How It's Made: Class and Championship Rings

[@sananselmospacescienceodys7308]

Now that I know how it was made and the effort that went into it I treasure my class ring even more.

[@EddVCR]

I am full on addicted to How It’s Made. It’s my most favorite show of all time!

[@debbiehicks288]

Mine,too! It's awesome!

[@greatPretender79]

I really like this longer, more in-depth video. I wish they were all like this!!

[@BlueBoy0]

It's longer than the one about bush planes!

[@gregoryaparker]

I've been watching How It's Made since 2005 when I was living in Scotland. Years laters I'm still watching from Germany...

[@miguewitt]

It's very good program

[@VVtos174]

who asked gregory?

[@benstephenson8993]

I have a championship ring from minor league baseball which is very very similar to this example. I was very low on the totem pole, and cannot believe people actually take this much time, skill, and labor by hand to make just one ring. I now have an even greater appreciation for my ring

[@JayBubblez]

Ben the Benchwarmer

[@benstephenson8993]

@@JayBubblez haha good one. You clearly made it far

[@JayBubblez]

@@benstephenson8993 Coulda Ben, Shoulda Ben 😑

[@VVtos174]

@@benstephenson8993 He did wreck you Ben lad

[@PSM-IPADZ_OX]

Amazing skills in making the rings by hand …. Absolute craftsmanship

[@LittleSnacks673]

This was more interesting than I expected. Great video. 👍

[@jenerhart7025]

This is the case for a lot of segments on this show.

[@Dwagginz]

This is interesting, of course, but I'm curious as to how they made them before CAD was in use. I guess a wax master was crafted by hand instead?

[@Miss.C.]

Me too

[@zmaxx21]

We actually had a jewelry making class in high school in the Bay Area in California and you are correct. We would make a wax version of a ring we wanted to make and then it would go into a plaster mold. I made a Green Lantern ring and it was so cool that it was stolen. 😢😊

[@EddVCR]

I’d love to see the traditional method of making these rings as well!

[@igrim4777]

Yes. Wax carving uses a hard opaque fine grained wax so you can see make fine detail, see that detail clearly and keep that detail unlike the soft flaky translucent wax used in candles where the light passing through thin sections makes details harder to see. For rings it comes as a convenient hollow cylinder so you don't have to remove so much material from the middle, although for rings like this which are oversized you'd need a larger than normal cylinder or a just a normal block.

[@nobodyyyyy556]

duh

[@dirtydingoringo3121]

He dropped the shell in the bucket lol

[@craigbrown5359]

Outstanding!!! A ton of work!!!

[@Blitzkrieg137]

I will die if you guys ever stop making these! I grew up watching this show, it’s so relaxing and very informative.

[@Ij-jan]

I used to inspect sports rings and college before they went out the door, this looks so familiar to me.

[@GamerDave1974]

Wow...This video reminds me of my 7 Years working at Herff Jones!

[@R.S.R.S.]

This is a good length for a video like this. Thanks guys.

[@alexh9614]

I got the catalog for my class ring and they were all like 300$ and i thought it was was too expensive... But the amount of work that goes into them, they were priced right

[@brainchildguru]

My wife just came home from work serving tables and one of her guests had his Super Bowl ring and let her show her coworkers. So I just had to watch this one.

[@patriciamanfredo6019]

Still have my class ring from 1972!

[@VVtos174]

you're cool

[@speakstheobvious5769]

After a year or two from graduation, you won't give a crap about your class ring. Use that money to buy a good pair of shoes or something.

[@mmabagain]

I was really expecting this channel to say aliens make the rings.

[@Emma-ex8gx]

They sure have to make alot of moulds before the actual metal is cast

[@tommyt1971]

I’ve still got my high sch class ring somewhere… and it only fits my little finger.

[@Shadowgod-vq3wv]

I’ll forever keep my basic training graduation ring

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great work 🥳🥳🥳 Thanl you 💜💜💜

[@thegray5730]

I saw your camera in the rings reflective surface.

[@itskitty808]

My dad told this story of how he met a pro football player while he was working at the airport. My dad had the honor of touching the player's championship ring. Apparently, the guy played in the Super Bowl and got a commemorative ring.

[@OttoMatieque]

nice craftsmanship

[@Supermanohman]

Ah, something I will never relate to. Finally.

[@14768]

Melting two things together is not 'soldering'. You have to be using solder to be soldering.

