I should have shown, I couldn't bend it with all my one handed squeezing power. Pretty dang strong. Testing hammered finish to make dents and dings not stand out so much. 🤙
@@SmartBettsPM awesome what about annealing it to see if gold becomes harder but more brittle? I understand a bit of metallurgy from researching knife making. Maybe it will be cool to see if playing with stuff like tempering affects 24k gold
@@marko6938 when I roll it, after a couple rounds it gets very hard and brittle. I'll start flaking from the edges. Annealing with heat/quench gets it nice and soft again. I haven't tried heating without quenching, and probably other ways that would cause other effects also. I'll play with some options next round. Appreciate the thought provoking ideas my friend! 👍
Interesting seeing the process unfold. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching. I'll be updating more shortly.
Nice job 👍 I made a silver version!
Sweet. Vid?
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Are you taking orders? 🤩
Could be. 😀
Will it still bend or do you think you work hardened it enough?
I should have shown, I couldn't bend it with all my one handed squeezing power. Pretty dang strong. Testing hammered finish to make dents and dings not stand out so much. 🤙
@@SmartBettsPM awesome what about annealing it to see if gold becomes harder but more brittle? I understand a bit of metallurgy from researching knife making. Maybe it will be cool to see if playing with stuff like tempering affects 24k gold
@@marko6938 when I roll it, after a couple rounds it gets very hard and brittle. I'll start flaking from the edges. Annealing with heat/quench gets it nice and soft again. I haven't tried heating without quenching, and probably other ways that would cause other effects also. I'll play with some options next round. Appreciate the thought provoking ideas my friend! 👍
How did you get both ends to join into a solid ring?