MAKING A GOLD TENSION RING
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2018
- So in this video I'm making a tension ring, a ring that holds a stone in the shank through tension instead of a claw or other setting.
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I hope you all enjoy this video as much as i did making it. Probably my most favorite project to date
Is there an easy way of measuring the ring size with this kind of ring? Great ring! :)
@@amandabusch1189 well the ring is sized between O and P, resizing it could prove to be a little challenging
I will love to learn to do this for a hobby . And to play with those toys . Hehehe
how do i buy some of these for my nieces and nephews
Why is it called a tension ring when the gem is held in place by compression and not tension?
Hello Nate Charles, I made my girlfriend a ring and i used a lot of the methods in your videos to create the ring. She absolutely loves it and is impressed by the craftsmanship. Thank you so much for all the help and inspiration!
Thank you for the kind words and it's my pleasure :)
Very nice to see some people still having a hand in making jewelry, my dad is a master jeweler . Some years ago he designed a similar ring . It too can hold stones with no prongs or any setting. Looks nothing like this one , but same cool concept. And it works , stone doesn't fall out . Nice job if it holds out longer than the prongs would.
Thanks man, and yeah the concept of tension ring is pretty cool. I've altered this particular ring so it now has a claw setting, but have other tension rings that are holding up just fine :)
Love the ring and I really enjoyed seeing the process that you made it with.
This ring is so beautiful, yet simple ❤️
You too
I just love love love this ring!!!
Wow...!
That really is beautiful...!
Its beautiful! Any stone would look gorgeous
Definitely
Wow that's a crazy amount of work. Kudos to you!!!
Wow! Great outcome. Beautiful.
love the design
Simple and cute design!
It certainly is
beautiful amazing Work. Thank You for share. God bless You
i love this ring, its beautiful.
Thank you :)
I just want to say you have an amazing talent man. And watching you make this out of nothing but a nugget was actually pretty cool.
Thanks you man, that means a lot. But I'm still a rookie finding his way XD
That probably the sweetest video I’ve ever seen. You are truly amazing! God bless you❤️
Fantastic job!
That ring is gorgeous, I love it. Great job. One day I want to purchase one. Good bye. Best wishes.🍀
Beautiful ring
Beautiful!
Loved watching the process of making this ring. I got a few tips from you.👍
I ABSOLUTELY did enjoy watching..You have a spectacular gift
I was so pleased that the only item that could be considered speciality was the draw plate.
Tiger Walton yes
@@Merojewelleryworkshop SUPER
Gorgeous piece!
Thank you :)
Beautiful
ima be honest, i have no idea what you’re talking about, but the ring looks very pretty and your voice is so soothing to listen to :)
Why thank you :)
Wow! Extremely pretty and a very well done to you!
Thank you :)
Great work! I myself am still learning as well. I work with silver which I prefer. It’s very fulfilling to craft something that someone gets to enjoy and it always feels good to see your work appreciated.
your methods make my brain sore
Bellissimo lavoro 👍👍👍👍👍👍
A man that’s amazing with his hands. Need to find me a creative guy cause this was sooo impressive. AMAZING work, Sir.
They're out there...somewhere, just keep looking. and thank you :)
Beautiful ring!! Subscribed - looking forward to watching additional videos.
Thanks for the support :), and hopefully I'll be more active this year. We'll see XD
Beautiful ring!
Thank you :)
Et voilà le travail de l'artiste !
very nice, and simple.
Stone age’ tools or not Congratulations!!people so quick to criticise.There is obviously a reason you choose to work this way.It is great encouragement to those us out here who also have ‘basic tools’
Its how a lot of us start of, gotta be resourceful XD
Exactly! Every tool, machine, part etc. costs money and holy shit does it add up! People are quick to tell you what to do, but a full set of tools for this kind of work is many thousands of dollars. We improvise with some things and buy tools for the stuff we cannot manage without.
No inicio pensei comigo mesmo...qual o caminho que tu traçaste...então, entendi, e vi certamente que mostraste que tens muito conhecimento! Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho!
Obra de arte en miniatura!!
That is cool. Thank you for the at home advice sirs... Sincerely Christopher William Kirchoff in Montana
You are most welcome
Fantastic video. I like your style. The way you make do with the tools you already have. The end results are always perfect. Just proves you don't need to spend a fortune to get started. Brill!
Thank you, you certainly don't need to have all the expensive tools. But hopefully when I do get the tools it'll be easier and more efficient
I am speechless, just Amazing ♥️♥️♥️ Thank you for making my ring, so when do I get this? LOL 😆
Muito show parabéns!
Just saw it.
