Checking in on a 7 year experiment

Back in 2016, Bill designed and metal cast a ring to replace his wedding ring. Seven years later and the ring has seen some things. It's time to cast another one!
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[@SergeyChernyshev]

I love the tradition of re-making your wedding ring and keeping all of them as a memory.

[@punishedprops]

Yeah I need to find a good way to display them.

[@MegaBusterMovies]

@@punishedprops some kind of shadowbox showing the ring plus years 19xx to 20xx. Something like that :)

[@Declopse]

​@@punishedpropsyou could even throw in hair the two of you in the mix in a spiritual sense while making a new ring where both of your DNA are embedded

[@misein2466]

I read "7 year experiment" and immediately thought "I believe other people call that a marriage." And had no idea how close I was.

[@punishedprops]

Heyoooo! 😂

[@glittermytimbers]

I love the very tangible metaphor of regularly putting work into keeping your wedding ring in good condition!

[@punishedprops]

I didn't even think of that. How poetic!

[@andy-in-indy]

Sanding is the worshipful meditation of making.

[@punishedprops]

So true!

[@PenumbralBehemoth]

7 YEARS? I REMEMBER YOU MAKING THE FIRST VERSIOn. BILL PLEASE. I'm literally withering away as we speak DX Loveee that ring tho.

[@punishedprops]

I'm oooold, Gandalf...

[@andy-in-indy]

You need to melt your old ring into the new one so you have the whole "Ship of Theseus" thing going. Also - I am very impressed the that mold was still so good after seven years!

[@punishedprops]

Haha! Thats a fun idea. 😄

[@totalanimalsoup]

i was in the middle of typing this exact same thing!

[@Declopse]

​@@punishedpropsthe rising Phoenix from ashes and flames!

[@aradow18]

Might be a bit tricky but you should date when you wore the rings and keep them in some sort of order if you do this again. Keep them all displayed on something, maybe a chain that can be hung up with wedding photos or momentos. Cool project! And it looked so simple.

[@punishedprops]

That's a really great idea!

[@rb6719]

7 Years Ago.... Wow, I first found your channel (and 3DPrinting Nerd) when I was looking into making a family ring. Plans change, time passes but your pewter casting helped me get into 3d printing. Congratulations on 7years of marriage. Thanks for revisiting a wonderful and inspirational project! Looking forward to the next 7years of magic that happens from you two!

[@punishedprops]

That's so cool! You're welcome. =D

[@IssieAngela]

Seven years is a very symbolic milestone. Wish you guys many seven years to come!

[@punishedprops]

Thanks! 😄

[@ericmattinen4728]

Casting a new ring each time you pass the 7 year inspection is a great idea! I wonder what the Mrs has to say about it...

[@danthemakerman]

Thanks for the follow up. Loved the ending!

[@punishedprops]

You’re welcome!

[@timeverhartofficial]

Add a little bit of lead free silver solder to the mix of pewter it should keep a shine.

[@punishedprops]

Ooh neat idea!

[@MissMerc]

I wish you many, many more years and new rings. This is a sobering one for me as I did a project like this in the same timeline. As the divorce filing is literally days around the corner, I'm sad to say that our scratches didn't polish out... And recasting isn't an option. Thank you for sharing this and I celebrate with you for what has been an amazing 7 years to watch. To 7 more, and more~.

[@punishedprops]

Thank you. Sorry to hear your story took a different turn.

[@MissMerc]

@@punishedprops Thank you. I'm so very glad for the good times we had, but it is very fair to say that it was not the fairy tale ending I thought our fairy tale life was leading to.

[@coopervanbonn7525]

I love having a video every Monday, it makes a great start to the week!

[@punishedprops]

We’ve been having a lot of fun making videos every week again. 😄

[@jimjones7980]

You should make a silver quarter ring sometime. I made one for my wife and she uses it as her wedding ring. I just picked up a solid silver quarter (before 1965) and then beat the edge with a spoon to round it out and flatten the edge. Annealed it a couple of times along the way and then cut out the center and sanded it. The "Liberty" on the quarter's edge rounded over and is still readable inside the ring.