[@donvandenberg5301]

If you're talking about adding the top plate to it, those small pieces of metal that they showed before doing it are solder. That's done when it's to small of an area to use traditional "wire" solder and an iron. You use flux on both pieces, small flakes of solder, and then heat them to melt the solder in an oxygen free environment and it sticks the pieces together.

[@14768]

@@donvandenberg5301 Come on man, it's not that hard to deduce what i'm talking about. The narrator says "they solder together" when the guy is melting wax parts, no solder in site.

[@_labacanitaz]

Okay, Mr knowledgeable 😏😅💙

[@fiestaturbo1287]

I take it you’ve never seen a wax soldering iron before 🙈🙈 a wax soldering iron uses wax as the solder 🙈🙈🙈😂

[@14768]

@@fiestaturbo1287 No, I haven't, and you haven't either, and no, it doesn't. Look it up. Soldering literally defines as "to join with solder" and solder is "a low temp melting metal alloy". What you are talking about is a soldering iron used to melt wax, not a wax soldering iron. There is literally no such thing as wax solder. Just because you call it that, or someone else calls it that, doesn't mean it is correct. By definition of the word solder is metal, not wax, not plastic, not anything else, metal. I can lick a piece of paper and stick it to a window, it doesn't mean I glued it to the window. I could say I glued it, and most people would understand, but it's not factually accurate. I stuck it to the window. To glue something, you have to use glue, and saliva isn't glue, just like wax isn't solder. Anyone else who wants to comment and name similar statements as the two knob's i've already replied to, you are wasting your time. You are 100% wrong and I will not be responding anymore so save your finger strokes.

[@jimbarbwe1985]

These rings remind me of the rings you could win in the 2p pushing machines down by sea side that would turn your finger green if worn for longer then 3 mins.

[@TomPlantagenet]

I wanna see how they make world championship belts! Woooo!

[@eymannassole6162]

🤯 wow, so many steps

[@jewelator]

I agree with your opinion. It is also interesting to know your opinion about my videos. In one of the videos, I made gold earrings out of ordinary pasta.

[@tomsmith4542]

RIP Bill Russell !! the lord of the rings

[@FrankBoston]

I never got a class ring. How about you? If so, what metal and what yr/cost?

[@duo315]

5:14 at first I thought it was the Xavier logo Then maybe a straight edge thing Nope. Northern Alberta Xtreme, youth hockey program in Canada

[@allythearts5439]

I never bought into the class ring Once school was done with i peac-ed ✌🏽 up out of there lol 😂

[@michaelgallagher3575]

Excellent

[@deadpoolnic9242]

Does anyone know what kind of paint they use for the details?

[@JamesParkerUK]

They said enamel in the video.

[@VVtos174]

who cares?

[@madloop3217]

Why don't you post videos more often?

[@ZoruaZorroark]

so i checked how much it'll cost me for a class ring, almost $600 before taxes and s&h

[@michaelfreeze2949]

Championship rings are an American thing, no other country has them

[@phtevendecatur755]

Yes, like the one in the video for the Spitfires, the well known hockey team from Windsor, Ontario USA

[@michaelfreeze2949]

@@phtevendecatur755 My bad, Championship rings are also a Canadian thing for cities that are on the border with America and like to copy what American's do.

[@JasonGroom]

North America, including Canada and Mexico it is common, as is Australia, but outside of those 3 counties, it's more common to get an intricate medal than it is a ring or other piece of jewelry

[@michaelfreeze2949]

@@JasonGroom In Australia you get a medal to put around your neck like at the Olympic games. I have only seen championship rings in American movies and tv shows.

[@JasonGroom]

@@michaelfreeze2949 the Australian National Rugby Team uses rings, as do several of the cycling events.

[@4realGTFOH]

Cleveland Browns fans watching this like "OHHH"

[@jahaesjourney362]

Amazing 🤩

[@ozzyjohn1458]

I like how they sodder things together

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Solder

[@ZENO357]

Is 3D printing replacing this casting process?

[@goldgaming1855]

6:25 I’d call that pride average

[@0mariamfofana0]

How did they make it b4 this technical evolution ?

[@JasonGroom]

Pretty much the same way except the wax would have been carved by hand. That is why many older rings were not nearly as intricate

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

Did anyone else notice it went from gold to silver?

[@TreyNewman.]

Look up “Rhodium” plating that’s not silver that’s White Gold

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

@@TreyNewman. its a silvery metal in the palladium family

[@TansRav4]

gold is naturally yellow, to make rose gold or white gold you have to add other alloys to affect the color outcome, and also rhodium is commonly used to make white gold more "white" by plating.

[@TreyNewman.]

