Padauk Ring

Beatifull ring. Love the color and great shine on the finnish.

It sure would be nice to have a lathe!

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Beautiful!
It looks great on the finger.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Another great looking ring.

Thanks for showing it off!

-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA

Agree with ‘Scrappy’, would love to have a lathe. Great ring, this would keep the Girlfriend happy.

ooo that’s a pretty one

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

It looks great. I now know what to do with the smaller end cuts I didn’t know what to do with.

-- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

Very well done! I especially like the wood grain details showing through.

Very nice ring, Jim! Padauk is a pretty wood.

-- Frank, Mississippi, http://www.stoutwoodworks.com

Oh no…. another project to add to my ever increasing list of “cool things to do”.
Great planning and lathe work, love the ring !!
Thanks for sharing.

Lisa

-- I inherited the woodworking gene and it's gone into overdrive.......

Beautiful ring Jim. Love the finish.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

A tapered dowell! Of course – brilliant. I’ve been wanting to make a ring and this one is just spectacular. I didn’t know how I would sand it down – besides by hand! I can use that idea on my drill press – not as slick as a lathe…but it should work.

-- Where did all this sawdust come from?

Thanks for the nice comments. The trick is to always cut pushing towards the larger side of the dowell. That way you are pushing the ring tighter onto the dowell, instead of pushing it the other way. I figured that out after several trial and error attempts.

-- Jim Sollows --- Langley BC Canada --- www.sollows.ca

Hi Jim,
I turned down a tapered dowel yesterday. I had trouble getting the ring to stay put, even working it up the taper. I pressed it on also and it split the ring. So what I did was wrapped the tapered dowel with 400 grit sandpaper fixed with CA glue. The ring didn’t move at all, but I pressed to hard with the lathe tool while turning and the ring split. I am going to try it again ! Thanks for sharing the tapered dowel idea.

Lisa

-- I inherited the woodworking gene and it's gone into overdrive.......

Hi Lisa, I had a very gradual taper on the dowell which let me put it on quite snug. That might be a problem with brittle wood or a thin ring. I did have it slip several times and had to snug it up again. The sandpaper is a really good idea, I will try that. I split my first attempt because I was being too aggressive with the tool, it takes a gentle touch, especially as the ring gets thinner.

-- Jim Sollows --- Langley BC Canada --- www.sollows.ca

I also noticed the grain on your ring is angle cut. Do you cut your turning pieces with a special grain orientation? Or was this just a coincidence?
You may be right about the taper, it is 3/8” to 3/4” in a 7” dowel length. It is rather steep. Thanks for the input.

Lisa

-- I inherited the woodworking gene and it's gone into overdrive.......

The grain orientation was purely coincidence but a good thought. I wonder if you had the grain running parallel to the ring would give it strength.

-- Jim Sollows --- Langley BC Canada --- www.sollows.ca

My son just finished making a ring and used your sandpaper technique, worked like a charm. Thanks for the tip dustbunny!!

Jim

-- Jim Sollows --- Langley BC Canada --- www.sollows.ca