The River - Hammer Textured Silver Ring

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In this video I use a texturing hammer and an engraving tool to create a unique ring out of Sterling Silver that I call "The River" because it looks like rocks on the bottom of a river bed.

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@wh0tube Ай бұрын

Show this to your kids people! Had I seen content like this half a century ago, I would have wanted to be Randy when I grew up! 😍👍

@randysmithfabrications2731 Ай бұрын

@@wh0tube I think that is the nicest comment I’ve ever received! Thank you 🙏

@MarcoJetti 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your beautiful video and nice ring! I was curious to ask: isn’t the metal bowl giving a copper patina to your silver? I am talking about the one in the middle between the pickling solution and the water. Does it contain salt and vinegar? Thanks.

@randysmithfabrications2731 4 ай бұрын

No, it contains baking soda and water and it’s used to neutralize the pickling solution. It does strip surface copper away, which is why the water turns blue but that’s a good thing because it brightens up the silver.

@polarjeez 4 ай бұрын

Were you "depletion guilding" at the start to get the bright fine silver to the surface?

@randysmithfabrications2731 3 ай бұрын

Not at the beginning no, I was annealing. The metal must be annealed as it is stretched and worked. Depletion guilding is typically done at the end right before polishing to bring out that fine silver as you said. Hope this helps.

@polarjeez 3 ай бұрын

@@randysmithfabrications2731 Goootcha, thank you so much! Gorgeous ring!

@BobShaffer-wt6cs Жыл бұрын

Sir: thank you for posting of a complete ring step by step, Your video is so clear and concise even I that lack a lot of self confidance am willing to try something out of my confort zone. Thank you and I will be watching more.

@randysmithfabrications2731 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment. Trying things out of my comfort zone is how I learned 😉

@bobmoto3528 2 жыл бұрын

Seen several of your ring making videos. Beautiful work. But there’s no information about pricing. No web site info. How would some one purchase or order such nice jewelry?

@jakkibaker1818 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful thank you for video 😊

@brianmv13 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your videos and I’m glad you’re back to posting frequently. I have a suggestion. How about doing a voice over explaining why you are doing certain processes for those of us who know nothing about jewelry making? What was the liver of Sulphur used for etc.

@randysmithfabrications2731 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice comments, I really appreciate it. I used to do more voice overs when I first started making videos but I feel like voice overs are more for instructional type videos, and since this is really only a hobby of mine I don’t feel like I am qualified to be a teacher so I stopped. I have thought though about putting more text in the videos to explain some of the processes for people who don’t know so I’ll start doing that more. The Liver of Sulfur is an oxidizing agent used to rapidly patina the silver to darken the low lying areas and make them stand out more.

@marybryan5879 7 ай бұрын

Hi. Terrific video. I have a texturing hammer like that but it didn’t come with that particular screw on attachment. Was this one you had to purchase? Also, did you use a particular attachment for the Foredom to stipple around the circles? Thank you.

@randysmithfabrications2731 7 ай бұрын

This particular hammer doesn’t have interchangeable heads like you are describing, I bought it as is, but I know of which hammer you are talking about. I think I ordered my hammer on Amazon but I can’t remember exactly, sorry. The stippling I’m doing is actually not a Foredom attachment, it’s an old school metal engraver I got from my dad. It’s what he use to use to engrave our names and phone numbers on our bicycles when we were kids. Hope that helps, good luck.

@marybryan5879 7 ай бұрын

Thanks very much!!