Ring

[Vector01]

I tried Christina's idea about making rings with the scrollsaw. I had a piece of curly claro walnut that looked good for this project. Little did I know how hard this wood was. I went thru 4 blades just to split the piece in half. I then did the inside and outside cuts with the scrollsaw. I left a bit around the inside and outside of the ring for the final fitting/sanding. After final sanding, I applied some "natural" stain. Unfortunately it darkened the lighter areas a bit. Here's what I ended up with...

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[Travis]

Boy, that turned out really cool. You did a great job on it. Very nice finish too. Nicely done!

[Christina]

Way cool Vector! Your's is soooo much better than mine is. I love that wood and the finish is just right. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. I think these little doodads would be great sellers at craft shows too and use such a tiny amount of wood and work up pretty quickly.

Christina

[Dan]

That's pretty cool. Next, glue different species of wood and cut it. You said you used the scroll saw to cut the inside. Couldn't you have drilled it out? What I like about this site is that when it comes to ideas, the cup is always overflowing.

[amazingkevin]

Nice job,what grits sandpaper did you use start to finish.Did you polish it also on a wheel or hand rub.Where can a ring sizer be had.Are most woods good for rings.A custumer gave me a piece of zebra ,now i know what to do with it ,THANKS

[ugsduck]

A downloadable ring sizer here:-

 

http://www.jewelrylist.com/sizer.pdf

 

and a UK type here:-

 

http://www.musthavejewellery.co.uk/sizer3.pdf

 

Cheers

Keith

[Travis]

A downloadable ring sizer here:-

 

http://www.jewelrylist.com/sizer.pdf

 

and a UK type here:-

 

http://www.musthavejewellery.co.uk/sizer3.pdf

 

Cheers

Keith

 

Awesome resource. Thanks for sharing!

 

Nice job,what grits sandpaper did you use start to finish.Did you polish it also on a wheel or hand rub.Where can a ring sizer be had.Are most woods good for rings.A custumer gave me a piece of zebra ,now i know what to do with it ,THANKS

 

I think any tight grained type of wood would work well. Open pore wood like Oak might not work so well as I'd imagine it would crack easy. I think Zebrawood would look awesome. I've never used it, so I'm not sure how fragile it is. Give it a shot and see what happens! Great thing about rings, they don't take that much wood to make.

[Christina]

How cool is that..........wonderful resources Keith, thanks for sharing them with us.

Christina

[Messman]

That ring sizer is a great resource, I downloaded it. Now to get the time to try it I got so much on my plate it is unreal, got to get baby furniture built, start building my boat, finish up my book, get the unending honey do list done, aggggg it just never ends.

[Vector01]

Hi All:

 

Yes, you can use a drill press and a woodboring bit to drill the center hole. I didn't have a ring sizer so I used a circle template. I cut the rough shape using my scrollsaw and a FD PSR#5 blade. I started the rough shaping and sizing with a dremel tool w/ a 120 grit sanding drum (small). I then used a 120 grit sanding pad to clean up the radius and get it closer to the correct size(purple). I switched to a 220 grit sanding sponge to shape the outer surfaces and edges (black). When I was satisfied with the overall look I went to a 320 grit sanding sponge to get close to the finished product (yellow). I finally finished using 400 grit wet/dry sandpaper. Except for the scrollsaw and dremel tool everything else was done by hand. I applied some MinWax natural stain for protection. When dried I applied some Johnson's paste wax. I didn't use any type of gloss clear coat because I thought that over time it would wear off or peel. Everything I used can be picked up at your local WalMart.

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I'm not quite sure about the best woods. This was my first try at it. Like mentioned, a tight grain hardwood should work great. The zebrawood sounds like a good choice. I think a big consideration would be the direction of the grain.

[Marshall]

Vector this is sharp , anyone would like the ring.. .................... :arrow: . Marshall

[two saws]

This is a great idea! Although I don't have any really thick wood a person could laminate several layers together and come up with something differant. Now I know what I can do with some of that Teak wood that I was given. More projects for the future! Thanks for sharing your idea with us and what a great job you did on your ring!!

Ervin

[susieq4131]

Your walnut ring turned out great! Outstanding job.

 

SQ

[greasemonkeyredneck]

After first reading Christina's post about these rings, I did a little searching around. These these sell on Ebay for as little as $25 and on specialty sites for around $75. I think the prettiest ones I've seen so far are actaully from several species of wood glued up and then made into a ring. The other advantage to this is that when they are glued up, the grain is aligned across each other so you have something besides just endgrain at points all the way around. I think this would make it much more durable.

[Travis]

I'll throw this out for whoever wants to try it, but I think 3 sheets of 1/8" plywood laminated together would look really cool. It would really emphasize the plys, something most people would want to hide. But I think it would look really cool.

[shadylady0447]

Beautiful job on the ring Vector. Thanks for sharing with us.

[BuLLdoGG]

This looks gr8 i'm gonna give it a go thx for the pattern