The embedded fog effect is achieved by consecutively pouring two different shades into the mold. Finalist in the Woodworking Contest View Contest. Put the hole-saw back in and finish drilling the outer epoxy wood ring diy. Don't skip any areas. I haven't included directions for that in this instructable, but they're not too hard rinb figure out once you know the basics. Please be kind and respectful to help make the comments section excellent. Too much glue will leak out and stick to everything, including your fingers ouch.

After manually sanding the epoxy gems through all the grids and giving them a spin on the buffing wheel, they turned out just as beautiful as the original ones.

Enjoy the video below, where Diy Wood Napkin Rings Yahoo [Peter] goes through all the details of how these rings are made:. Throw in an additional surcharge for the ones with flowers and stuff embedded in.

Per wood blank, it looks like you could get 4 rings: splinter the board on both ends and center it in the mold tray. Figure how many batches of wood and epoxy you could do in an hour. Maybe Now, turning a batch of 4 blanks in to rings. Here is where it gets tricky, I think. That would be 6 boards an hour, almost twice as many as my conservative estimate for boards per day, and in line with the maximum.

Now, polishing. Spent more than an hour sanding between each layer of paint. But, while I do value my time and recognize it would take me more than 4 hours spread over several days to make a ring like that, I also value the knowledge gained in that time; so I think I might have to find a nice piece of burl or something.

They might be using several tumblers to polish in stages, it that even works with wood and epoxy. I have some experience with gemstone cutting. Using professional gemstone tools, a skilled worker should be able to cut and polish those rings in a matter of minutes. Those are the tools I was thinking of, not the professional gemstone business. Cost is only eating your margin. Price is given by how much customer are willing to pay for it. The fundamental idea of competition economics is that price should tend towards manufacturing cost as competitors undercut each other to gain custom.

This is not an artisan company making particularly special items. For real hand crafted jewellery, try local craft fairs, not mass-market online stores. It looks like a lot of the work is finishing work, which I hate doing anyway. The rings are nice. Especially the fog effect in some of them is probably infused with a syringe etc.

But my main question: can they actually be worn? I would think they are way to bulky and probably not resistant to any wear at all. Have seen some of the rings some girls get around wearing — these are rather sleek by comparison ;. In the few I have made, I have used butcher block conditioner. Consisting of beeswax and orange oil.

So I am trying to make a ring for my girlfriend because she really likes wooden jewelry, but I'm not sure which way to start this project. I've read up on many different ways to do it and came across this instructable and another one that advised using wooden strips wrapped tightly around a dowel rod.

I need some help with which one to use because both ideas are great, but I might not have the best tooling for this one. Reply 6 years ago on Introduction. I would recommend the second method, there's a good instructable here. Using this method the ring would be quite fragile, as the grain runs crosswise. Reply 6 years ago. Great Instructable. I've made 3 rings so far. One comment I must share in regards to a while ago. To get a hardened, very durable finish, I used a general purpose 2 part epoxy to fill in wood grain, and then coat in enamel clear spray lightly.

Also, for the wood always splitting. This stuff is like wood steel, used for piano keys and gives off a liquorish odor when cut don't know why.

I've only found it online and in Woodcraft. Again great info, in the process of cutting down time and making a jig for a standard lathe. Hey KnockOnWood I was curious what 2 part epoxy you are talking about? Is that surfboard resin? Where did you pick some up? I just made one out of redwood. Most hole saws have a pilot drill bit for keeping the hole cutting saw in one place while cutting.

If you drill the inner hole first, there is no place to put the pilot bit in one place to do the outer diameter of the ring. Ever tried it with a hand drill? I'm not sure it can be done. Yes, I do see the drill press. While I'm certain you have a vice of some kind to hold the work steady while the outer ring is done secondly, those who DON'T have a drill press are going to have a rough time if they have to use a whole saw without the help of the pilot drill.

Doing it my way makes more sense. Good, interesting instructable. Robb Lush, tropical Grand Rapids, Michigan. Reply 8 years ago on Introduction. Reply 11 years ago on Introduction. Here's the way I see it: - If you drill the outer ring first, then it becomes much harder to hold the inner disc of wood while drilling the inner ring.

It's really a compromise between the two methods. That is why you do step 2. You partially drill the outer "ring". This is then your guide after removing the core. This can be done easily even with a hand drill.

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