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Wooden rings

these are the two rings I made from wood, and the Green Lantern ring that I made an Instructable for. The first two are carved with the Dremel, then hand cut for the design. Each one is then stained and sealed with polyurethane. The whole process for the Green Lantern Ring is here. Green Lantern Ring There is also an Instructable for the heart ring that explains what it is. Jewel Ring

I also have a slideshow of some ray guns that I made from wood as well.
I'm really enjoying making these, and as I make more I'll add them here.

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Jun 7, 2011. 8:43 AMdylankunaikennedy says:

this was published on my birthday :D

Jul 9, 2011. 9:04 AMSkwaab says:

Your spelling is immaculate for a 4 year old

Jul 10, 2011. 2:07 PMdylankunaikennedy says:

lol no on the 3rd of decembre haha im acc 13

May 26, 2011. 11:16 PMmrbrian1969 says:

I carved mine out of pearwood with just a homemade wood carving knife

Feb 23, 2008. 12:07 PMtoogood says:

heres one you could try Its a byzantine ring glued between two wooden rings

Apr 18, 2011. 8:03 PMbendog38 says:

That's FRIGGIN' AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

Apr 25, 2009. 7:19 AMNautilus34 says:

THAT THING IS SO COOL!!!! nothing i would wear, but would go great with a viking costume or something

Oct 21, 2008. 4:19 PMfighterpilot1 says:

Im likin' it!

Oct 1, 2008. 5:11 PMcowscankill says:

That looks cool!

Mar 23, 2011. 7:01 PMlaruebridge says:

Just in case anyone interested, the company American Science and Surplus no longer carries the wooden pieces. Per email I sent inquiring.

Thank you for writing. Although it’s been a couple of years now since we had the 27065 wooden piece assortment available, we appreciate you thinking of us. Please let me know if I can be of any help to you in the future.

With best regards,

CJ Baehni
American Science and Surplus

Mar 9, 2011. 11:24 PMlaruebridge says:

I looked through all the tutorials for your rings and you did not provide item # for the wood purchased from American Science and Surplus, I went to the site and was unable to find wood bits. Do you have the order #. Thanks in advance.

Mar 10, 2011. 7:19 AM

aintMichael (author) says:

search for "27065 WOODEN PARTS". You get a pound of assorted parts for $2.50. Not all the parts are the same, but everytime i"ve bought them they have similar stuff so I would guess you'd get the same circles as I do.

Jun 19, 2009. 8:41 AMjakesllama says:

nice rings i made a few of these too and showed them at colledge

Oct 20, 2010. 7:30 PMComplacentBard says:

are you sure you're ready for "colledge"

Dec 5, 2010. 12:27 PMlabtech52 says:

It was obviously a typo dumb a**, check your keyboard again and look at the proximity of the "e" to the "d". Trying to bastardized an individual's intelligence without probable reason doesn't make you witty.

Jan 31, 2011. 5:30 PMComplacentBard says:

It was a joke. I obviously did not mean anything by it. Please calm down.

Feb 1, 2011. 9:23 AMlabtech52 says:

Well it was facetious if anything. However duly noted, I retract my sentiments then.

Dec 21, 2010. 11:08 AMlunius says:

although, just to make it even better, remove the "d" at the end of "bastardize" :D

I agree completely however.

Dec 6, 2010. 12:43 AMjakesllama says:

Well said!

Nov 26, 2010. 1:57 AM

rhoddity says:

...ouch...

Dec 18, 2010. 12:23 AM1KingDavid says:

I was wondering, where do you get your wood ring blanks?

Dec 18, 2010. 8:59 AM

aintMichael (author) says:

I order bags of wood bits from American Science and Surplus. I'm pretty sure in one of my ring Instructables I put the item number. It's basically just a bunch of random wooden shapes, and there's usually a bunch of little circles that I use.

Hope that helps!

Jan 3, 2011. 2:15 PMhjd42 says:

Do you sell these normally? If I wanted to buy one of them? Please let me know. I really like one of them.

Jan 4, 2011. 7:50 AM

aintMichael (author) says:

Potentially, it may take me a little while to make another. Which one are you looking at?

Jan 3, 2011. 2:16 PMhjd42 says:

Hello. I was wondering if you sell these? I have interest in purchasing one. Please let me know very soon. Thank you very much.

Jul 5, 2009. 10:54 PMtibbaryllis says:

I made mine and my wife;s wedding rings out of wood.. The way I did it was more difficult then cutting out rounds, but very strong. I layered pieces of veneer so that there were multiple layers in a circular form. The wood grain of each layer ran the opposite direction, the rings were glued with standard wood glue and allowed to dry under pressure. They are about as durable as equal sized gold bands

Mar 12, 2010. 2:19 PMLokisgodhi says:

So basically you made them out of home made plywood. Hope your wife appreciated the work that went into them.

Jul 6, 2009. 6:46 AM

aintMichael (author) says:

awesome. i was thinking of doing something similar, I'm glad to know it works so well.

Jun 6, 2009. 5:14 AMBoof2510 says:

hey if u can get ur hands on a scroll saw thats da bets for this kinda stuff, and there is heaps more u can do with one, ie photo frames.

Feb 11, 2009. 1:27 PMPyroMaster007 says:

Wow. i like the first one. when i get homw, i am going to try it. So can i just drill a hole large enough for my pocket knife to fit into, then carve away. how's that? do you tink it'll work? if it does, i'll send you a picture.

Jan 24, 2009. 6:01 PM21GeeOff21 says:

im making a simple band but i have very limited tools i managed to round up a drill+bit for hole a file and a wood carving knife

Jan 26, 2009. 8:15 AM

aintMichael (author) says:

i would imagine that's all you really need. good luck!

Jan 26, 2009. 4:48 PM21GeeOff21 says:

worked out pretty well but i brought it to school today i let someone take a look at it and when they were handing it back they dropped it its got stepped on and it is no more but i did find our long lost dremel rotary tool so i think ill make another :)

Jan 6, 2009. 8:50 PMmynameisjonas says:

I love your rings! what woods did you use?

Jan 7, 2009. 7:33 AM

aintMichael (author) says:

I'm not a hundred percent sure, but I think it was pine. oh, and thanks!

Oct 21, 2008. 7:44 PMWareagle says:

I LOVE THE GREEN LANTERN.

Aug 30, 2008. 5:45 AMDcdevilsfan says:

How do I make the first two rings you should show how to make them or the process.

Aug 31, 2008. 10:50 PM

aintMichael (author) says:

I don't really have any instructions, other than they follow the same idea as the Green Lantern Ring, I just did the outer designs with a sharp knife instead of carving it up with the logo.