Ring made on lathe - Two Tone Amboyna Burl over Titanium

Nice!!! Very Nice!
Blog please…..

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I agree! I’d like to know how you make them—they’re beautiful.

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very nice, how do you get the metal band round the timber?

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Fantastic work! I’ve always wondered where to get the metal pieces for these…

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Very nice! What finish did you use? My order just showed up today.

John

Fantastic looking ring!!!

Like the others, I NEED to know how it is done!!!
Please!....
Pretty please!!....
With sugar on top!!!

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Another beautiful piece of jewelry JR….looks great.

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Sorry for the delay everyone… I was up late last night trying to get this done – finished it today. Let me start by saying thank you all very much for the feedback it’s really great coming from you guys.

Now to answer the questions I will do it the easy way look up bangleguy.com or Wildwood Design, a great LumberJock brother of ours Eric Goertz (BangleGuy) machines the cores for the rings and the bangle bracelets, and also sells the stabilized wood you can use to make these. I’m almost at the point where I can stabilize myself since I’ve purchase the Vacuum Chamber from Curtis over at TurnTex.

Eric not only sells the cores and wood he’s also put together an extremely helpful and informative video series http://www.bangleguy.com/tutorials--video.html that steps you through the process. Great product, great company and great guy.

Take care all and again thanks for the feedback

-JR

Beautiful. Now show us how its done please….

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Oh and sorry John, forgot to mention – This is a CA finish – If you watch how Eric finishes his bangles I did exactly the same procedure for this ring. Just can’t stress enough though make sure you wear a respirator or mask and eye protection…. CA can knock you for a loop without it… trust me I didn’t listen to Eric’s advice when I made my first few bangles and well I wish I had and certainly do now.

BangleGuy knows what he’s talking about.

Thanks – I have made several of the Bangles and use Eric’s finish procedure. I was just curious if you used CA on the ring, as the wood rings I have made in the past do not with a CA finish do not hold up. My order of ring cores and blanks from Eric just showed up. I will be giving the rings a shot this weekend.

Thanks John

I’ll keep a close eye on it since it is still a baby.. but I did consult with Eric today about whether or not to remove the CA from the Titanium core with the razor blade (Micro Turning Tool so to speak) after the 4 coats are applied and before the EEE and Shelawax is used for final buffing. He said I shouldn’t have to remove it but I actually still chose to on this ring mainly because he also said that the CA had worked it’s way off the Titanium already on one of his prototype builds. I figured I could at least do it differently for testing feedback to him (But exactly how his video series says to do it with the bangles) this way if it holds up maybe it’s the thing we need to make sure we do.

My theory is if the CA overlaps to the Titanium and doesn’t adhere as well as it does on the wood then that flaking may not stop when it occurs over the metal but may continue on to the edges of the wood; once it lifts from wood and moisture or grit and grime and oils from our hands can get in there that may be a big reason why it sometime fails.

We shall see my friend.

Looks great!

Thanks Joel!

JR, that is an awesome ring you have made! I love it.

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