I guess this is sedimentary rock, but I don't think I've ever seen (in person) one with such a clean dividing like between the colours. When I saw it, I knew I had to make something interesting from it. I used a variety of carbide drill bits to make the hole, ending with 3/4" diameter that fits my ring finger. I then did the rough cutting with a diamond blade in my angle grinder and the final shaping on my belt grinder using silicon carbide belts. The last step was to dunk it in polyurethane to let that soak in and help stabilise the fairly delicate sand stone. Even though I don't think I'll actually wear this ring, it was a fun challenge to make it, and I may find another use for the rest of the rock for an future project. Plans for the wooden belt grinder I used in this video: www.ibuildit.ca/Sales/sales-12.html Ways you can help support this channel: Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=865843&ty=h Plans for sale: www.ibuildit.ca/plans.html More videos on my second woodworking channel: th-cam.com/users/IBuildIt My home reno channel: th-cam.com/users/IBuildItHome My "Scrap bin" channel: th-cam.com/users/IBuildItScrapBin Website: www.ibuildit.ca/ Facebook: facebook.com/I-Build-It-258048014240900/ Instagram: instagram.com/i_build_it.ca/
therealnightwriter I just checked all available news sources and police scanners in Canada. So far there is no indication that someone here has reported a stolen (or missing) sedimentary rock.
As you were sticking your finger through for the test fit, I had the horror flash thought. OMG he is going to get his finger stuck.. PHEW. You live to video another day ;0 Thanks for the entertainment John.
Awesome grinder skills, John! The colouring in the stone looks like it might contain iron. Seems the perfect thing to form a ring out of :) Cool project
A Fred Flintstone ring! But men don't wear jewelry. Unsubscribed. Seriously though, beautiful camera work. You've earned _my precious_ subscription. You rock ;)
Dude, that is flippin' beautiful! You could probably go into business making them to order. I'd buy one. Thanks for the video. Hell I got so wrapped up in the ring I didn't mention the quality of the video itself. Great bit of editing and clever use of coolant delivery.
John I bet it would have really been a stunning ring if you had polished it in a rock tumbler. Looks great though. Love your imagination and inventiveness. You make great vids keep up the great work.
I agree with the others; that water bottle was a neat simple trick! I wonder if CA glue or a runny epoxy would also soak in and work to strengthen it? Hmm, no sedimentary rock in my back yard to try... :-)
That really is great videography John. The rock is interesting and your skills shined when you turned it into a ring. Wear it for your next street fight or just to knock some sense into that troll.
Grand kids have a rock tumbler. Three or four days of tumbling rocks and they looked the same at the end as when they started, lol. Good thing the tumbler was in a closet or I would have gone crazier.
In high school metal shop I made a titanium ring from the landing gear of an F16 fighter plane. Our teacher was friends with a mechanic from Grumman and provided the titanium from the scrap bins. I won an ward for it and had it for years until it was stolen from my car. The ring had a similar shape to yours. I imagine that yours is a lot harder :)
hey john i wonder if it would be possible to polish that rock like you could do it with marble or granite? that might look really cool too, even though i'd imagine it beeing a whole lot of extra work
Absolutely loved this video. I especially love your bottle of water with the pinhole to keep your drill bits cool, I need to drill through about a half inch of steel do you think your bottle of water gimmick would work for me?
I must have made over 20 rock (in Chinese jade means any rock that is carvable) rings. Some rocks are really hard like black garnet. Jasper and agate are really hard. I made one out of white quartz with a lion on the top. Menards carries those diamond bits that fit a Dremel rotary tool. I made about 3 rings from nuts too.
I guess this is sedimentary rock, but I don't think I've ever seen (in person) one with such a clean dividing like between the colours. When I saw it, I knew I had to make something interesting from it.
I used a variety of carbide drill bits to make the hole, ending with 3/4" diameter that fits my ring finger.
I then did the rough cutting with a diamond blade in my angle grinder and the final shaping on my belt grinder using silicon carbide belts.
The last step was to dunk it in polyurethane to let that soak in and help stabilise the fairly delicate sand stone.
