 2 sizes!
It's tonnes more work than the coin ring kits say it takes. Having ultra large fingers I stopped trying at one destroyed coin. I could practise but those coins are expensive and rare that I wanted done. Not Krager rands expensive but at ten dollars per coin and the year is rare.. the math don't lie.
That is a lot of information there Skyler 👍 I think I will leave this job to the professionals, and just stick to my metal casting! I will see you in your next video 👍
Thanks fellow Oregonian for all the info, Question you went from step 4 to Swedish wrap then back to the ring stretcher I'm try to make a step by step log for myself Thanks for the help
There are a ton of price points of getting in to this. You can spend a little or a lot depending on what you do. A complete setup will run around $3k. Here is my tool video A complete Rundown On All The Tools for Coin Ring Making ruclips.net/video/k8C0kXI9SR0/видео.html. Also I have a budget coin ring making playlist you should check out.
Skyler, help me😕 Everytime I get to the end of my coin ring.(without swedish wrap) I put it in the dome block to round roll the edges, only 3~4 mm above flush, and the bloody things squash sideways instead of rolling. I keep ruining the rings. It looks easy on youtube. For the life of me, I cant see what I am doing differerent. 50c 1966 Aussie round.
I would have a few questions to narrow it down. If you wanted, you can find my phone number on my website www.changeyoucanwear.net. Give me a call and let’s get it figured out!
Made my first clad quarter ring today. Just as described. Biggest lesson learned was you can't be timid with the ring stretcher. Trust that you've annealed correctly and go at it. :) Thanks, Skyler!
Hi Skyler. What coins , if any, can be annealed in Australia. My cousin made a ring out of a $1 coin in prison but i dont know if he anneald it or not. Cheers mate. Im a 1966 model so I guess for myself I would use a AU 50c silver round....or maybe you could make me one?
Thank you for this video, Skyler! I haven’t made a coin ring for about five years now. This was a fantastic refresher and motivator! Might very well get me back into the shop.
According to Title 18, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code, which sets out crimes related to coins and currency, anyone who “alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens” coins can face fines or prison time. The same goes for debasing - that is, decreasing the proportion of precious metals - in gold or silver coins struck or coined at an American mint. Buddy here is not only breaking the law, he is recording himself doing it and posting it on a public forum. Very smart !!!!
Why don’t you check out what word comes before the quote you started:) That word makes what I do totally legal. It’s the same as the penny smashing machines everywhere. Without fraudulent intent you’re good to go.
These coin ring guys are all con artists and this practice should be illegal. They cut a huge chunk of metal off the coin and charge people like $30 for a $7 coin that's missing 40% of the metal from the cutout. They have no skills to make a unique piece of artwork because they're just in the business of ripping people off selling them chopped up expanded coin doughnuts. If they had any courage or skill they'd design and make unique jewelry's from silver bullion but they never do.
Skyler, i really enjoyed the video! I ran across this and thought it would be cool to watch, now i want to learn this. I am getting close to retirement and need to find an additional income. I would be most appreciative if iwe could chat soon. Thank you, Paul
Sure thing. Feel free to call. My contact information is on my website www.changeyoucanwear.net. I’m m currently driving cross country so cell service is spotty in areas but if I have service I’m free to talk :)
So in step 1 which is it. Stretch the coin until the coin edge touches the ring mandrel, or stretch the coin until the coin is the right size larger than target?
but the prices are to much to bear !!!!!!!!!!! is there any (chepy Chepy) i mean i cant buy i cheap ring 300$ ! i don't like high Prices more than 20$ .
Skyler this is the most straight forward explanation of the process for coin rings that I have seen on the net, I use the same steps however I've never teflon wrap as much as you,I guess I've been lucky.
LOOKS NICE. BUT I WENT AND LOOKED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE BUY RING STRETCHING DIES AND MACHINES AND THERE ARE SO MANY HOW YOU POSSIBLY SELL THEM WITHOUT GIVING THEM AWAY.
I have a good start on this ring project. I have Teflon tape. Now all I need is a few common, easily accessible, tools. Hold on, I can just buy a ring.
Excellent video! Unfortunately, I don't have all those sweet Swedish tools, only the expander/reducer press. Any chance you could do a video using just a press and not all the cool Swedish dies?
So this is unrlated to coin ring making, but you seem to know your stuff. So here it goes, I'm going to try to resize my rng at home, i have a hard steel ring mandrel and a sizer, but should I anneal it first? It is tungsten with a rose gold core. Thanks, and nice videos
Really like your video. I had a old dime. It looked blackish. I started rubbing aluminum foil onto dimes surface. Turned out to be a 1944 dime. Why did the aluminum foil clean up the black dime to shiny.?
