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Wooden engagement ringby Caffeinomane on September 15, 2009

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intro: Wooden engagement ring ..................................................................................................

step 1: Materials .............................................................................................................

step 2: Equipments ...........................................................................................................

step 3: Cutting and drilling wood ..................................................................................................

step 4: Giving the final shape. ...................................................................................................

step 5: Preparing the alcove for the gem. ...........................................................................................

step 6: Polishing .............................................................................................................

step 7: Preparing the brillant. ....................................................................................................

step 8: Gluing! ...............................................................................................................

step 9: Final result. ...........................................................................................................

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1. The real color of the wood is dark-red.2. The wood is really dark on the outside, probably due to the wine.

Image Notes1. This is Italian, I do not know its equivalent in the US.

step 2:EquipmentsMy equipments are:- Very old drill.- Drill bit for wood.- Drill saw.- Drill bit to scrape.- A selection of files.- Dremel.- A selection of Dremel bits.


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Image Notes1. My ooold drill.2. Drill bit for wood. It should be of the diameter of the finger. Here: 16 mm3. Drill saw.4. Drill bit to scrape.

Image Notes1. Wood rasp.2. Double-cut file.3. Rat-tail file.

Image Notes1. High speed cutter n. 118

Image Notes1. Engraving cutter n. 107


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Image Notes1. Engraving cutter n. 111

Image Notes1. Polishing felt.

step 3:Cutting and drilling woodNow that we have everything we need let us start with the preparation of the wood piece.

First of all I drilled the wood, then cutted it. I obtained a smaller piece with the hole in it.With the saw I worked on the bit of wood to roughly scrap off the biggest part to get an approximately rounded shape.

I also tried to soak it in a diluted solution of white glue (here in Italy: "Vinavil") to make it stronger.Unfortunately the glue did not penetrate much the wood so it was useless.

Image Notes1. The in fieri ring.

step 4:Giving the final shape.Using the scraping drill bit I gave a better shape to the ring.

Then using the rasp and the file I tried to make it as regular as possible.I wanted the sides to be parallel and the width to be uniform.

Then with the file and the drill bit I rounded its width.With the rat-tail file I rouned the inside.


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Image Notes1. We are almost there.

Image Notes1. Rounded width and parallel sides, good!

step 5:Preparing the alcove for the gem.With the Dremel bits I prepared the alcove for the gem.First with the high speed cutter I made a little hole to easily use the other bits.The hole should be a little bit bigger than the brillant, we must keep the room for the glue.

With the high speed cutter, then I prepared a smaller hole in it for the tip of the gem.

Image Notes1. Smaller hole for the tip of the gem.

step 6:PolishingUsing the polishing felt I polished the ring.

I wanted to make it dark and shiny so I set the Dremel to maximum speed.The felt kind of burned the wood (I could actually smell burned wood) under it making it darker and polished.

Be careful not to burn it completely and to give an uniform tone to the wood.


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Image Notes1. I like these reflexes on the darkest spots.2. After the felt polishing the porosity of the wood becames evident.

Image Notes1. Try to make the darkest spot around the gem.

step 7:Preparing the brillant.To easily manipulate the brillant I attached it to a piece of plasticine.

I also cleaned it with acetone, as suggesten on the glue packaging.

Image Notes1. Nice and shiny!2. Plasticine

step 8:Gluing!With the epoxy glue I glued the gem to the ring, but I had some problems due to the plasticine: it gets in the way!

I should find a better way to handle the brillant, than the plasticine.

step 9:Final result.I am pretty satisfied with the result, it was my first time to try to make a ring like that.

As mentioned, I should find a better way to handle the gem. The plasticine leaved some residuals on the wood.

But I loke the contrast between the shine of the brillant and the darkness of the wood, plus the constrast between the rough surface of the wood and the clean surfacethe stone.


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Image Notes1. There are some residulals of the plasticine and the epoxy. Sgrunt!2. I like the constrast between the rough wood surface and the siny brillant.

Image Notes1. This piece is waiting to become another ring!

Image Notes1. On my girlfriend's hand

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