Even though I don't think I'll actually wear this ring, it was a fun challenge to make it, and I may find another use for the rest of the rock for an future project.
Plans for the wooden belt grinder I used in this video:
www.ibuildit.ca/Sales/sales-12.html
Ways you can help support this channel:
Patreon:
www.patreon.com/user?u=865843&ty=h
Plans for sale: www.ibuildit.ca/plans.html
More videos on my second woodworking channel:
th-cam.com/users/IBuildIt
My home reno channel:
th-cam.com/users/IBuildItHome
My "Scrap bin" channel:
th-cam.com/users/IBuildItScrapBin
Website: www.ibuildit.ca/
Facebook: facebook.com/I-Build-It-258048014240900/
Instagram: instagram.com/i_build_it.ca/
Did the angle grinder really cut it that fast, like butter?
Yes, all of the clips in this video are at normal speed.
wOw! may I ask why diamond blade that is?
therealnightwriter I just checked all available news sources and police scanners in Canada. So far there is no indication that someone here has reported a stolen (or missing) sedimentary rock.
John Heisz ijhio
There are not many talented people in this world that would see a stone and think that would make a nice ring. Well done John, very interesting.
second that!
Oh my god....perfect work! I love it!!!
As you were sticking your finger through for the test fit, I had the horror flash thought. OMG he is going to get his finger stuck.. PHEW. You live to video another day ;0 Thanks for the entertainment John.
I like your coolant/lubricant system :)
I'm definitely stealing that idea.
It was to keep the dust down :P
It works.
Hi! What type of sander is that? What type of drill? Those looks serious machines! What a beautiful work! Yes!!!
Imaginative build & and slick attention grabbing editing!
Great filming and editing John !!!
Awesome job, i never thought it was that easy to make a ring from a rock, and not have it break! Great work, keep it up!
I like the ring 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Your skill at doing things free hand, never cease to amaze me👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you for sharing
pretty darn cool. really like that you can find inspiration/motivation anywhere you look
Cool...You ROCK John!!!
Yes corny pun implied. HAHA
I have seen several like that but it always surprizes me Love your work
But no guard on the angle grinder??? Oh the humanity.
In all seriousness, cool looking ring. I love the diversity of your projects and materials.
Just love these videos where you put so much effort into filming and editing. And the project itself is very nice too!
I love it when you just rock up to some junk and make an interesting _How I Do It_ video.
Brilliant idea using the water bottle like that!
That was igneous!
Graham MacDonald Sedimentary, dear MacDonald.
Thanks, that was very *magma*nimous of you!
Zac Crow I apologize, it's not often that we get to mix with other strata, so we have to make the most of it!
Graham MacDonald that comment "rocks" sorry couldn't resist😉
That's cold, Doc, stone cold.
Awesome ring ! But the trick with the bottle was magical !!!!
Beautiful! Stone is forever!
Awesome grinder skills, John! The colouring in the stone looks like it might contain iron. Seems the perfect thing to form a ring out of :) Cool project
John,are you exhibiting at London fashion week next year?😆😆😆😆😆😆
This needs to hit top trending lads!
Fred Flintstone would be proud! Love it!
Pretty cool John. Very inventive.
Great idea John ,came out really nice
Damn it John. These edit heavy videos of yours is quite lovley indeed!
If I only had two more hands, I could've given four thumbs up!
Thanks
Fred Flintstone would be so proud! Nice work☺
the cutting part is sooo satisfying
Wilma is going to want one now, Fred.
Brilliant use of a water bottle to lube and clean during drilling.
Awesome. Very original.
Lord of the Rings.
Thanks for sharing.
Looks great, John! Nice little video.
Best dust collection tip ever!
Very neat, and uncomplicated!
The thumbnail looked so perfect it looked like CGI. Thought it would be clickbait but it wasn't. Good job!
Clickbait on this channel? Naaaah :)
A Fred Flintstone ring! But men don't wear jewelry. Unsubscribed. Seriously though, beautiful camera work. You've earned _my precious_ subscription. You rock ;)
wow you made that look easy!
That is way cool dude! Your videos are very inspiring, I've spent hours watching them and have gotten so many great ideas from them so thank you!
