| Project by Brant | posted 1384 days ago | 2868 views | 1 time favorited | 6 comments |  |
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I’m addicted! These little rings are fun to make. The first one is made from Lacewood, Bloodwood, and Walnut. The second is Honduras Rosewood and Yellowheart. I purchased the wood in 1/8 – 1/16 sheets from:
http://www.woodcraft.com/Category/1002123/Exotic--Domestic-Woods.aspx
Made using my hand drill, sand paper, and glue…. nothing else required. They are still “unfinished” because I’m still waiting on the beeswax to polish. Maybe i’ll try the oil & urethane gloss though. It looks like most people use the urethane, but I’d like to keep the natural look of the rings?
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SouthpawCA
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#1 posted 1384 days ago
I love the rings. Check out Woodworkers Journal for a CA finish. I’m waiting for someone to actually try this out. Here is the link: http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/resource/GluingTechniques/GlueAsAFinish/index.html
-- Don
John Gray
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#2 posted 1383 days ago
Nice rings!!!!!
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Innovator
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#3 posted 1383 days ago
I havent tried anything that small yet, looks very good.
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Vince
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#4 posted 1383 days ago
Excellent rings, I use Thin CA as a base coat for my bracelets also it seems to add strength to the wood.
-- Vince
scrappy
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#5 posted 1383 days ago
Very nice rings. Great wood/color choices.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
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FrankLad
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#6 posted 1383 days ago
Nice work, Brant! I warned you that it can be addicting! :) The neat thing about those laminate-cut rings is the almost endless possibilities with different wood combinations. You’ll have lots of fun with that!
I can attest to CA being a fantastic finish to use on wooden rings. I started out using thin CA (MXBON 105) but have since switched to thicker viscosity (MXBON 424) because of the slower cure time and thus ease of getting greater coverage.
Posted info about it here: http://lumberjocks.com/FrankLad/blog/10190
Did it initially as an experiment out of curiosity and then found out pen turners have been using the finish for a while, which helped increased my trust in the finish.
If you try it, I’d like to hear how it turns out.
Again, nice work!
-- Frank, Mississippi, Handcrafted wooden rings - http://www.bentwoodrings.com
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