How to Make a Perfect Metal Ring - Kevin Caron

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From www.kevincaron.com - Artist Kevin Caron shows how to make a perfect metal ring, every time ....
A viewer asked, "How do you make a metal ring?" He had tried bending it, heating it with a torch, bending it around a piece of stock. It was making him crazy.
How do you make a perfect metal ring? You use a ring roller. Kevin Caron shows his 52" Dayton Slip Roll. One of the features of this machine are the three little grooves on the end of the roller. You just keep cranking up the roller and running the metal through.
You can't do it in one pass - "My arm just fell off!" says Kevin Caron - because the machine isn't made to do it that way, and because there is no way to measure the actual bend. Besides, it's good exercise.
This is a slip roll, but there are other machines out there that can roll rings. There are ring rollers, stand-alone ring rollers, tubing rollers, pipe rollers.
The only problem with this machine - and probably the ring rollers, too - is that you wind up with a little flat spot at the beginning of the roll.
There are two ways around that. You can overlap the two ends, which means you need a little more stock, then cut off both the flat ends, and weld the ring together. Or the way Kevin Caron usually does it is to roll it until the two ends meet, weld them together, grind down the weld a bit, then run it back through the ring roller.
That is just what Kevin Caron does. He TIG welds the two ends together, cleans them up a little, puts the ring back into the roller, tightens up the feed roller again, and rolls it through.
Kevin Caron shows the ring, and you can see it's off a little, probably because he didn't clean up the weld quite enough. He takes the ring over to the anvil and rounds out that little area to create a perfect ring.
So that's one way to create a perfect ring.
Kevin Caron is going back to work, so you have time to go to www.kevincaron.com and sign up for his newsletter and see more how-to videos.
Well, you might want to stick around for another moment to see just how good Kevin Caron is ....
"Inspired sculpture for public & private places."
Artist Kevin Caron has been sculpting full time since 2006. You can see his more than 45 commissions in public and private places coast-to-coast and online at www.kevincaron.com.
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[@ali8087]

I don't do anything CLOSE to this level of artistry. I incidentally ended up here due to a jewelry-making quandary. I became immediately enthralled and, with delight and surprise, watched the entirety of the video. I have become absolutely fascinated!

[@KevincaronSculpture]

Thank you for watching and posting ! Welcome to the club.

[@bobmcgee7805]

Nice Job Kev..You are one of the few metal artists out there.....

[@KevincaronSculpture]

Thanks Bob, just having fun and passing on what I learn. Thanks for watching and posting.

[@motor2of7]

Awesome advice. Love the end card.

[@Fireship1]

Nice tips and video Kevin!

[@RickRabjohn]

Go figure, I've been working through youtube on how best to form a ring and sure enough you've got it covered in this video. Your roller looks awesome but likely a little expensive - I might have to build a small one myself. Thanks Kevin!

[@northjerseykevin3915]

Good stuff, thanks

[@yveskc1]

Good job!

[@FootballofOregonBro]

Great advice!

[@seagangstab2637]

Cool video and rad shop!! Thanks for posting:)

[@KevincaronSculpture]

Thanks for watching!! Have you been to my website yet? www.kevincaron.com

[@michaelb.5345]

So good..

[@shawnricks2177]

Thanks! Super helpful! ☺

[@KevincaronSculpture]

Thanks for watching!

[@SmallHoleInTheForest]

Drooling over that 52" slip roll! Are your t-shirts going to say "Hey Kevin, whatcha doin'?"?

[@KevincaronSculpture]

No, but that is a great idea! will make sure the Voice reads this!

[@namecollision]

I passed on a slip roll that size years ago and still regret it. :) Thanks for the video.

[@80dale]

Another great video . Thanks. Was kinda waiting for you to give the formula for finding the length of rod for a certain diameter circle. 3.1416 x diameter = length of rod needed. Anyhoo,,,,,, was getting ready to try a ring roller to make a birdfeeder hanger and don't have a clue on how,, then I got a notification on my subscribe list. Perfect timing for me. Thanks again. Informative and entertaining .