Dude, that is flippin' beautiful! You could probably go into business making them to order. I'd buy one. Thanks for the video. Hell I got so wrapped up in the ring I didn't mention the quality of the video itself. Great bit of editing and clever use of coolant delivery.
The ring to rock them all!!
Pretty cool and quick project. Future wedding ring??? Lol
Cool project, never cease to impress!
You make a lot of cool stuff John
John I bet it would have really been a stunning ring if you had polished it in a rock tumbler. Looks great though. Love your imagination and inventiveness. You make great vids keep up the great work.
“The Ring has awoken, it’s heard its masters call.”
Looks very nice. Great video cutting 👍
it would be interesting to see how it looks after polishing in a rock tumbler!
now that was pretty freakin cool, I like that , Looks Great
You dominated that rock.
That was cool!
Cool project, thanks for sharing. You might want to consider getting a patent for your automatic cooling system though ;)
one ring to rule them all
I agree with the others; that water bottle was a neat simple trick! I wonder if CA glue or a runny epoxy would also soak in and work to strengthen it? Hmm, no sedimentary rock in my back yard to try... :-)
the small hole at the bottom of the water bottle was a great idea.
Awesome job John. I do that shit all the time. I see something and think hmmmmm what can I make out of the item..
that was really cool. I dug it.
Great cinematography John. Cool ring too. Some might call the video NSFW :)
Hehehe... That is the most crazy thing that You have made!
That's cool. Fred Flintstone ring!
Great ring and entertaining camera work!
Stepping up the video game! Love it! Keep grinding...😉
Awesome, John
Mate that's the bomb!
That's so cool! Wish I could do stuff like this!
Very clever, I like it!
That really is great videography John. The rock is interesting and your skills shined when you turned it into a ring. Wear it for your next street fight or just to knock some sense into that troll.
You could finish in a rock tumbler. Smooth and polish it. Very cool.
Grand kids have a rock tumbler. Three or four days of tumbling rocks and they looked the same at the end as when they started, lol. Good thing the tumbler was in a closet or I would have gone crazier.
On his first hand he wore rings of stone,
Iron, Amber, Wood and Bone.
Congratulations, Re'lar! You have mastered the Name of Stone.
In high school metal shop I made a titanium ring from the landing gear of an F16 fighter plane. Our teacher was friends with a mechanic from Grumman and provided the titanium from the scrap bins. I won an ward for it and had it for years until it was stolen from my car. The ring had a similar shape to yours. I imagine that yours is a lot harder :)
traderjoes Fascinating anecdotes like yours always make the Comments Section worthwhile reading.
Very cool John!! 👍 Ron, Littlewierdshop
Nice rock ring
Drag the sander outside for the great lighting?
Even more impressive.
hey john i wonder if it would be possible to polish that rock like you could do it with marble or granite? that might look really cool too, even though i'd imagine it beeing a whole lot of extra work
Prehistoric drill bit torture :D
Nice ring 👍👏💯
Absolutely loved this video. I especially love your bottle of water with the pinhole to keep your drill bits cool, I need to drill through about a half inch of steel do you think your bottle of water gimmick would work for me?
Fred Flintstone's ring I love it
It`s a very soft rock indeed.
This crazy. Simple crazy.
That's beautiful I love it.
Awesome work!
Amazing video
stone is the new wood
Cool ring! Is it comfortable to wear?
Nice work John. I would say you should make a bunch of these and sell them on Etsy, but I know that's not your style.
That one saw (I think) cut through the rock like butter lol
Looks heavy!
cool ring
Beautiful 🤓
A request, I admire your work a lot, please you could design and build a Power Rack to train body buiding
Rock on man awesome!!
Awesome!! It’s gorgeous!! 😁
molto bello John compliments
Really cool.
Cool cool cool!
great idea ..!!
I must have made over 20 rock (in Chinese jade means any rock that is carvable) rings. Some rocks are really hard like black garnet. Jasper and agate are really hard. I made one out of white quartz with a lion on the top. Menards carries those diamond bits that fit a Dremel rotary tool. I made about 3 rings from nuts too.
all you need now is the I Build It logo carved into it for a signet.
Zowie...it's great.