Who cares that ring is probably more important to her then a store bought one I garuntee you that cuse he loved her so much he made her a ring and didn't care about her saying anything about it being home made and what other ppl thought, my mom and dad got married 8 hours after meeting each other, he was her boss in the Airforce while they was both stationed at nellis airforce base in Las Vegas, she snuck off base off her post cuse she was new and lower rank to go meet with him at the bowling alley and bar on purpose to find him to talk to him 8 hours later they got married at the little white chapel they went in no drive through and they are still married to this day 31 years later and never once cheated on each other it's crazzy, and her wedding ring was literally a plastic gumball machine ring from the bowling alley quarter machine so she still has it to this day she doesn't wear it but it's in her jewelry box she has a real one that he gave her at thier second wedding that was for her mom and dad so they didn't find out about the drunk Vegas one while she was 2 months pregnant with me a year after they already been married

@@youknoweverything7643 what a great tale. Talk about love on first sight.

I would imagine so :-)

That's not an unreasonable suggestion whatsoever. I just kinda did what my little brain pointed me to. Maybe I'll try it differently next time. Thanks for watching Law Man!

Eh,I did it before I was a teenager. I held it with my forefinger and thumb for the shaping. After I drilled the the hole and filed it down, I stuck my index finger in the hole with my thumb supporting against it and continued to spoon away for the final touches. You must have went aggressive on it. Never had any lasting pain.

Metal file

A larger drill bit.

Pocket knife works but might dull knife and it would take awhile

About mid-year 1963 and older as those coins were made from silver.

How? I really don't want to drill that close to my fingers

@@NotAWendigo you lay it flat and strike the inner edge with the other side of the spoon. It's a slow process but it will cause the inside to push towards the other side. Flip the coin and repeat the process until the inside breaks free from the ring. You're left with an edge on the inner ring that will need to be buffed down.

@@frankh.3849 kinda like cutting granite. That's amazing 👏

Too slow. Just use a big block of wood and put 4 or 5 screws around the edge of the quarter fastening it in place. You won’t need a drill press. A drill and a metal bit will do.

No and others I've seen do it don't use a spoon they use a regular house hold hammer and it's a lot faster.

Faster, yes. Same results, no. The hammer having a (mostly) flat striking doesn’t create as nice of a finished product in my opinion. It’s weight does make it faster though. I have added weight to a spoon by taping quarters to the concave side to achieve a speed increase. The angle doesn’t matter much if at all as the final finish is a product of random strikes anyway. Best of luck!

@@ZackOfAllTrades i made one with a hammer it wasnt a ball pin one tho i used a locksmiths hammer i think they are called in my country they are as commonas boots almost evrybody has one and the ring looks pretty similiar to what you shoved tho i used a diffrent coin i used a czech 20 (kcs) exepct i used some sand paper on the outside cause it was dirty because the hammer was old tho when it comes to hammers angle does matter link to the kind of hammer i had in mind www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rucne-naradie.sk%2Fimg_product%2Fimg%2Ftona-expert-e150104-kladivo-800g.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rucne-naradie.sk%2Ftona-expert-e150104-kladivo-800g&tbnid=c9_-CyDwR7rrnM&vet=12ahUKEwjuhu3H1-nvAhXO0YUKHUtcBJgQMygBegUIARDiAQ..i&docid=gbc7ijoR67lqlM&w=1600&h=914&q=kladivo&ved=2ahUKEwjuhu3H1-nvAhXO0YUKHUtcBJgQMygBegUIARDiAQ

Even though it's over two years later... free tip: heavily abrade the inside of the spoon so it has deep scratches. I mean DEEP scratches all over the inside of the concave surface. Mount the spoon flat & level into a vise or clamp it to a table - mount it to hold maximum liquid. Grab some lead such as from fishing line weights or the weights for tire & rim balancing. Heat up the lead with a torch until melted - a small can works well for a temporary crucible, such as a soup or tuna can. Hit the spoon with the torch to get it heated up to about 300° F to 400° F. Pour the lead into the spoon until full and let it cool. You now have an extra heavy spoon hammer, a "Spoonamer", to speed up your ring manufacturing. The deep scratches and abrasion are to help the lead adhere to the spoon which still may want to pop off the spoon over time. Obviously, the rougher the surface, the more bite the lead has which in this case is what you want. Remember to avoid breathing in the fumes from your lead melt as they're quite toxic and to wear some PPE such as heavy leather gloves. Another free tip: if you have a lathe or access to one, you can machine a fixture to make one of these rings in about ten minutes start to finish.