Beautiful craftsmanship!
Nice
Thanks :)
👏👏👏
A deceptively simple, elegant ring. The beauty lies not only in its appearance, but in the process of its creation. Well done
Very beautiful!
Thank you very much!
How much gold was used for the making of the tension ring? Thanks for sharing your process. Great video👍🏿
Слов нет) вы супер мастер👍🏽
Congratulations!! Nice video and beautiful ring design. I noticed that you struggled a bit to make your solder to run even when you were using flux and applying the heat all over the piece of metal, then I noticed you were soldering on a flat surface. My piece of advice is try to have your metal as less as possible in contact with other surfaces, try a honeycomb soldering base or a wire mesh frame to put your metal piece above of. Otherwise all the heat goes by conduction to the flat surface and not in to your metal. Hope it helps. Cheers.
Your work is beautiful, and your prices are super fair. Just a question, do you make custom ring orders? I have a specific gemstone in mind (green agate) that I want to turn into a ring. Of course, not now, but I'm thinking in the future if I ever needed it
If I feel making the ring is with in my ability than I will give it a shot
Beautiful ❤
Thank you :)
Gorgeous 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
Nice job! Quick question, in the beggining you cast a round gold rod, why not just cast a square rod? Thanks
A masterpiece 🙂
Beautiful! But can you really trust the stone not to fall out?
no u cant... tension setting look amazing but are highly unreliable in precious metals due to many factors...its a little differnt story in contemporary metals like titanium or tungsten but exposes the stone so much and even a diamond will chip in those locations let a lone a softer stone like a amethyst...cute idea impractical in the real world
@@wsy480 It's generally more reliable to make a fake tension ring while having a bridge underneath the center stone to act as a crown. This prevents the gem from slipping out if the ring opens up, and clamps down like a classic crown prong.
@@infered5365 Yeah Aware of all that hence the reason I brought up the worthless nature of a tension setting...but thanks for clarification for everyone else
Well there is actually a german manufacturer that makes tension settings that are super reliable. They are called Niessing.
I went on a tour there as part of my apprenticeship and they are giving a waranty with every tension ring for the stone not fallling out.
They collect a huge database of every individual ring and the tension of the band is calculated for every ring individually depending on ring size, stone and material. So yes its possible and absolutly stunning but not in the way this video shows it. It is super unreliable and not practical in any sense.
Plus his setting and soldering was super sloppy and absolutly not up to par.
Yes you can, but it does depend on the design. By work hardening the metal to the point that you can move it just enough to get the stone in place then work hardening to the point the metal is no longer able to move, the stone will be completely locked in place.
Cool video, turned out great.
What kind of blade are you using In your saw?
Hi. Many thanks for your video. Can you tell me which type of white clay or polymer are you using to fixed the ring while you are engraving it? Many thanks in advance
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Wow amazing..thanks for sharing 😘
Thanks for watching :)
awesome work
Thanks a lot!
good work.
Thanks :)
This was awesome. Thanks for sharing this. I really like how there arent a ton of fancy tools used, cause then I can try to do this for myself. Im not sure I have the righy torch for it, but im about to find out. thinking of using silver instead of gold, cause thats what ive got.
Thanks man and no problem. and I have found silver to be a little easier to work with so go for it :)
Amazing. What are some ways you can ensure the stone will not fall out?
I'm just gonna say a lot of force is required to remove the stone. the thickness of the metal makes it very secure. have done some drop tests and hasn't come out.
i'm sorry but that's not enough, the stone will fall.
If you would like see how a professional jeweller works then please check out the Diamond Mounter channel
Great ring! You seem to be having trouble bending that bar stock. No surprise given it is thick and gold, try to clamping it in a vice around your ring mandrel and hammering it around. I hope you understood what I meant. Thanks :)
Yes i know what you mean, have done it before but not around a mandrel. Will definitely be giving it a go :)
FunWithFire I just uploaded I video where I make a ring from Shibuichi (copper/silver alloy) and I use this method to bend it into a circle if you are interested.
Argentum Moon Jewellery yes
Wowwww, so much of manual work n so meticulously done😅😅👍
Tell me about it
I hope the stone stayed in the ring 👍.nice job
Fabulous...the whole process to the end result! I do hope you’ll consider doing more of these? 🤗 💍
Cute ring ☺️👌
Thank you :)
@@natecharleswatches your working nice
100% Artesanal
Very good
wow very nice!!
What keeps the ring tightly closed so the stone doesn't fall out? Wouldn't the movements of the wearer's hand create enough outward pressure to loosen that compression fit?
