Making my wedding ring out of a set of barrels

[Tula47]

I purchased off ebay a couple months ago a set of cut down LC Smith shotgun barrels and today my soon to be brother in-law and I started to turn them into my wedding band. I have to order another boring bar to cut the inside to proper size but I should have that next week.

 

[tetter]

Interesting... Damascus wedding band? How will you prevent rust?

 

[71silverbullet]

Thats a cool idea (except for the getting married part).Keep us updated with the progress. (on the ring, not the marriage)
A friend of mine who recently got married, made their wedding bands out of a piece of rail road track that he and another guy stole while out drinking one night.
You should make sure that the person conducting the ceremony tells the story of the ring when you exchange vowels.

 

[Tula47]

Yep, I'm going to polish it and have a local jeweler put a clear lacquer like finish on it. He has made several pieces out of various metals including Damascus and it's done well at preventing rust. I'll probably have to repolish and recoat every few years, which is no big deal.

 

[GregD]

As the years go by how will you be able to resize the rings?

 

[Tula47]

Thats a cool idea (except for the getting married part).Keep us updated with the progress. (on the ring, not the marriage)
A friend of mine who recently got married, made their wedding bands out of a piece of rail road track that he and another guy stole while out drinking one night.
You should make sure that the person conducting the ceremony tells the story of the ring when you exchange vowels.

My step-father will be the on conducting the ceremony so we will see what he says haha

 

[Tula47]

As the years go by how will you be able to resize the rings?

I will be able to go bigger but not smaller. There will be plenty of material to remove if I ever need to go larger, or I'll just make another.

 

[GregD]

When you get them done be sure a post a picture.

 

[Indy-Mike]

I'm disappointed in INGO. Six replies and not one mention of a "shotgun" wedding.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Make an extra ring, one to control all others

 

[Tula47]

Make an extra ring, one to control all others

But then I'll have some creepy hairless guy following me around all the time trying to steel it

 

[hoosierdoc]

But then I'll have some creepy hairless guy following me around all the time trying to steel it

people often ask me how we get rings off with finger injuries. I tell them we have a golem

 

[Tula47]

people often ask me how we get rings off with finger injuries. I tell them we have a golem

Haha my brother in-law is a machinist and has had to have 4 wedding rings cut off because they got dented and wouldn't come off his finger... He finally got one of those rubber ones to wear in the shop and I'll probably do the same

 

[PistolBob]

...when I got married I lost my WALLET

 

[Tula47]

...when I got married I lost my WALLET

Believe it or not, she's paid for basically everything just asked me to buy my suite and the beer/wine. I thought that was getting out pretty cheap haha

 

[Bigtanker]

Sounds like she has him over a barrel.

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

Interested to see the final results. A buddy of mine had his wedding ring made out of a deer antler, it's probably one of the coolest rings I've seen.

 

[warthog]

But then I'll have some creepy hairless guy following me around all the time trying to steel it

I'm not hairless...I'l follow you around to get the ring.. lol

Very cool, love the idea

 

[antiwheeze]

Are you using ferrious steel?

 

[Mounty09]

Awesome idea. I am getting married soon and have been thinking about what to get for a ring. Have been looking at Damascus rings but wondered how they would hold up and if they would rust. Anyone have something similar and now how they last?

https://www.amazon.com/Damascus-Ste...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=GG51203CFBJM302XPJR8