Thread: Homemade wedding bands

First of all: I proposed to my girlfriend december 23 and she said YES!!
But I am posting this just to brag about the fact that I made the rings myself

Since she is a very special girl, I figured she deserved something truly unique. Also I thought of it as a way to show that I was really committed to her.

I am not a goldsmith and my experience when it comes to working with precious metals was non at all when I started.
For starters (after countless hours of internet research) I asked one of the guys at the machineshop (I am working as a mechanic in the Norwegian Air Force maintenance facility) to make me a coned steel rod as a tool for making the rings (saved me about $70).
I bought a butane torch and a small hammer at my hardwarestore.

I polished the hammer myself instead of buying a polished goldsmith hammer (saved me about $50) and modified a pair of cheap pliers into a polished bending tool.

Then I enough silver for six rings, silver solder, cleaning acid for getting the discolorisation off after soldering, flux and a fine brass brush from a goldsmith supply store.
I started practicing making silver rings and tried to figure out a design we would like! It was quite a learning curve.
A lot about sizing, soldering, finishing and such.
Finally I decided to buy gold and actually do it. I brought 6,5mm wide and 1,7 thick hers was 1,5x5,5
After a good bit of work I had made two really nice rings out of gold.

Here is a picture of mine and one of the silver ones I made for practice, hers is at her hand and she is on vacation in Brazil at the moment.



I have some pictures of the process, but they are in Brazil too, so I just had to take a couple of quick shots with my phone

Notice the burn-marks on my livingroom-table after the soldering
Lets hope the people that owns the place does not me over it:P

Great job! Nothing says commitment quite like making your own wedding rings. Congratulations.

Those rings are beautiful! And I would bet dollars to donuts that because they were made by you they will mean more to her than any store bought ring ever could and you forever touched her heart! Good job!

Well done, and what a lovely gift - she must be a great girl.
Great story as well, thanks for sharing.
Let us know when you are ready to hold a gold smiting demonstration in Oslo

brownie points for you buddy

very nice +1 on tsunamis post

Great job on the rings. They will most certainly become more and more special
for you two. I wish you guys blue skies and following winds.

Originally Posted by str8fencer

Well done, and what a lovely gift - she must be a great girl.
Great story as well, thanks for sharing.
Let us know when you are ready to hold a gold smiting demonstration in Oslo

Thanks!
She is!
You are welcome to come up to Tåsen some time for a demonstration, just give me a couple of days to get hold of some more silver.

Always fun to use new skills

Great job there.

It's one of those things that seems straight forward and easy but if not done correctly, at first all is well and a few years later the rings crack in the back.

Awesome!! Nice work and congrats