Everyone needs to chill out. This is a nice man trying to help people. It’s not okay to come over here and talk bad about someone sharing their ideas. If you don’t like the video, then don’t watch! Good video sir.

My poor husband's band looks just like his did before he took it off,lol. That's a man who's been wearing that wedding ring for decades!! My husband's wedding band has literally never been taken off in over 3 decades. His is getting kinda tight & I was searching to see if there was a way to make it slightly larger and this did the trick! Well worth watching. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video to help us out. I know they look easy to do but they take much longer then most know. Again, THANK YOU!!

I want to thank you for your video. I’ve had a ring for 5 years that was too small I used your technique today and Voila!!! IIT WORKED!!! 🤗

Fold a piece of cloth over and over, so that you have 4 layer or so. Then place that over the ring before hitting with a hammer. It will soften the strike marks.

I can't thank you enough for this video. I have no choice but to take a ton of medication and within 2 years I ballooned from a size 2 to a size 20!!! Talk about being depressed!!! But at least now I can fix my rings and feel a bit like my old self again. Thank you again!!! Jessica

Thanks for creating this video! You saved me a ton of money. I was told the price to resize my rings, would be $60.00 for each ring. So thanks Again.

I purchased a solid steel mandrel from Amazon and this method worked very well for me. Thanks so much for posting.

This worked perfectly for me. It did not damage my ring, and it now fits perfect. Thank you!

I have a friend who has been doing this herself for years and it does work! Thank you for your video!

If you use a Rawhide Mallet it won't dent your Ring.

I tried it and it worked perfectly. Thanks again!

Fantastic tutorial, exactly what i needed. I was even able to get some costume jewelry rings to go up half a size on an aluminum mandrill.

Actually it works you want to use a rubber mallet and tap it from the top edges slowly and gently it will come up a half size or better without damaging careful not to much ring will break can only stretch so far.

Damn!!! that was his solution, no one has to try it, thank you for your video, as you can see there are a lot of asses in the world today, with no respect for anyone especially the elderly

This is great advice! I inherited a beautiful one of a kind 16th century gold ring from my grandfather's estate. I'm not sure of the value because I haven't had it appraised. The only problem is it doesn't fit me. Now I think I'm going to go beat it to smithereens with a claw hammer.

If it's a noble metal, such as silver or gold of a certain purity, or copper, or any soft alloy, you should probably use a hard plastic hammer. It will do the job, maybe take a little bit longer, but it will surely leave no marks on your jewel.

No need to hit it with anything. Use any smooth parallel steel bar or tube that fits through the ring and is long enough to apply firm pressure with hands either side. Roll it on a wooden block (rolling pin style). Cover the contacted part of the bar with paper so the ring is protected and slides. This simply stretches soft metal like gold and silver. Obviously only do part rotations if its a gemstone top, wedding bands are easier.

How is this easy? No one has that metal thing at home! Besides u damage the ring this way

Let me preface this by saying I'm a beginner, but I have learned a few important lessons through my own mistakes: please don't try this with a standard hammer. You need a soft mallet, preferably nylon. The nylon has just the right give and stiffness to expand the inner circumference without damaging the outside of the ring. Another consideration is the fact that "work hardened" metals tend to break when worked beyond a certain point. Once hardened, if you need to make adjustments, a jeweler would typically soften the metal through the process of annealing, which takes time and is much more difficult than work hardening. His statement about using this method with rings that have stones set in them stands - the vibration from the impact could knock them loose. That leaves you with three options: remove the stone, cut and solder, or take it to a jeweler. Even if you were to cut and solder, you would probably have the skill and tools necessary to remove the stone from the setting, in which case you should. If risk of damage can be minimized, always take the time, otherwise you may end up spending more in the long run, or cause more cost in repairs than the ring is worth. Whether its an expensive ring or just a deeply sentimental heirloom of little value on the market, never risk this on your own without proper research and practice. Best of luck to anyone out there that attempts this! Practice on scrap first, and enjoy the journey of your art :D

a little note: ring comes off even better if you hold your had up (less bloodstream), and best to turn the ring after 'soaping' it.

had my dad do this for me and it worked like a charm. thank you!