@@TansRav4 are you a jeweler as well ?

[@anveshnidumolu3679]

its basic inorganic chemisty.

[@gcboy16]

I lost mine how do I get it back

[@sirpicklestien1436]

You first cope and then cry about it then let it go

[@gcboy16]

@@sirpicklestien1436 ass 😂😂😂😂

[@topsyturvyy4558]

Buy a new one, simple

[@sharpthingsinspace9721]

Find it. My god.

[@RedSiegfried]

Really fascinating, but there's no accounting for taste, I guess.

[@kurotsuki7427]

Well the taste is up to the people placing the order XD Im sure there are some that look better and some that look worse

[@tmmaston]

There are plenty of rings that look tasteful and some that are tacky.

[@kimbratton9620]

Neat!

[@Arxerious]

that is so cool

[@rustynail3183]

Let's go!

[@rebekahsearcy8986]

I have a class ring. I got it as a birthday present.

[@larrylewislarry]

What is ‘sarder’?

[@viralshah2815]

Close at hand 🤣🤣🤣

[@PINKFL0YD-s2h]

enamel is powdered glass!

[@Bahar-px4gm]

I’ve remembered #jhonydeep when I see those amazing rings 😎😉🔥

[@lightmarker3146]

The championship rings and class rings were made by Balfour of Attleboro, Massachusetts for many , many years employing a large work force . After the failed NAFTA fiasco and their move to Mexico forcing the employees to move there and adding to local unemployment a fine old company was destroyed .

[@demarcuscousinsthe65th]

I was watching furries getting tackled but this is way more important

[@Juanguar]

Bruh 💀

[@KSun-yq1yp]

h u h

[@rockzors]

I was watching a women queefing 93 times in 30 seconds, I agree, this is more important.

[@demarcuscousinsthe65th]

@@rockzors what is queefing

[@johnbergstrom7045]

I certainly wish I had my high school ring from 2000 but some jerk ball stole it.

[@jeanetteshawredden5643]

Mine was stolen too.

[@ytucharliesierra]

You can always order a new one. That's what I did after I lost mine.

[@johncameron4194]

Wow

[@jewelator]

I respect that you leave comments in support of the author! I will be glad if you rate my videos! In one of the videos, I made gold earrings out of ordinary coffee beans!

[@TheLochs]

Neat

[@jewelator]

I agree with your opinion. It is also interesting to know your opinion about my videos. In one of the videos, I made gold earrings out of ordinary pasta.

[@EverClayGuy]

Orang yang gagal akan nampak kesusahan pada setiap peluang, manakala orang yang optimis akan nampak peluang dalam setiap kesusahan

[@markmadonia2867]

No wonder their so expensive

[@maximealoe244]

That's a lot of effort for such an awful result

[@aliali-ce3yf]

don't need the fires of mount doom?

[@edwardranno7119]

Jostens makes these rings

[@troyelliott390]

✔

[@Freestila]

Verry interesting. These types of rings - be it for sports or schools - are totally unknown here in Europe. And from my perspektive these big, bulky "championship" rings seem verry odd. To think that these "manly" sport players actually wear those... Same with class rings. I mean here in europe men rarely wear rings, with the only exception of a wedding ring...

[@byteofwood]

I don't think people generally wear them. They are more of a souvenir, like a trophy but smaller. I'm not sure how rings became the trend and not something else though.

[@hr.differentmind2048]

Lol but nice

[@lamppost1430]

Breadli lounzin × lostin make rings of the doyen as he tries a new ball from a name that will make sure

[@leardvr]

Ryan Ellis's ring.

[@sharpthingsinspace9721]

Gee, JOSTENS?🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@jamesreynolds5776]

This is from Graduor, a company based in Terrebonne, Québec.. most of the rings are Quebec-based rings like the 2007 AAA championship ring at 9:58 is from Vanier College, a CÉGEP and Quebec's 2nd English-language public college..

[@edwardranno7119]

I thought josten

[@megsmith8476]

This is an exclusively American thing.

[@sunstarburst]

My class ring costs $297.00 And that was back in1985. It was 10kt.gold. My foster got it from Gordon's Jewelry. And it had a butterfly wings on each side. On one wing was 19 and other wing was 85. The year that I graduated. My birth stone was on it. And my full name was engraved within the band of the ring. Unfortunately, it was stolen.

[@VVtos174]

yeah, i knicked it

[@melchristian8876]

👍👍🍦🍦

[@flyant321]

my lucky ring.. Sly Stallone

[@steffenhansen8818]

WHY DO YOU START WITH CAPITAL LETTERS IN EVERY SENTENCE??? Is that normal to do so?

