Wood finger rings

[Mr sawdust]

Hi, i just tried to scroll/sand some wood rings, 

 does anyone else do it, any tips on making them better  and any special finishing  technique.?
 

 

[timelett]

Something I would like to do  can you shair what you are doing? 

[daveww1]

very nice rings

[Mr sawdust]

4 hours ago, timelett said:

Something I would like to do  can you shair what you are doing? 

The,re made with different woods, some lamination, some not..

 tried spalted maple , too weak  reaks easy..

 Using  a cheap ring gauge for sizing…drill cut, and sanding…..lots of sanding…

[Wichman]

2 minutes ago, Mr sawdust said:

The,re made with different woods, some lamination, some not..

 tried spalted maple , too weak  reaks easy..

 Using  a cheap ring gauge for sizing…drill cut, and sanding…..lots of sanding…

What process are you using now?

 

[Wichman]

Here is the thread I started about how I did these a couple of years ago. Hope this helps.

 

 

[kmmcrafts]

I made rings for my daughter and wife several years ago.. I made a inlay peace sign pendant for my daughter back a few years ago when the symbol made another "in style" comeback for a couple short lived years, LOL

The rings I made was actually a template from Steve Good I think.. He has patterns for estimated ring sizes etc.. I did a glue up of walnut and maple.. then basically just cut it out and did all the shaping by sanding it. Quite a lot of work this way but the rings came out awesome.. I used clear Lacquer for the finish.. held up pretty good but after a couple years there is some wear showing on the finish. Could always just top coat again I suppose.

Used to be a guy I followed on instagram that made rings and sold them on etsy.. his method was to cut strips of thin laminate material and super glue. he had different size dowels for doing his glue ups.. He would apply some glue and roll the laminate up and just kept gluing / rolling.. then sand and shape it.. His finish was actually the CA glue ( super glue ).. He made some beautiful rings.. weren't cheap either at a couple hundred each. He's probably still on instagram and etsy.. I just don't get on and follow the people like I once did.. He had quite a few sales and seemed to do really well with it.  

[CharleyL]

Here is a Youtube video about doing it with veneer. A friend of mine has made rings this way and they are incredibly strong.

 

Charley

 

 

[Mr sawdust]

Thanks  for the comments and help with links and ideas..

 something i will definitively look into and experience with different techniques…

  Merci  a lot…

[Mr sawdust]

On 3/9/2022 at 2:05 PM, kmmcrafts said:

I made rings for my daughter and wife several years ago.. I made a inlay peace sign pendant for my daughter back a few years ago when the symbol made another "in style" comeback for a couple short lived years, LOL

The rings I made was actually a template from Steve Good I think.. He has patterns for estimated ring sizes etc.. I did a glue up of walnut and maple.. then basically just cut it out and did all the shaping by sanding it. Quite a lot of work this way but the rings came out awesome.. I used clear Lacquer for the finish.. held up pretty good but after a couple years there is some wear showing on the finish. Could always just top coat again I suppose.

Used to be a guy I followed on instagram that made rings and sold them on etsy.. his method was to cut strips of thin laminate material and super glue. he had different size dowels for doing his glue ups.. He would apply some glue and roll the laminate up and just kept gluing / rolling.. then sand and shape it.. His finish was actually the CA glue ( super glue ).. He made some beautiful rings.. weren't cheap either at a couple hundred each. He's probably still on instagram and etsy.. I just don't get on and follow the people like I once did.. He had quite a few sales and seemed to do really well with it.  

Thanks for the tip..

[DRugerH]

That veneer is an awesome idea.  I have a bunch of purpleheart and curly maple veneer sitting around the shop to try that.  I'll do purplehwart first since it's a much less expensive veneer than the curly maple. 

Dan