Married 40 years my ring was getting tighter and tighter tried to take it off so I could take it to a jeweler, I STARTED to panic lol so I iced it and soaped it up and almost poppin my finger out of joint lol I got it off OH MY GOD. So it's been off for a couple days i put it on my pinky finger then i decided to try KZfaq and here i am I'm going to go on AMAZON Right after i post this. THANK YOU VERY MUCH KIND SIR. GREAT VIDEO 😁👍

Just watched this video,went out to the garage,grabbed my SOFT FACE MALLET (Harbor Freight) and bashed my very thick silver ring on my $10 mandrel and it worked GREAT - Thanks for this video

I had a ring shaped like the Lord of rings style, after trying your method my ring is all flat now😊

I believe you should only hammer the metal rod instead on the ring, that's what my jeweler did to resize my rings

Thanks! Done, took me 5 minutes. I used a socket wrench handle that has a curve on it and hammered it lightly, sanded it down with 2500 waterpaper.

Omg thank you so much ... I got a ring off my mum and the finger I wanted it on it wouldn't fit ... I used your method and it worked thank you thank you thank you

Thanks for showing me WHAT NOT TO DO....so i learned afterall.

thank you so much!!! you saved my popops ring!!!

Thanks a lot! It worked! For others, I used wooden belan (used to make roti or pizza base) which had tapering ends. Hammering was slightly harder unlike in video. (And yes, it have a stone, still it's intact. Be careful with yours)

I usually see jewellers hitting the ring with a wooden or rubber mandrel and hitting it downward slowly, not on the main surface of the ring.

That is as rough as you can get. A blacksmith making a horse shoe has more finesse. Using a hammer is putting hideous marks on the surface of the ring. A soft mallet would have been better but the correct tool can be bought from Ebay for about £8.00 = Jewellers Ring Expanding Mandrel. It consists of a stepped mandrel and a tapered pin which is gently tapped in to the mandrel to precisely expand the ring. I've just done mine. Took 2 minutes and no damage to the ring what so ever.

And you can also use that claw hammer for doing fine dental work, like if you need to extract a tooth.

I can clearly see flat bits on the ring where you hit it with the hammer, dont give up your day job.

It might not work for you but you don't have to be rude. I enjoyed the video!

If you dont have a tool like this you can use a bolt biI went from size 14 to 15.

You'll damage the ring won't you?

Try heating the mandrel first. makes materiel more malleable.

Yeah thanku for the valuable video u made it's help me alot thanku keep going 🎉🎉 lots of love from India

Tried this and it worked! Thanks for posting the video!!

Thank you, sir. I will try it tonight and let you know how it came out in the morning.

Thank you for the tutorial! Im excited to try this out c:

This is a brilliant idea thank you so much!❤😊

Speaking as a retired sheetmetal worker,this is a very crude way to wreck a wedding ring!

why would you hit the side of the ring? and with a metal hammer? I thought you were supposed to use a plastic tipped hammer, and hit down the mandrel.

Thanks for this video! My ring fit perfectly when I got married at 21, now after 10 years working in construction it does NOT even closely fit. Seems I’ll have to buy a few things for this, but I’m sure it’ll be cheaper than a professional jeweller

So many people in the comments wanting an easy explanation to a skilled job.. like they don't understand that silversmithing is a profession that takes a long time to master. Get a job hippies not everything can be given to you on a platter, you could try just having a go, by buying yourself a mandrel and a rawhide mallet you could learn something and surprise yourself it's very rewarding.

Even a raw hide mallet will leave marks on a gold ring. it is always better to cut the ring and add some gold to fill the needed area and solder it back together after which reshaping and polishing will be necessary. If you cannot do the job properly, take it to a jeweler.

I paid a jeweler $50 to expand my silver ring but it's still too tight. I wasn't thinking and could have done this myself. Thank you!

Never mind I just broke mine so it fits

You’re supposed to use a rubber /plastic hammer so it doesn’t leave the hammer marks

Don't you want to use a rawhide mallet to avoid denting the ring?

i didnt even know that tool existed thanks for the tip - might buy one!

For those who used this technique, does it damage the engraving on the inside of the ring?

Perfect now that you can get that ring on and off you're ready for the next trip to Vegas

This is a real head scratcher. Why the hell would anyone think this was a good idea? smh

Or a hard rubber mallett

Very cool, but that ring has very noticeable dents and dings in it now 😔

Hitting soft gold with steel ??? How dumb can you get ??

It looks a smart and easy way. Maybe we can cover the ring with a soft clothe when it comes to use the hammer.