I have seen some incredible people make cool things with basic tools. With the tools that you have your ring was good as it should be. not as impressive with the machines. Sailors used to make morgan dollar rings with the coin and a spoon that is impressive
Question:If .999 Platinum is currently cheaper (by weight) than 14K gold and a ring can be made in a few minutes on a swaging machine, why are plain platinum rings with $350 worth of metal selling for $1800 while a 14K gold ring with the same metal value is selling for $640.
I don’t know. All I know is platinum weighs quite a bit more than 14k by volume so I don’t think you are comparing them by weight if the rings are the same dimensions. And platinum is more difficult to work with than gold. I personally don’t like working with platinum and usually turn down projects with platinum. For me it’s too soft and not fun to work with and it’s only slightly whiter than white gold.
@@CoinRingsfromTheMint As I type this, spot prices are $2024.5 for gold and $911.95 for platinum. Gold has a about a $20 lower premium on 1oz bars, where Pt premium is at 7.3%. When I look at unfinished 24k gold and 24k platinum rings which are same style and size on a bullion website, the gold ring weighs about 9% less and the gold ring costs almost twice as much. The premium over the relative spot prices are 65-75% for Pt and 59% for Au. When I look at identical 18K gold ($1518/oz) and Platinum finished rings on a consumer jewelry website, the platinum is sold at a much higher price and markup, while the platinum is only about 65% of the metal value of the 18k gold ring. My thought was to buy the unfinished platinum rings and then weld, size and polish them for about 1/3 or retail.
I make silver ones so that usually isn’t an issue. If you want to make the Cooper ones, there is no reliable long term solution. I always recommend silver for that reason.
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Be sure to check out my website for all the rings and other jewelry that I make! www.changeyoucanwear.net
I'd be really careful posting these videos because it is against federal law what you are doing which is defacing and or destroying currency. And the fbi and treasury departments crack down hard on that. It wouldn't surprise me to hear that you end up getting a visit from the feds
you do know that that's a federal offense
@@oliverhel9629no, actually it's not.
@@oliverhel9629 absent fraudulent intent, they don't care.
No, it's not!
Seriously, can we talk about the brilliance within the closing credits? …still laughing!! So good, so good…no more words.
So basically spend several grand for tools and dies and then it’s easy to do 🙄
And commit a federal crime.
@@jamescarpenter7161"Is it illegal to turn a coin into a ring? No. US laws state that it is illegal to deface or alter currency 'with the intention to defraud'"
Quick googling told me otherwise
Looks like it , nothing easy in your workshop without another one🙄
You're supposed to take a silver quarter and tap it constantly over and over with the bottom of a spoon. With a bounce. It forms a ring you can wear. Learned this in the 70s. Takes alot if dedication
@@joeblow8206🤣
Great job! I never tier of getting back to the basics.
Thanks!
It’s really the old Swedish method of making plumbers tape that should get a video.
Do the coins need to be silver, or can you use a standard mixed metal coin?
😊
Sure you can use non silver rings also!
Can you make a ring out of a Canadian loony or twony
I like to stick with silver or gold
The equipment would cost a bloody fortune...
I mean the pepetools stretcher is about 550$, you can pick up a set of 17° does for about 180$ from legacy coin ring tools that come with a coin punch, it’s not Siri but it’s still good. Then a 1 ton arbor press for about 50$, then the other miscellaneous tools for 60-100$ but there’s plenty of videos of how to do it on a budget
What would be the total investment?
@@akkibodolla I’ve built a cart on the giant jungle store of off brand stuff for a little around $400
This tutorial is most beneficial to those who already make jewelry and have equipment. If you just want to make a ring for yourself, it’s not really worth setting up shop lol.
I am not a ring maker but you give excellent presentation. To the point, thorough, well edited, and clear. Thank you.
Much appreciated!
Interesting… I have purchased a couple.. they’re beautiful! I knew there was alot of work and science involved. Just wasn’t sure of the process. Very interesting!
This is hardly arts and crafts per se when all that’s needed is dies,a press and a blooming great hammer.
Thanks Skyler! You got me started making rings 3 years ago. I've paid for all my equipment & then some using the skills you have demonstrated.
May God bless you for your generosity!
Sincerely, Mikee409
I love that!!!
I love that!!!