I've heard that somehow they used to freeze them and then just tap out the middle, not sure how though

The idea with the spoon is that it's entirely mobile. Walk around with it in your pocket no problem. Tools on ships are hot commodities, usually with check in/out procedures. But, if you're on a 12-hour watch, you've got nothing but time anyway. Flare out the edges with a spoon, and then take it down to engineering after your shift, drill out the middle, and you're good to go!

That is a very legitimate question, and one I've wondered about myself. The best I can come up with is knowing that down in the bowels of most modern-ish ships, certainly those of WWII vintage, there exists the engineering department where there are tools of all sorts (drill presses too) to keep the ship's engines and such in good shape. In command of these tools in this dank and dirty lair are a cadre of mythical creatures called Snipes. A Snipe is more than happy to drill a hole in one's quarter in exchange for a pack or two of Lucky Strikes after having been at sea for a lunar cycle. Just my hunch ;-) thanks for watching.

They used their knives

Maybe they for some reason had .22's on board and shot em. Idk but that sounds like something I would do lol

@@ZackOfAllTrades Snipe is a general term. In particular, we woul be looking for a Machinist Mate. As the Rate implies, they run the machine shops. Also, you could find a Boatswains Mate a get ahold of a marlinspike, which makes a handy mandrel for pounding out rings.

Big ships have machinist equipment. I'm sure they just drilled them out.

something like about 2 1/2 hours for the one shown

I drilled it out as large as I could and then used a dremel to finish hollowing it out.

I can't believe I left that hanging out there lol

No, but you want a coin that's at least somewhat malleable. Silver, gold & copper are softer metals thus are far easier to form and shape via cold forging.

Use a house hold hammer.

@@Dennis-pe6zx i thought it was a joke ibe done it with a hammer and still took me a while

Thanks Matt, kinda fun to make

I'm sure it will but my mother was adamant about using a heavy silver spoon. She claimed it left no marks because of silver on silver. I asked the exact same thing.

Matthew I really appreciate you watching the video as well as taking the time to comment. I think you'll find if you watch many of my videos that I'm very much a "get things done with what you have on hand" type of guy. I have seen the technique with the mandrel and nylon hammer and like it very much, I think it makes an incredible looking ring but my technique was as much recreating old sailor lore or tradition, sort of walking in the footsteps of those before me. The first ring I ever made this way was my wife's wedding band (and she made mine) so the time and effort put into it actually added value to the final product. If I were mass producing rings to sell it surely wouldn't make much sense to do it this way and I'd likely invest in the tooling to do it much quicker. Thanks again for watching, take care.

+Zack Of All Trades Made each other's ring!?! Of higher value than the largest of diamonds.

That's cool to hear, I've run across very few people who've even heard of this. How old are they?

Zack Of All Trades my dads 83 his brothers were older

Thank you Tony, it's pretty cool to hear some validation of what I'd been told.

It's true that it will go faster that way but using the flat face of a hammer will cause facets and prevent the ultimately smooth surface. The real trouble with a hammer is that if you mis-strike once and hit your coin with the edge of the hammer face, you'll have a gnarly dent to get out. Don't ask me how I know. Thanks for watching

Grog.Dog how did you hollow it out?

If by chance I had a giant hydraulic press, maybe I'd do it that way but with just a hammer, I tend to think it wouldn't be fast nor easy. Thanks for watching as well as putting your idea out there.