Omg!!! It really worked, thank you so much

My goldsmith applied same method. Works fine but spoils the texture of the ring. Also makes the edges of the ring sharper. This sharp edges could hurt while handling kids or rubbing.

Step 1. Get the ring off with soap and water 2. Use your hard Steel Mandel 3. Shove it on as far as possible 3. Use a non metal hammer that won’t ruin your ring 4. gentle tap and pull the ring down taking it off to see if it fits every now and then

Awesome thank you for the informative video. Will be trying this soon.

I buy a lot of cheap ebay rings. I have a rubber mallet. I don't have a mandrel, but may get one. But can I ask what makes it stretch when you just hit it? He said something about vibration or is it heat? Thanks!!! Great video.

I am getting arthritis and my ring finger knuckle is growing. I need to enlarge my wedding band!

what can i use for a substitute instead mandrel?

Wouldn't sticking something like small piece of leather on the hammer head to protect the ring from being marked.

yeah but hammering it will dent the surface of the ring!

doesn't hammering soft gold with a steel hammer on a steel mandrel dent the ring?

I have a signet ring I wear in my pinky finger that's just a tad too tight now after 30 years. I can't hammer on the flat initial side but would this work for the other half that's just a band? It's a solid ring, not one of the cheap hollow ones.

Brilliant video! many thanks!!

Wouldn't it damage the finish tho?

All these comments and nobody mentions a mallet with POLYURETHANE ends. They typically have two different ends, one a little softer than the other. A rawhide hammer is also an excellent choice. I actually have a small lead (yes, the heavy soft metal) mallet. I wouldn't recommend buying cheap tools, you get what you pay for just like anything else. Cheap crappy tools often give cheap crappy results.

Don't the hammer leave a dent?

Thank you for this!

Thank you. Jewelers around here won't even do resizing on silver rings--not worth their time. By the way, I am disappointed in all the negative comments. Please ignore the trolls and turkeys; they are sorry, miserable souls. :-)

Why does everyone have to freak out. Theres no reason to be rude

unbelievable, what about the pattern on the ring?

he just bent his gold ring alot ... wow

Does this work with copper metal??

NO. This is only good if you want hammer marks. For most rings, this would damage it. That's not even a jewelry hammer. You CAN size a ring this way, as long as it is not already too hardened, but you must use a NYLON HAMMER!!!!!!! Or a wooden mallet. Your strikes should be pushing the ring higher up on the mandrel so that it stretches, not squishing the metal between the mandrel and the hammer. Plus, you aren't even holding the hammer correctly. You hold a hammer at the base of the handle, far away from the head, so that you are using the weight of the hammer for the force and you can focus all of your energy on AIM, instead of using your muscles for the force. The way you are holding it makes for sloppy, uncontrolled strikes.

I use a pvc pipe that just fits over the mandrel and hammer it down. Does this method not dent the ring?

Ok but my ring has gems all around it

I just got my original weding band but the listing lied its like a size and a half to small T.T and it's obviously newly casted but still nice

yea, IF YOU LIKE THE HAMMERED LOOK!!!

Good video, thank you.

IF YOU PEOPLE CAN NOT SAY ANYTHING NICE, GO TO ANOTHER PAGE!!!!!

Looks like a good way to f up a ring to me.

Thankyou I'm going to try this ❤

this is in no way how a professional jeweler sizes a ring this will make your ring thinned out and if has been sized the correct way before it will crack, take your ring to a professional to have it sized right

For people telling the guy this ain't easy or that you don't have that metal thing; this is the only way to enlarge a ring. How else do you want to "stretch" a metal?

Just went to 2 jewelers and both said it would be $36-49.

mandrils cost six bucks on amazon, much cheaper than paying to get a ring resized

thanks for the help!

That's gotta leave tool marks on the ring😮

Don't donit with an iron hammer like that... Take it to a jewelry shop where they will use a raw hide mallet... This is a bad idea.

Have a ring with a band around the inner band that rotates would like to expand it to next finger buy don't know if it will work on this type of ring.

would this work with a stainless steel ring? I bought an awesome ring from another country and it's a half size or so too big and i'm worried it's barely too tight. I'm hoping there's a way to get the ring a half size bigger without having to take it to a jeweler. I was thinking maybe I could sand down the inside of a the ring a tiny bit and then buff and polish the inside or something like that. How would you recommend sizing a stainless steel ring a half size up? Or would you say that a ring that's slightly too tight is okay to wear?

Thanks!