Teak and Bird's Eye Maple Ring

Very nice.

Nice job…I like the lamination

Very nice! I've never seen wooden rings before. Do you turn them or work them some other way?

Cool ring well done Frank

Thanks, everyone!

GumbyGold: Thanks! I make them by steaming (or at least soaking in water) and bending thin strips of wood. Actually no power equipment is required using this technique.

Great work Frank. Your two-tone contrasting is impresive, any colors you tend to stay away from?

Thanks, RobS!

I tend to use lighter woods like Maple, Birch, and Sycamore for linings. Mainly due to personal preference of having a darker wood on the outside - and having contrast - but also because I get requests for inscriptions (wedding dates, etc.) and those woods show the inscriptions better.

So far I can't say there are any specific combinations I shy away from.

I've done others with darker woods on the inside. Recently did a pair of Walnut rings lined with Koa that turned out better than I had anticipated.

Lately I've been working on a "Ring Customizer" for my website - for my customers, AND for myself - LOL! There are so many possible combinations, it helps to get a visual idea ahead of time on how the wood colors play together.

Frank, Another beautiful ring. Your wife shurly loves it. Great color choices can make or break a project and yours are allways fantastic.

Love all your rings. Keep it up.

Scrappy

Thank you, Scrappy! Yeah - she really likes the ring! She actually got the idea for it using the beta/test version of the "Ring Customizer" I mentioned above. (http://www.stoutwoodworks.com/ringbuilder.php)
I've got lots to do on it still (and am considering taking some of the woods off - or at least having it flag certain wood combinations that aren't the best, structure-wise) ...but as-is it gives me some good ideas. ((Works in Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and latest IE…)

I appreciate the comments!