Difference between revisions of "Jewelry Station"
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== Documentation == | == Documentation == | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htO9uEI6HPw The basics of starting a coin ring] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htO9uEI6HPw The basics of starting a coin ring] | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRjgtgFUD2y2fZ7Q0wQxnlA More techniques and skills] | ||
| + | (If you want a PDF manual from Jason's Works, you'll have to pay about $20.00) | ||
== Training == | == Training == | ||
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At various points in the process the metal should be annealed to prevent the metal from becoming too brittle due to cold working. When the coin should be annealed is somewhat subject and no exact rule exists. The hardness of the coin will depend on the type and the year it was minted. For example, silver half dollars minted up to 1964 are made with more silver and less copper than silver half dollars minted afterwards. | At various points in the process the metal should be annealed to prevent the metal from becoming too brittle due to cold working. When the coin should be annealed is somewhat subject and no exact rule exists. The hardness of the coin will depend on the type and the year it was minted. For example, silver half dollars minted up to 1964 are made with more silver and less copper than silver half dollars minted afterwards. | ||
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Revision as of 16:58, 29 March 2019
This Jewelry Station is a set that allows one to turn a coin into a fashionable ring for either yourself or a loved one. Through a process of punching of hole size reductions, forming and polishing, it will bring forth a finished masterpiece in the shape of the ring that you can be forever proud of.
The current Ace of the Jewelry Station is Aiden Teague (ateague23@georgefox.edu).
Documentation
(If you want a PDF manual from Jason's Works, you'll have to pay about $20.00)
Training
There are a wide variety of videos on ring making. The basic process is composed of 3 steps.
1. Punching a hole in your coin. 2. Folding the coin. 3. Sizing the ring.
At various points in the process the metal should be annealed to prevent the metal from becoming too brittle due to cold working. When the coin should be annealed is somewhat subject and no exact rule exists. The hardness of the coin will depend on the type and the year it was minted. For example, silver half dollars minted up to 1964 are made with more silver and less copper than silver half dollars minted afterwards.
[Insert step-by-step process here with pictures]