[@punishedprops]

Those are so cool!

[@LincolnWorld]

When you took out the tiny "saw" that looked almost like a long serrated blade version of an X-Acto knife, I thought, "That's going to take way to long. I'd want to use a power tool for that." Then a second later, you seamed to come to the same conclusion. LOL

[@punishedprops]

Haha! It didn’t take long to switch strategies. 😂

[@Justrex01]

Your story has the ring of truth,

[@punishedprops]

I see what you did there!

[@billbucktube]

Very fabulous video in so many ways!

[@punishedprops]

Thank you so much!

[@MeatSim9]

I think if it were me, I would always reincorporate the old ring into casting the new ring, that way no matter how many times I recast it, it still has a part of that original ring in there.

[@punishedprops]

The ring of Theseus! =D

[@bradleymarks]

Have done Sterling silver and brass casting... it was fun...

[@punishedprops]

That *sounds* fun!

[@ZerocoolsPropsandCollectibles]

Awesome video Bill. Makes me want to try this.

[@punishedprops]

Thanks so much!

[@blizatrex]

It truly is the one ring and bill is many years older than normal hobbits! A great remake of the original ring. the old one is nearly flat vs the new that looks to have a 32nd of depth.

[@punishedprops]

Thanks!

[@noneyabidness9644]

I've made rings out of epoxy (do not recommend. They usually, quickly, stretch and snap after a few months. I've lost several this way.), but never considered pewter. I still have the silicone molds. I'll try this.

[@punishedprops]

Ooh you’re gonna have a ton of fun.

[@fandal]

Nice trick at the end!

[@punishedprops]

Thank you!

[@JohnB1163]

You can also put a ring back into round with a pool cue

[@punishedprops]

What a great idea!

[@MDigitalProductions]

Time sure fly's by! I remember seeing the original video 7 years ago

[@punishedprops]

Seems like yesterday!

[@HawkWorley]

I love metal casting; I find it very therapeutic. Sand casting with zinc isn't much hotter. It's super achievable in a home shop, and not very expensive to start.

[@punishedprops]

Sounds like fun!

[@ashjefferson5808]

OK so I've been watching this channel since I was in high school and I'm 26 years old just to make yall feel old 😂

[@punishedprops]

wooooow.... wow. yep, feeling old :D

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

7 years? Fuuuuuuuck... I remember watching the original vids on the rings when they came out.

[@punishedprops]

Yeah, geez. It's like it was just yesterday...

[@jackkuehneman9300]

7 years... 7... If someone asked I would've said 2 years. 3 years max. Wow

[@punishedprops]

Yeah, what happened!?

[@tiffanysandmeier4753]

I have been married 17 years in June of this year. Wow, how time flies.

[@punishedprops]

Bravo! We’re on year 14. ♥️

[@mygamertag2010X]

Very cool!

[@punishedprops]

Thanks!

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Classy!

[@punishedprops]

Thank you!

[@stayatfoamdadcreations8591]

Man, that fresh one looks amazing! Are you going to label the date range for each one you retire?

[@punishedprops]

Yes, that's a great idea!

[@pandapunkmaker]

could you put resin in the details to keep them longer? maybe dip the ring in epoxy and help put a protective layer and it may keep longer? or am I incorrect in that thinking?

[@Xarthis]

Did you weigh the old and new one? The old one looks like it lost some material over the years.

[@punishedprops]

Good call! he old nig weighs 3.82g and the new one weighs 4.86g. It lost over a gram of material in 7 years!

[@KalimombuMBanga]

I can not believe that was 7 years ago

[@punishedprops]

Right??

[@DarkTakanuva]

simple little design but it looks very noice

[@punishedprops]

Thanks so much!

[@drakocarrion]

Would a clear coat of resin help this not to wear down so much?

[@punishedprops]

Sure! Even some spray lacquer would protect it for a little while.

[@carolynhudson6858]

I have wanted to try pewter casting and then electroplating it after with another metal. Have you ever tried that?

[@punishedprops]

We really want to try electroplating but haven’t yet!

