In this video I take the exciting challenge of crafting my very own gold wedding bands. The decision to make these myself was a meaningful choice. It's not just about the potential savings from recycling old and broken family gold but about the joy of wearing something I made.
While working with gold is something new for me, my previous experience with lost wax casting came in handy. And I have to admit, gold is truly a beautiful material to work with.

My setup is simple, utilizing tools I've made for other tasks. Moreover I think wedding bands are often crafted differently, involving the soldering of metal strips rather than employing the lost wax casting technique. Anyway, after a first failed attempt due to insufficient metal and an overly thick sprue tree, I tried again and the subsequent attempt was successful, resulting in perfectlysized right out of the plaster.

The resulting rings weigh in at 5g and 7.2g respectively. After remelting the filings and sprues, a total of 10.85g of gold remains. This accounts for a slight weight loss (1 gram) compared to the chains I melted, possibly due to other metals dissipating like solder. All the old chains and materials I repurposed were made of 18carat gold (750 or 75% gold), the ideal alloy for wearable adornments.

At the end, I'm thrilled with the outcome. However, there's a joy that surpasses all of this. I'm over the moon to be marrying my wonderful girlfriend on the very day this video is published!❤

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0:00 Forming Wax Rings
1:48 Lost Wax Mold Preparation
2:55 Investment Plaster
3:56 Wax Burnout
4:18 Melting Scrap Gold
5:48 First Cast
6:38 Second Attempt
7:19 Ring Cleanup
8:25 Saving Every Bit of Gold
9:01 Final Polish and Buff
10:05 Result and Story Time