Self-esteem and personal organization are essentially two sides of the same coin. You do some personal development, and you feel better, and you get on with life, but the disorganization of your life catches up with you and so you go back to doing a bunch of personal development. In fact, if you are reading personal development books, listening to audio programs or attending seminars on personal development and self-esteem, then chances are you’re caught in a circle. Notice that if you feel fairly well organized then you probably feel rather good about yourself, i.e.
How do you feel about yourself? How well organized are you?
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These make great little gifts you can commemorate special occasions by making the year of the coin the prominent feature, or in the case of state coins your place of birth or favorite place to visit.Įnjoy and feel free to ask any questions.I have two questions for you. The harder you strike it straight down the further you force it down the mandrel making it larger. Some tips I have learned after making this ring, rub the lettering and raised details lightly with steel wool or sandpaper prior to polishing - this will make the contrast more prominent, use leather around the ring when working it in the doming block and down the mandrel to prevent marring, to make smaller sizes start with smaller holes and adjust how you work the ring. You can read liberty inside the coin, and make out the eagle wings on the outside. The scorching side effect of the annealing process adds a bit of depth and character to the ring. Something I have since learned is use a much finer grit sand paper prior to finishing so the copper part doesn't appear all scratched up. Each ring you make will get better and better as you fine tune your personal process. If you are making a man's ring though this might be a faster solution. This process does work very well I stopped doing it as generally by the time you get to a point where you can work the ring without the PVC you are already into the larger sizes and you still have to flip it and do the other side. This will drive the coin down the mandrel getting it to fold over into shape. You place the coin on top of the mandrel with the mandrel on a hard surface, cover the coin with the PVC and strike the top of the PVC with your mallet. Tip: some people use 3/4 inch cut piece of PVC pipe to assist in working the ring.
Before you continue any further you should sand the punched/cut portion of the ring, this will help prevent splitting as you continue to work the ring. The result is shown on the brick, this is a much better starting point than a straight coin.
I wrapped the ring in some paper towels, and using the parts that came with my doming set pressed the coin into the half circle steel form. Instead of starting with a flat coin, I choose to get a head start on the process a simpler way - using my press and a doming block (doming block $40). This is done by placing the flat coin over the tip of the Jeweler's ring mandrel (Amazon $9.95) and then working it down by striking it with a rubber/plastic mallet (Harbor Freight 2" Teardrop Mallet $9.95). Once the coin is softened we have to start shaping it (soft is a relative term, do not expect that you can bend it with your hands).
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