[@carolynhudson6858]

@@punishedprops I saw someone mention i think on reddit that it is possible to plate pewter and that they had good success with acidic plating electrolyte whatever that means. I once tried electroplating copper on some brass guitar pickup covers. I remember making the solution from distilled white vinegar and household hydrogen peroxide and dissolving a copper dish scrubbing pad into a warm (like nice warm bath water warm) but not cooking hot solution of the two in a glass container until it turned pale blue. I used a cheap variable power supply and some of that bare copper wire electricians use for your house outlets so you can make a coil that sort of follows the electrolyte container walls without touching the object anywhere. It was harder than I thought… first you need to really clean the surface of the object to be plated like literally every spec of oil and oxidation and use gloves when handling it. Second getting good electrical connection to the object as well and moving it every so often both at the electrical connection and in the jar of electrolyte without messing it up so that it plates evenly can be tricky for some things. Thirdly the electrical contact wire will also try to get plated so it might grow weird tendrils that make junk that could gets in the way of a good plating… i think some people use stuff like coffee filters between the object and claim adding other stuff to the electrolyte helps the source metal electrode make the plating more even somehow… but just as important is also why a variable power supply can be nice as you can set the voltage or current to control the speed, Once you get good with copper which is the most common cheap “base” metal to plate then you can plate over with other metals like nickel, silver, or gold… but you need to buff the surface again without buffing the plating off and use different electrolyte solutions for each metal though most of the time because gold is so expensive people use a brush plating method where you have a bit of the metal to plate covered in something soft that holds on to the electrolyte and you connect it and the object to be plated to the power supply and essentially brush on metal… It is tricky but the reward is a new craft not many can do. I do wonder looking at your ring if you could go copper on the whole thing… then silver over that.. then carefully paint the recesses of your design in a clear varnish carefully wiping any excess off the top with acetone and then brush plate the high points in gold, you could even remove the varnish after and force oxidize the silver to a nice black…for the contrast you like. What i don’t recommend is heating… i wanted those cool thin oxidation colors you can get from copper when you carefully heat it… i tried controlling it with a high temp oil like i do with my cast iron pans but the heat more often than not would cause the plating to bubble off of the brass in places on the pickup covers.

[@BrBobMackeSJ]

Will pewter take a gold or silver plating?

[@punishedprops]

Ooh I wonder.

[@buzzsah]

How did you make the mold?

[@punishedprops]

Mold making is in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f33dn2iXnbiig5Ysi=LuKrS2Qo_g7Yf8oY

[@user-neo71665]

I'm glad I'm able to use the excuse I'm an electrician and can't wear metal on my hands. Never was a fan of rings and gave me a reason for another tattoo. Congrats on 7 years. Mine has put up with me for 7 this August.

[@tiffanysandmeier4753]

My BIL has a silicon band that he wears to work.

[@tiffanysandmeier4753]

Also, neither of my parents ever wear their rings. My dad is a farmer, and it isn't safe. My mom's hands swell, so rings don't fit. I remember my great uncle having to go to the ER because his ring got caught, so I won't criticize anyone for not wearing a ring. There are just so many options. A tattoo is yours and is awesome.

[@punishedprops]

If I didn’t have this ring I would probably just get a tattoo.

[@miguelaulet9425]

Have you thought about 3D printing the ring in a more durable metal like silver or gold? Also, 7 years?! It feels like yesterday.

[@punishedprops]

Yeah that can’t be right. That would put me in my 40s!

[@punishedprops]

I could probably have Shapeways print it in a precious metal.

[@miguelaulet9425]

​@@punishedprops and me, close to my 30's!

[@miguelaulet9425]

​@@punishedpropsYES!!

[@JonMadsen70]

:)

[@russellmckeithan1267]

Can you help me with something I'm making please

[@punishedprops]

If you shoot me a message over on Twitter, I would he happy to help out. twitter.com/chinbeard

[@russellmckeithan1267]

@@punishedprops I don't have Twitter sorry

[@oixx]

Great content! Please stop moving the camera, I'm gettng sea sick.

[@punishedprops]

Thanks!