Finishing a woods ring on a metal core

[endacoz]

I have almost finished shaping this lilac ring that is on a stainless steel core. does anyone have any suggestions or comments on the best way to put a CA finish on the wood without it covering the stainless steel? is there another possible finish for the wood?

 

[Charlie_W]

Ethan, I would just turn a piece of scrap wood or dowel for the wood ring to slip onto just snug enough to sand and apply finish. Then mount the ring onto the core.

 

[Dan Masshardt]

Ethan, I would just turn a piece of scrap wood or dowel for the wood ring to slip onto just snug enough to sand and apply finish. Then mount the ring onto the core.

its extremely thin when to size and right down flush with the core. I don't think it would work.


To the original question - use ca. I don't worry about getting some on the core.

Probably too late either way, but I'd def recommend using a stabilized wood for the ring.

 

[endacoz]

I have sanded down to the shape I want now.

 

[Marnat3]

Nice work.

 

[builtbybill]

that looks great, just out of curiosity where do you get those cores?

thanks,

bill

 

[bloodhound]

Bill here is a link to a place that sells the bands. I have been looking at this for awhile now.

WildWood Design - Supplies for the Woodturing Jeweler

 

[builtbybill]

Bill here is a link to a place that sells the bands. I have been looking at this for awhile now.

WildWood Design - Supplies for the Woodturing Jeweler

thanks so much for the link, this will be fun to try. does not look too difficult, how hard do you think it was?

 

[endacoz]

I would say an acrylic might be easier to finish but I slowly got a nice CA finish on it. Since this was my first ring on a metal core it took multiple attempts... I had multiple lilac break and shatter on my (unstabalized). This one worked because I went really slow and kept applying thin CA over and over as I went along.

This was my finish.
4 coats of thin.
5 coats of medium
1 cost of thin
I then used a square carbide cutter and slowly turned the lathe by hand while scraping away the CA that got on the stainless.
I then sanded with 600 abranet with the lathe on then lateral.
Then used the 2 part stick-fast finish polishes, (satin then gloss)

I am surprised because once I got one all the way done it looks as good as I hoped.

 

[endacoz]

I'm not sure why it flipped my photos sideways....

Here is a video that l referenced some, I did a few things different.
https://youtu.be/H9dIub8fMZY

 

[farmer]

Finish

What about putting a finish on it before you install the wooden ring on the metal ring.

Just a thought.

 

[Charlie_W]

Nice job on the ring Ethan! Your perseverance paid off!
Good to hear you cleaned the CA off the ring core. I have heard that when coating the whole ring with CA, the CA will eventually begin to chip off the metal and look unsightly. This goes for the bracelets too.

 

[SteveG]

I have made some of the rings and bangles from Wildwood. The supporting videos found on the site suggest mounting the wood material, then turning the wood. You also cut right into the metal core, resulting in a smooth transition from core to wood. The CA is applied and finished to the desired appearance, coating all of it, wood and metal. After that, you carefully remove the CA from the metal part, and again carefully fine sand the metal only(stainless or titanium), bringing it up to a nice shine. It sounds difficult, but is not that hard to do after trying a few. The result is a nice finish product. I am in the process of making an inventory of these to sell along side my pen offerings. The ring shown here in the thread is nicely done.

 

[endacoz]

Better pictures

Took some better photos.