[@illusionist1872]

Can’t wait for huggbees to get their bare, unwashed hands on this one

[@rolloff1218]

Never that.!

[@mattradek9348]

Guys wouldn't you want a bronze statue or a rifle from a previous war vs jewelry 🤔. How about guided trips in the Rocky Mtns vs. jewelry. U could sell those rings for something cool or more memories?

[@GamerDave1974]

And you guys are missing some Very Important steps in getting the Ring, Pendant, repair, remake And Inspection processes Done and to/back to the Customer lol. That All is very important in the processes of the product production.

[@GamerDave1974]

I have done Laser Welding to Antiquing rings and This video is Seriously lacking.

[@VVtos174]

@@GamerDave1974 who asked?

[@GamerDave1974]

@@VVtos174 I sure as hell didn't ask You!

[@rhedembiongcog941]

kina gwapohan!

[@dps6198]

High school class rings are a joke nobody ever wears them past the summer that they graduated. A college class ring is different That's a huge achievement to finish 4 years of college hell anybody can finish high school less than 30% of the adult population has a college degree that in itself is an achievement.

[@clacicle]

Super interesting how these rings are made, but they are so ugly.

[@OinkReutel-xd7lh]

Do Americans also get one of these rings if they can tie their shoe laces for the first time?

[@knowledgespreader353]

a

[@MeaHeaR]

wear is Déâth Hêãďđ ¿¿¿¿

[@solarmicronovae]

No thanks. 🖖🏻🤓✌🏻

[@Eclipse_Nature]

@David Boozer and possibly the gemstone aswell

[@bmo14lax]

Huggbees does it better.

[@mattradek9348]

I used to own a superbowl ring. Then I used it to travel the world. 💣 All it is, is some effeminate silver and gay designs.

[@DaveTexas]

I didn’t realize that Superbowl rings could print airline tickets. That’s a pretty nifty feature. I’m not sure what "to travel the traveled the world" means, though. Maybe stick to writing in your native language, since it’s obviously not English.

[@mattradek9348]

@@DaveTexas Didn't realize Austin was a foriegn name. Get out of this country. Don't come back ever. Go back to your homeland, Master Dwarf.

[@mattradek9348]

@@DaveTexas It means you could do dude stuff or be gay hoodlums like these NFL bright 🌞 little teletubby pus... In fact little davy bet u like getting it on with those guys. Bow chicka wow

[@mattradek9348]

@@DaveTexas Do you ever wear pink slippers 🥿 and scrub the floors? That sounds like an upscale job for you!👏 In your face!

[@DaveTexas]

@@mattradek9348 sweetie, it’s 2022. Calling something "gay" isn’t insulting now. It just means you’re jealous. Gay guys do have a LOT more sex than incels, that’s a fact!

[@BobBob-wi2no]

Why do Americans need self-approval in the form of tacky rings? Are the cool nicknames you got in college not enough anymore?

[@N911GT2]

These rings are so obnoxious. Typical US style.

[@Noval01rd]

I donno bout u guys... But I feel this was the slowest and the most inefficient way to make those rings!!

[@PINKFL0YD-s2h]

UBER TACKY AND CRASS

[@chrissypoo69]

Class rings are a scam

[@sferg9582]

There's no such thing as a championCHIP. There's paintCHIPS, potatoCHIPS, pokerCHIPS and even buffaloCHIPS, but no championCHIPS. Rant over.

[@johnwilliams8818]

How It's Made : High Fructose Corn Syrup : Oh, wait... They still won't let you know because they don't want folks to know it looks like slimy mucous, even worse than the pink slime they were putting into ground beef to make it look redder. 🤢🤮

[@sexyshadowcat7]

Lots of videos about how it's made and you can buy it in the store it's not like they're hiding it dude. It's a viscous liquid.

[@johnwilliams8818]

Yeah, I know ☺ ever just have one of those days where you just needed to complain about something?

[@john2914]

What silly stuff. Gosh how is a metal ring made? Amazing. I cant believe it.

[@mickeyromeo]

cool

[@jewelator]

I respect that you leave comments in support of the author! I will be glad if you rate my videos! In one of the videos, I made gold earrings out of ordinary coffee beans!

[@mickeyromeo]

@@jewelator you come off as desperate and pathetic lol

[@jewelator]

@@mickeyromeo This is one of the ways to attract viewers. If you have such an upbringing, then I can only feel sorry for you!