Silver Dollar coin ring before bending

[delder]

Guy near me who makes coin rings asked for this. I don't think the engraving will survive the bending process, but It's his silver dollar. We'll see.

 

[maplesm]

I use a set of his tool with no damage to the details on the coin. Look here https://www.etsy.com/shop/CoinRingUSA?ref=shopinfo_shopicon_leftnav

 

[Chujybear]

That tool will get you there with the least fuss.
I do it wit just a sapping block and a ring mandrel, and a rawhide mallet.
The thing is, your desighn will stretch on the outside and compress on the inside, so distortion will be considerable. When I do seemlessly rings like this i distort my design so that when the forming is done the design is as it should be.

 

[monk]

beautiful. i'll guess it will turn out ok. i have seen a couple rings made of coins. there was very little damage to the original surfaces. not sure how they are done, but it's pretty cool what the ring people do.

 

[diandwill]

I do the engraving after I make the coin into a ring!