Reddit Reddit reviews Steel Ring Mandrel: Size 1-15 US

We found 7 Reddit comments about Steel Ring Mandrel: Size 1-15 US. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

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Steel Ring Mandrel: Size 1-15 US
12" Professional Quality Ring MandrelMeasures ring sizes from 1 to 15 USLength: 12"Manufactured from hardened steelKnurled, non-slip grip handle
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7 Reddit comments about Steel Ring Mandrel: Size 1-15 US:

u/GooglesYourShit · 78 pointsr/DIY

Holy shit this is one of the best guides I've ever seen for something like this!

However, what are some good tool alternatives for people who don't normally do something like this? I don't have a pickle pot. Or a tumbler. Or a leather mallet. Or a ring mandrel. Or a buffing wheel.

Leather mallet isn't hard, I have a wooden mallet I can just stick some leather on. But pickle pot? Idk what that even does. Tumpler? Nope. Ring mandrel...eh...I could figure something out. Who knows, maybe they're cheap. Buffing wheel? Big fat nope.

Any ideas? I love the idea. I've worked with metal and soldering before, but that was with model airplanes, so things weren't meant to look pretty, they just had to function properly.

EDIT: Ok, time to answer my own questions.

I've already covered the hammer thing, so we'll skip that.

Boom, ring mandrel.

Boom, DIY pickle pot

BOOM, DIY tumbler thingy

And then you can buy a buffing attachment for a Dremel tool, and you can solder with just a standard propane blow torch. Easy peezy.

u/VengefulCaptain · 35 pointsr/DIY

I am not sure if the meteorite is too brittle but if you try again you could use a similar sized meteorite by making the ring a different way.

Drill a hole just big enough to fit the meteorite onto a ring mandrel and then hammer around the outside edge to enlarge the hole.

This lets you keep more material so you avoid ending with a thin section.

If you used a brass hammer you might even be able to keep some edge geometry.

u/frankfort · 5 pointsr/DIY

This is not my ring if that wasnt clear.

I believe they are made by drilling out the center and then slowly hammering it down a ring mandrel. I lost interest before I ever bought the steel mandrel lol.

u/t3yrn · 3 pointsr/pics

Yeah, no problem -- in order:

  1. There's several places to get the tools, OttoFrei, Harbor Freight, Rio Grande, all have sites you can order from.

  2. That's a doming block, here's a really fancy one I wish I had! Mine's only a 7-piece, does what I need for the most part. It's not 100% necessary for most coin rings, but it has two primary uses here: First you can use it to help pre-stretch the hole and bend the coin back -- if the coin fits on the mandrel fine, then this isn't needed, as you can just hammer it from there. But if the hole punched is too small to fit the mandrel naturally, you can use a smaller dome, just a bit bigger than the hole to stretch it out. Secondly, once the rings are almost done, the outer rim edge is always thicker, so the rings have a flared effect, I use the dome punch to flare the thinner "inner" edge out so the ring appears more flat. It looks better and feels better when wearing it.

  3. The metal ring sizer is called a ring mandrel, most hobby stores carry them.


  4. I used red rouge compound, I have a flex-shaft which makes for quick work, but if you have a dremmel, you can get polishing bits for it, too.
u/boozin_ · 1 pointr/DIY

I bought this mandrel on amazon and have been using it to shape coin rings. A bit cheaper and free shipping (prime).

u/kymo · 1 pointr/Silverbugs

I much prefer coin rings with the writing on the outside and inside, like this.

I tried to make one for my girlfriend's birthday this year, but it was fairly difficult.

I used a punch and die set to punch out the center of the coin, and then put the coin on a ring mandrel and then hammered it down the taper slowly with a nylon faced hammer.

The biggest problem is that my girlfriends ring finger is quite small and I couldn't get the ring any smaller than size 8. I may have to pick up another mandrel with a really narrow top so that I can punch out a smaller hole from the coin to begin with.


I'm sure with enough practice I'll get it looking great, and this method is much quicker than the spoon method (I tried that one first).

Not knockin OPs ring though.. it looks great so far. I know how long it takes to get to that point!

u/Oavious · 1 pointr/Whatisthis

I know nothing about ring making, and I could be completely off here, but I thought id say it anyway. It could be a "pre-hammered ring". All I know is the put something that looks like that, on one of these things

https://www.amazon.com/Steel-Ring-Mandrel-Size-1-15/dp/B0013TSW9I

Then they hammer it down onto the mandrel. It would shirk in that case, and there are some people who make rings out of actual coins.

Here's an example:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RiCFOwChJwA