My dad's original wedding ring is paper thin now from his many years of working:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuigfYaJj1Q51tf3JGVPndrA2EXdokuZvqt1medb5YfnZa61OrlyZM7FApeF7_M7zC-kNEZ2rxUBgVBAFgkmDN3QACyY_fmwmeQmgdMOXcm9pNCucwMUvsIx3yxQzW5UUI0qY5NFNRs_S/s400/originalring.jpg)
Here is his band compared to a fairly new wedding band's width:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKuflDr2XpDSTu_tiRmefXxzKnXmZ0aoVNE1Q7eEf8rFu3u0_eo1W7_VTk2wJ3UtWGoIau4FjBgjAupgjttii3n_WSJjeuQHnYpm905MbwNeNKjezZqX83zrjdHPQKWVjbza34s6ectRJG/s400/originalcomparedtoregular.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-X06b8nwnDpgCeTkOX_B-c6W0eYCVEBUWV9kZDVWwyxdZghyNi0ibYjG4bdM4HQft1rausOqEDgZhD3reGXbYqOFYE6BFAhNM2OjAc1h21CQtdhl5DYlTsLEf5rSG30WxmYuFYiw3dxcV/s400/originalcomparedtoregular2.jpg)
For at least a couple years he's been saying (and my mother has been nagging him) he needs to get a new wedding band. Today my dad decided that he wanted to make his new wedding band.
He found a stainless steel pressure balanced shower valve he had and went to work.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wxgWkH0uaoE_SfJ8fiJV38VNuddgy_S31Y6rE6TG2lvvf3tHUgh1G83Z59WCxuJQk9bZWcOCy3KnTyCQcN3Y-FEjZ3XgAXTGjxESiJH6WmxfvSCCW6N_d9Pl6ItaIkargSqavsRWSyzE/s400/showervalve.jpg)
(original valve)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JPCgM0eCanQJoVGhS4jPp-7R6mN_LHEd9b1lK9-H_celoBWgDUpI-BBKav3XmURPd1dgEMTQk2R7V6IgOCgZhXIkjU2as_1YJdZOdeLTWNfF_9JdXp5Ei8e6cuO3JGqQwuJFd_KR2NoT/s400/before1.jpg)
Dad hacksawed the center section out of the valve to use for the ring, and used a dremel tool with an abrasive bit to carve out some out of the center and to shape the ring.
finished product:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPjT-P_x2cmVqIxKyVenCuFKymnKWfQKlIYEH-eIs1qcUB8AF2ZIyjn9a58cLT3w3BOmpX8Q1tkMk28N0Y31_A4Nxmavloj8qG3vwDq5gTql59rqW1A1PM8uRoPGb0VumRnN3kI7Tdg91/s400/finishedring.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyE-DOCmMkZhxJIUWEjRA3gtkI-1ePOooo7bpdq8edAy0khtlbPAAjblMFg6R0LZWXiVqXnzaCpCiC3M6XJPSLi0lhCic9BFrbffhkCGleUpM8UERuO_gEu6vd5elMWcNZOYq0miwVp3PD/s400/finishedringwithvalve.jpg)
3 comments:
That's really cool!
Hahaha, awesome. Your pops gets a check plus in my book.
Monica, that is so inventive and creative of him! He did a great job!
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