[@jeffr8282]

thank you, cool!

[@KevincaronSculpture]

Thanks for watching.

[@arcturusbbqsausagemaking2435]

Nice roller ,I usually cut my material longer and use a metal or cardboard template of my radius and keep rolling it until it fits my template.

[@brianneece311]

Measure diameter of the radius and times it by π

[@wiggsan]

Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!

[@KevincaronSculpture]

Thank you for watching and posting.

[@vaibhavsangoli4577]

Hello Kevin, Thanks for this informative video. But could you please tell how to minimize that flat portion or stock required?

[@KevincaronSculpture]

flip it around and run it through the slip roll again. Or just smooth it out on the anvil.

[@CarlJohnson-ry3gc]

@@KevincaronSculpture l add 2 inches to the length, that leaves 1 inch of flat on each end after it's rolled. Then cut off the flats and weld.

[@chuckalbright5348]

how would you form a ring like that but add a slight angle, exactly what is used for wooden barrel making? Hoops

[@KevincaronSculpture]

I wo0uld use a slip roller to make this hoop. Just adjust the roller to have a little twist to it and you should be good to go.

[@charltoncarswell9977]

Kevin, What is a good (and cheap) ring roller for a guy to make rings for the garden and for plant hanging and stuff like that. After I get the roller that you suggest, I will follow up with a question regarding an entry level welding machine for someone with absolutely no welding experience. I do have a tiny bit of Mill experience and love that Bridgeport that you have. Also love your videos! Thank You, Sir!!

[@KevincaronSculpture]

You can start with something from harbor freight. After a while you would upgrade to something better. For a cheap but affordable welder to get started, i would look at the powermts 251 from Everlast. I hear AHP is coming out with a 3 way machine buti have not heard of a eta yet.

[@ruuman]

I've made a few nice rings drawing it round tube stock, the key is bend the stock from as far away as possible from the tube. this way the stock forms a uniform curve. just take your time

[@jtbmetaldesigns]

I do that and also sacrifice the first inch of bar stock

[@jeffwood4578]

how do you make a ring out of flat stock about 1/8 thick by about 1 1/4 wide???

[@KevincaronSculpture]

If you have a slip roll that is the machine you need to use. If not, find "something" about the right size like a rim from a car, and bend the stock around that. If not too big, you might try several hose clamps hooked together and them to round out you stock.

[@KC-vz1ko]

Hi Kevin! What's the max size stock you can bend with that machine?

[@KevincaronSculpture]

It is rated to 16 gauge. I have shaped 1/4 by 1/4 steel a lot. Have done 1/8th steel by 5 inch wide with no problem. 1/8th inch by 6 was a struggle. Ring roller can handle about 3/8 hollow steel.

[@douglasalan7786]

I do the same. Weld it up and run it through a few times

[@brandolino55]

How to make a regular circle without that tool

[@KevincaronSculpture]

Find something the correct diameter and bend around it.

[@tonydeleo7697]

I saw the logo on your T shirt, are you or were you a firefighter?

[@KevincaronSculpture]

Nope, friend of our was.

[@ColKorn1965]

Hmmm. Just so happens that I'm fabricating a ring roller in my spare time. Thanks

[@KevincaronSculpture]

Thanks for watching!

[@robertcoyle1532]

Sorry Kevin... can't afford it. I guess I'll just have to make do with a break drum and a bunch of c-clamps. :-)

[@frozenpi1171]

Yeah like I will have that around lol but thanks

[@KevincaronSculpture]

Well now you have a shopping list!!

[@koii55]

“How to make rings” Buy this expensive piece of equipment you don’t have space for specifically designed for the task

[@KevincaronSculpture]

Life is like that sometimes.

[@juanokita4401]

???perfect ring roller???

[@KevincaronSculpture]

Yeah, I know.