How I make Wedding Ring Boxes

[teresamwong]

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing!

[RockyAussie]

Here's how I go about the embossing and monogramming of these boxes. Because many of the products I make get done in batches on a regular basis it is necessary to have a quick change over system.The first 2 pictures show how with a cardboard template that gets screwed down to the embossers base plate I can do a quick change from 1 piece to the next.

For the monogramming I have set it up to enable me to achieve this after the product is fully made by setting up a sturdy holding ring that retains the block that supports the pressure of the embossing.

Some time back I was lucky enough to pick up a font set called Redwood and it is very nice in this application I think.

As I have a few to do and while the machine is heating up I go through and get out all of the letters that are going to be needed. It takes awhile to learn to set it all up backwards at first.

This is what it looks like set up in the holding block

The ring box lid is now set up for the stamping

This is what can happen due to the foam under the leather. Gold everywhereThat's alright I am used to making mistakes and know how to fix.

In order to not have to fix any more on the run I have made up some protection pieces. Here I have tested with a pre stamping first.

Foil being located

And success

All done. Thanks for looking and I hope that something in here inspires some or has something that you can make use of.

I am working on some video stuff on this product but I only got 10 minutes or so on this run.

Follow me if you want to be notified when the video is loaded and please make any comments that could make it better.

Regards Brian

[chuckgaudette]

Thanks again Brian. Always interesting. I have a couple of Kingsley machines myself. They use to be made just down the street from me. 

Chuck

[RockyAussie]

22 hours ago, chuckgaudette said:

Thanks again Brian. Always interesting. I have a couple of Kingsley machines myself. They use to be made just down the street from me. 

Chuck

I was lucky to be given this one from an old business friend that now runs an upholstery business called "Swains Canvas" here in Rockhampton. I was telling Pete I could use  another one  and he kindly gave it to me for as long as I want it. Love good business relationships.

They are great little machines for this "type" of thing. I have three of them so I hope to be able to keep this one sort of permanently set up for this job. Mostly I like their type sets as they always high quality and I have not found any decent copiers of them yet. What fonts and sizes do you have Chuck?

[chuckgaudette]

I have a set of 12pt san serif. Some generic font I don't know what the name of it is. But what I use most is 48pt Lydian caps for monograming handbags. It a nice sans serif with just enough style.  I also had my brother make a makers mark for me out of brass on his CNC machine that fits the Kingsley holder

Chuck

[RockyAussie]

I wish I had a brother like that. That is a nice looking bag and the embossing font looks excellent. Well done.

I'm pretty pleased with myself today as I just found out we have made a sale into China on a ring box. Normally we only get products made from Croc selling there. Brian

[Grey Drakkon]

That was a great look into all the behind the scenes work that goes into those boxes!  Thanks for posting it!

[YinTx]

23 hours ago, RockyAussie said:

I wish I had a brother like that. That is a nice looking bag and the embossing font looks excellent. Well done.

I'm pretty pleased with myself today as I just found out we have made a sale into China on a ring box. Normally we only get products made from Croc selling there. Brian

Hopefully they aren't looking at your construction methods and making a pattern off of the new box so it can be made and sold cheaper...

Those boxes turned out awesome, your ingenuity shines through in your fabrication!

YinTx

[RockyAussie]

4 hours ago, Grey Drakkon said:

That was a great look into all the behind the scenes work that goes into those boxes!  Thanks for posting it!

Glad you enjoyed it and I hope the video does a more entertaining view of the process. Just go an order for another 60 of them so The video will probably get finished some before Christmas.   Brian

[RockyAussie]

1 hour ago, YinTx said:

Hopefully they aren't looking at your construction methods and making a pattern off of the new box so it can be made and sold cheaper...

Those boxes turned out awesome, your ingenuity shines through in your fabrication!

YinTx

They well could be, but that is just a part of the fun of this is it not? You just raise the bar and keep looking at ways to raise it higher and better etc. I find a lot more fun in designing these things than making them in the bulk orders that invariably they lead onto. I have orders for products to last some years to come yet so ...  Some I know like to keep with the past traditional ways of doing their leather work but I get bored easily and love finding ways to stretch the boundaries all the time. Keeps me better amused.Participating in a forum like LW  and occasionally seeing something new and interesting helps us all to become better at what we do and sometimes love. Brian