What would you charge to make me a ring out of a walking liberty
Knowing nothing, i feel like this is something i would like to have been doing all my life.
Fascinating! It would probably be way less expensive to just buy a pre-made ring than to buy all the equipment, if you just want one ring, which would be me.
How much money will it take for me to buy all them tools. To make coin rings + other stuff ccould u let me no
Check out my tool list video :) A complete Rundown On All The Tools for Coin Ring Making
ruclips.net/video/k8C0kXI9SR0/видео.html
Excellent presentation; you are a MONSTER "is like a master, but better"
Wow, thanks!
I'm surprised you have all these press and forming tools.I suppose it's much quicker.We used to make these when I was an apprentice toolmaker.The coin was drilled on a lathe and then repeatedly hammered while rotating and annealed regularly.Same result but took a much longer time.
Your videos are very explanatory! Thank you!
Thank you!
Cool video, but I couldn't handle the background music competing with the voice track for which is actually in the background.
Had to bail halfway through the video.
It was a very long time ago so, I could be wrong. But I always thought I remembered kids, in machine shop making those things using just a central former and a planishing hammer?
I don’t recall any dies and presses. I guess the result was a lot more primitive.
Another great video, as always, Skyler! Very clear and concise!
Wanted to make a quarter ring as my husbands wedding band. Dont own a drill and im not interested in buying one with the special bit but holy crap the auto puncher is 400$! And thats with only 2 sizes!
It's tonnes more work than the coin ring kits say it takes. Having ultra large fingers I stopped trying at one destroyed coin. I could practise but those coins are expensive and rare that I wanted done. Not Krager rands expensive but at ten dollars per coin and the year is rare.. the math don't lie.
So all you need is the expensive equipment......it's that easy
Make them with just a mandrel too
That is a lot of information there Skyler 👍 I think I will leave this job to the professionals, and just stick to my metal casting! I will see you in your next video 👍
You definitely can’t go wrong there! Casting is literally one of my favorite things to do :)
Sure, can you bring all your equipment to my garage this Tuesday.....
“We’re gonna take some 120 grit sandpaper”
coin collectors: 😬
How long would it take for you to make it from the start to putting it into the jeweller's pickle?
Thanks fellow Oregonian for all the info, Question you went from step 4 to Swedish wrap then back to the ring stretcher I'm try to make a step by step log for myself Thanks for the help
You take it back to the ring stretcher after Swedish wrapping in order to make it the proper size like in my 3 examples that I gave.
Wow so cool! Appox how much to invest in supplies and tools to get started? Do you have a link for the tools? Fantastic vid!
There are a ton of price points of getting in to this. You can spend a little or a lot depending on what you do. A complete setup will run around $3k. Here is my tool video A complete Rundown On All The Tools for Coin Ring Making
ruclips.net/video/k8C0kXI9SR0/видео.html. Also I have a budget coin ring making playlist you should check out.
Can you make a 12 inch ring out of 50 cent piece?
great job! What do you use to apply udas to darken the ring? thank you
If I sent you a walking liberty what would you charge me to make the ring
Excellent ! Makes me want to try one. 👍🏼👍🏼
Want change my job,
And create ring's like you
I don't have any of this stuff handy.. I guess I will have to buy one.
Thanks for another complete coin ring making video I enjoy the complete process
Right on thanks for the comment!
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO. HAPPY NEW YEAR IN 2023! 🇺🇸👍🏻
I thought the finish product looks golden,it seems like being sooked into used motor oil
Thank you! How much for all that Pepe gear?
When I was a kid the guy across the street would make coin ring using a spoon.
Skyler, help me😕 Everytime I get to the end of my coin ring.(without swedish wrap) I put it in the dome block to round roll the edges, only 3~4 mm above flush, and the bloody things squash sideways instead of rolling. I keep ruining the rings. It looks easy on youtube. For the life of me, I cant see what I am doing differerent. 50c 1966 Aussie round.
I would have a few questions to narrow it down. If you wanted, you can find my phone number on my website www.changeyoucanwear.net. Give me a call and let’s get it figured out!
Made my first clad quarter ring today. Just as described. Biggest lesson learned was you can't be timid with the ring stretcher. Trust that you've annealed correctly and go at it. :)
Thanks, Skyler!
Used to watch inmates making coin rings with a spoon as the hammer.
Right n I want one but the tools are probably too expensive
Step one, have all the expensive machines and tools. Step two, you obviously don't have all those machines and tools so this is a waste of time.
