silver ring out of a quarter

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Thenut

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had no idea what to get my mother for christmas, so i figured id make her something


doesnt seem hard. this is my first attempt (this is about 2 hours of hammering lightly)

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Hell ya! Something from the heart, that you make. Priceless!
 
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My 84yr old uncle has made dozens of rings from silver quarters. He would use a table spoon and roll the quarter on his leg. When he had it the width he wanted he would use his pocket knife to bore out the center. He made my mom's ring for my dad to give her when they got married.
That's awesome work @Thenut! Your mom should be extremely proud.
 
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Thenut

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My 84yr old uncle has made dozens of rings from silver quarters. He would use a table spoon and roll the quarter on his leg. When he had it the width he wanted he would use his pocket knife to bore out the center. He made my mom's ring for my dad to give her when they got married.
That's awesome work @Thenut! Your mom should be extremely proud.
damn, i couldnt imagine using a spoon and a pocket knife

this took some time, and i used a dremel tool and a hammer lol
 

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I've never seen this before- but I'd love to give it a try.

I remember my Granddad working on a buffalo nickle with me when I was a kid. He took a Dremel tool and started grinding away everything that was around the buffalo. We ended up with a pendent. Not nearly as cool as the ring- I like it.
 
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im going to give this another try

this time i will round out the edges with a hammer in the same fashion, and use a drill to start the hole

but instead of a hand file i will attempt to use some tungsten carbide bits i got for my dremel. these are supposed to work great on non-ferrous metals.

or maybe i will use the handfile and the bits for the end