Wooden wedding band for my fiancée

I’ve never turned a wooden ring, so I don’t have any real-life experience, but you should look at this blog entry:
http://lumberjocks.com/FrankLad/blog/8627

I think doing a test ring and trying different finishes when exposed to water will a) allow you to work out the problems with a prototype and b) let you know if it’s going to be something you are happy with.

-- ian | "You can't stop what's coming. It ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity."

Don’t do it! Wood won’t hold up over time and he’ll feel awful when he breaks it.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

I agree with gfadvm. A few people make solid wooden rings, but they seem like they would be more of a novelty. A wedding ring should be made to last at least 40 or 50 years, maybe more.

If you are really set on making a wooden ring, then maybe you could use a metal core. Search for “wood ring metal core”. You will find stainless steel and titanium along with instructions on how to make rings.

-- Steve

Here’s a metal core option

http://www.bangleguy.com/RIng_Supplies.html

Here’s another option that looks like might will hold up OK – https://makesomething.tv/how-make-wood-rings

-- Learn Relentlessly

Here’s my wedding ring I made using one of the titanium cores from bangle guy. I used CA as finish and had to redo it after about a year.
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/106214

heres a good read
https://simplywoodrings.com/care-instructions/

Moisture is the enemy, as well as manual labor.

-- Sean Hollick ~ http://mrhollickwoodworking.blogspot.com

you could do like when we were kids. We would take a 50c piece tap the edge with a spoon and it would start to flatten, keep at it and it makes a ring.

Like the others, wood will not hold up. You could get some other material for pen making and do one of those. It would still be handmade and sentimental, but be a synthetic material. They make some wild ones.

-- Sooner or later Liberals run out of other people's money.

There’s a number of people out there who make rings out of quarters. It seems to be a fairly simple DIY process. Get one from where you met, were engaged or are going to be married. You can do it by the year too.