I’ve got quite a few videos for other methods that don’t require all the tools. This is for people who want to make the higher quality ones
Hi Skyler. What coins , if any, can be annealed in Australia. My cousin made a ring out of a $1 coin in prison but i dont know if he anneald it or not. Cheers mate. Im a 1966 model so I guess for myself I would use a AU 50c silver round....or maybe you could make me one?
The 5 cent trough the 50 cent are all able to be annealed. All the gold ones have aluminum in them and I wouldn’t anneal those.
I am so thankful and happy that you published this video! What an amazing and thorough turtorial!! THANK YOU!!!
You are so welcome!
like one made from a 1962 Churchill coin
Thank you for this video, Skyler! I haven’t made a coin ring for about five years now. This was a fantastic refresher and motivator! Might very well get me back into the shop.
Right on!
Good
@@CoinRingsfromTheMint po k
According to Title 18, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code, which sets out crimes related to coins and currency, anyone who “alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens” coins can face fines or prison time. The same goes for debasing - that is, decreasing the proportion of precious metals - in gold or silver coins struck or coined at an American mint.
Buddy here is not only breaking the law, he is recording himself doing it and posting it on a public forum. Very smart !!!!
Why don’t you check out what word comes before the quote you started:) That word makes what I do totally legal. It’s the same as the penny smashing machines everywhere. Without fraudulent intent you’re good to go.
These coin ring guys are all con artists and this practice should be illegal. They cut a huge chunk of metal off the coin and charge people like $30 for a $7 coin that's missing 40% of the metal from the cutout. They have no skills to make a unique piece of artwork because they're just in the business of ripping people off selling them chopped up expanded coin doughnuts. If they had any courage or skill they'd design and make unique jewelry's from silver bullion but they never do.
I guess you might be to self righteous to actually look at my channel then :)
Just curious. So laws no longer apply, do not apply in this particular situation, or are not enforced when it comes to intentionally defacing coins?
It’s not illegal to alter a coin without fraudulent intent
Don't want to heat sorry i've seen done without Bye
You know defacing money is a federal offense!!! I don’t care…but it is! Regardless the rings look great! Expect a secret service call any day now…lol
No fraudulent intent so it’s totally legal. Just like the penny smashing machines :)
Have to sell a heck of a lot of these to warrant all the eqpt.
That's true, so that's probably why he mostly sells gold rings and jewelry lol.
Skyler, i really enjoyed the video! I ran across this and thought it would be cool to watch, now i want to learn this. I am getting close to retirement and need to find an additional income. I would be most appreciative if iwe could chat soon. Thank you, Paul
Sure thing. Feel free to call. My contact information is on my website www.changeyoucanwear.net. I’m m currently driving cross country so cell service is spotty in areas but if I have service I’m free to talk :)
Thanks really enjoyed this.
So in step 1 which is it. Stretch the coin until the coin edge touches the ring mandrel, or stretch the coin until the coin is the right size larger than target?
Both have to be true. It has meet both criteria in order to be successful.
but the prices are to much to bear !!!!!!!!!!! is there any (chepy Chepy) i mean i cant buy i cheap ring 300$ ! i don't like high Prices more than 20$ .
There’s always Wish :)
....with every tool already necessary
I wish coins would fall out of my ring.
Beautiful work and nice video. Very informative.
Thank you!
Skyler this is the most straight forward explanation of the process for coin rings that I have seen on the net, I use the same steps however I've never teflon wrap as much as you,I guess I've been lucky.
Right? I really tried to boil it down to exactly what was needed! And I know I tend to use more Teflon than I need but I just can’t help myself lol!
Can u write a description of your tools and q
Where we can purchase them?
I made a tool list video a few years ago. Check out my older videos and you’ll see it.
wow 1942 the year i was born🛀🛀
LOOKS NICE. BUT I WENT AND LOOKED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE BUY RING STRETCHING DIES AND MACHINES AND THERE ARE SO MANY HOW YOU POSSIBLY SELL THEM WITHOUT GIVING THEM AWAY.
I don’t sell them lol
Nice one Skyler 👌🏾 I am sure this video will be very very helpful for someone starting up.
Thanks pusa!
What dose all the equipment cost ?
Hi like your videos how do I keep my ring looking silver after ennealing
You can pickle it in order to clean it if it’s silver or gold. Pepe tools sells bench basics smart pickle. That’s what I use.
I have a good start on this ring project. I have Teflon tape. Now all I need is a few common, easily accessible, tools. Hold on, I can just buy a ring.
How much for would it cost me to buy supply the coins and what do you do with the leftover gold or silver?