3:28 I'm having PTSD flashbacks of all the alarms I've set
Nice. 😍
Thank you :)
That's really stunning! And a lot easier to make (once the wire is made, at least) than it looks.
I've never seen anyone use sooo much solder, though! You did manage to fill the gap, but it's never going to be as strong that way as it would be if you got the ends tightly together and then soldered them. Solder just doesn't have anywhere near the same strength as the metal.
I thought so too @wendyannh but then realised that was the section he cut out anyway to provide the gap for the stone!
Yeah I'm thinking it's a dirty solder join just to keep the ring together for shaping on the mandrel, and like Donna said, he cut that section out
I really enjoyed watching this video, but next time you can maybe turn up the voice-over volume because it was quite hard to hear you speak over the music and the tool noise
I certainly will
عملك متقن وجيد جداvery good
The Best .
i am a jeweler as well! this video was, as with all jeweler videos, very interesting to me! i actually size and repair rings for wal mart and Sam's clubs. may i offer some suggestions that may make things a little easier for you? ok on the sand paper we take paint sticks and fold the paper around the sticks and staple at each end creating a flat sand stick. we use 320 up to 800 grit which ensures a mirror polish. also we use this weird green fabric tape on our fingers which helps with preventing the heat from sanding to burn your fingers and also its kind of sticky so it helps with gripping the rings.
Not gonna lie, I definitely need something whilst sanding/polishing items due to the heat. And I've typically been using emery cartridge rolls which has been pretty effective, but need to get some more
FunWithFire we order from Stueller and Gesswein. The barrels are great to use on the inside as well as the outside to round the shank into a beautifully convex shank. My personal favorite is the beveled shanks which have a slope on either side with a raised ridge in the middle. Files shape the bevel so nicely and the barrels held at an angle create a flawless uniform surface. The sand paper wrapped around the paint sticks is such a game changer though! You can prop the stick into your mandrel hole on your bench and sand the shank flat. It really beats having to hold the paper flat on the bench surface.
FunWithFire i think the tape is a type of medical tape. It doesn't really stick to anything but itself. Its fabric strings woven together. I will never size another ring without it! I wrap both thumbs and my index and middle fingers. Wrap each one, extend it past your finger tip a few revolutions and fold that down over the tip and wrap a few around your finger to secure that flap. It is really good at keeping the heat off of your fingers. you will sand through it occasionally but it's so cheap n easy to replace. I will caution you though: laser welders will shoot right through it lol and sometimes the ricochet of the welder will set it on fire. You won't notice it as you're looking through Lenses into the welder... by the time you get the flame shook out it feels like it's burning hotter and hotter lol i can't tell you how many times I've shot myself or caught myself on fire in the welder. also... I noticed your torch is pretty big. We use small handheld ones with acetaline and oxygen. Our torch tips are tiny and the flames we use are muuuuch smaller. like the point of my flame is no bigger than like the tip of an ink pen. watching ppl use huge torches on rings gives me a nervous breakdown lol
Yeah the big flame can cause a cold sweat from time to time XD, will upgrade a lot of tools one day when I have a proper workshop and such
FunWithFire i just see myself melting the entire ring or causing a huge bowtie in the shank lol props for handling that big of a flame on such tiny pieces
Love this vid. So... How did you solder such a large gap?
with quite a bit of solder XD
0:53 *roasting intensifies*
Would love to see how you set the stone in the setting
Good !!! Excelent
Cheers :)
Very nice what happens if you snag the ring you would lose the stone very nice good job
Is always a risk sadly, but given the thickness and the fact its 9ct (which is relatively hard) means the stone is fit very tight
Why would someone dislike this video
Guess I'm just unlikable :)
Crazy Man
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I like the ring and all but it looks really simple to pull the stone out
With this design Wht happened with that precious stone when ring will expand with finger pressure or whether effect. Bcoz gold is one of the softest metal.
In jewelry we don't use pure gold as you said it's one of the most soft metals instead we blend it with silver or copper to make it stronger. With that thick of wire it won't expand significantly to make the stone loose.
My engagement ring is same like that🥰🥰🥰🥰
He made a beautiful ring from a nut! Who are theses people disliking this?
It is funny how I usually part from square shaped gold-bars and pull them into wire and you did the opposite thing XD
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Beautiful, do much😘
Would the wearer have to be extra careful with this sort of ring to prevent a pull or impact on the metal that would let the stone fall out?
There is a potential yes, but the ring did survive a drop test and given the thickness of the metal, its quite hard to pull apart
Is it ok if I try to make your design or would you rather I try to make something that looks different? I would love to learn to make a tension setting. I’m very new to working with silver and making jewellery. Thank you for your video.