Make A Laminated Wood Ring

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Make a laminated wood ring.

How to make wooden rings otherwise known as bentwood rings without fancy tools. What you ll need to make your own laminated key rings. Use a bentwood lamination. This is so you don t damage the wood.

When working with skateboard decks. Anyone with a few tools and some patience can make a laminated wood ring. The look and design of the ring is determined by the species and color of the wood chosen for the ring. Keyring split ring i m using a 25mm one.

Rotate the ring until you ve sanded down the entire circumference then turn it over and smooth the opposite side. I lay them out to orientate the grain of the wood in different directions this helps the ring with strength. I found working with frogblanks on the lathe very satisfying. Can t wait to turn more and apply them to other projects.

I then sand and scuff the brass to make it have a little more bite i use the good old gorilla glue brown poly type to glue the pieces together i spray all pieces with water before gluing to make sure of a nice sticky bond tough on the fingers though. The first step in the process is to create the ring blank. Here is how to make your own laminated keyrings. Bevel the edges of the ring.

All you need is some veneer a knife ca glue super glue krazy glue and some sandpaper. 47 x 67 mm or similar size lamination pouch sometimes referred to as the photokey pouch ideally a 500 micron pouch 250 2 eyelet punch and eyelets. Laminated wood rings are the bread and butter of ring making not only are they easy to make but since they rely on combinations of wood for their look the number of these rings that you can make is basically endless. No tear out as sometimes happens with laminated wood e g.

Once you re satisfied with the basic shape of your ring tilt it at a 30 45 degree angle and press it gently into the sander or dremel. Add glue to each piece of wood and stack together and place in c clamp. This is done by gluing together several different pieces of thinly cut wood. These rings get their.