It depends on the coins. Feel free to contact me through my website www.changeyoucanwear.net and we can get all that sorted!
Where we can buy the tool set good job
Excellent video! Unfortunately, I don't have all those sweet Swedish tools, only the expander/reducer press. Any chance you could do a video using just a press and not all the cool Swedish dies?
Thank you. Respond me back I will like to order one ring for me. Seize 8 dollar coin Let me know please
You can order through my website www.changeyoucanwear.net. Thanks!
I guess I was expecting it to be the old school way you know by hand this is cool too but not necessary
Can you please give me a list of all tools you used to make these rings. How much would I be looking at?
Check out my tool list video!
If a size 15.5 is the target, how to stretch two sizes up when stretcher maxes out at size 16. Thx.
The mega stretcher from Jasons.works :) It goes over your stretcher and lets you keep going.
Have you ever tried using a one ounce platinum coin?
Yes! I made a few videos using them.
BTW this is illegal in Australia.
Thanks. This is great but can you give tips to the average guy using common tools ?
Check out my older videos. I have a ton of those.
So this is unrlated to coin ring making, but you seem to know your stuff. So here it goes, I'm going to try to resize my rng at home, i have a hard steel ring mandrel and a sizer, but should I anneal it first? It is tungsten with a rose gold core. Thanks, and nice videos
Awesome video! I’m always learning when I come to your channel.. have a wonderful Fathers Day!
Thanks JT!
Really like your video.
I had a old dime.
It looked blackish.
I started rubbing aluminum foil onto dimes surface.
Turned out to be a 1944 dime.
Why did the aluminum foil clean up the black dime to shiny.?
Hello, excellent. Question, do you use
The Swede wrap after you use the 17 degree fold? Then after Swede dies then stretch? I got a little confused
Thanks for sharing your process in a manner all of us could follow.
My pleasure!
You ever tried to make a bracelet out of a US Mint 5 oz ATB quarter??
I can’t say that I have!
Do you have a step by step booklet
What is the white soap looking stuff you used on the edge of the coin before you put it in the stretcher reducing die?
That is Pepe lube
Hey bro still do you make it. For. Sell or by order. Let me know please. Thank you. I like it. ❤
Yes I do! www.changeyoucanwear.net
You don't need a ring streather
in Australia you can go to jail if you deface the queens property - look it up
nope.
Awesome! I always wondered how those were made! Thanx!
No problem!
I have seen some incredible people make cool things with basic tools. With the tools that you have your ring was good as it should be. not as impressive with the machines. Sailors used to make morgan dollar rings with the coin and a spoon that is impressive
Question:If .999 Platinum is currently cheaper (by weight) than 14K gold and a ring can be made in a few minutes on a swaging machine, why are plain platinum rings with $350 worth of metal selling for $1800 while a 14K gold ring with the same metal value is selling for $640.
I don’t know. All I know is platinum weighs quite a bit more than 14k by volume so I don’t think you are comparing them by weight if the rings are the same dimensions. And platinum is more difficult to work with than gold. I personally don’t like working with platinum and usually turn down projects with platinum. For me it’s too soft and not fun to work with and it’s only slightly whiter than white gold.
@@CoinRingsfromTheMint As I type this, spot prices are $2024.5 for gold and $911.95 for platinum. Gold has a about a $20 lower premium on 1oz bars, where Pt premium is at 7.3%.
When I look at unfinished 24k gold and 24k platinum rings which are same style and size on a bullion website, the gold ring weighs about 9% less and the gold ring costs almost twice as much. The premium over the relative spot prices are 65-75% for Pt and 59% for Au.
When I look at identical 18K gold ($1518/oz) and Platinum finished rings on a consumer jewelry website, the platinum is sold at a much higher price and markup, while the platinum is only about 65% of the metal value of the 18k gold ring.
My thought was to buy the unfinished platinum rings and then weld, size and polish them for about 1/3 or retail.
Is it possible to put some kind of coating on the ring so it won't turn your finger green?
I make silver ones so that usually isn’t an issue. If you want to make the Cooper ones, there is no reliable long term solution. I always recommend silver for that reason.
sailors made these over a couple years with only simple tools...
True :) I have one that was made in ww2
Is this legal? Defacing U.S tender?
As long as there is no fraudulent intent, coins are fair game.
Sweet!
That’s how to do a no BS training video.
Well done!
Appreciate it!
What's a disposable jewelry wipe, is it weiman silver wipes?
Any silver wipe will work