Feature ring how I do it.

[erasmussen]

My way to make a feature ring.
The finished ring rough turned.

Starting with a block of Maple and a print out (a circle divided into 16 parts)

Pattern is glued on the wood and I will cut into 16 pieces to make 2 sun's

Sanding each piece

And gluing the rays in

Cutting plugs to make the sun

Clamping 2 togather with a thin spacer between them and drilling then

Gluing the sun piece in 2 at a time

Of course cutting them apart

After cleaning them up on the sander then cutting the angles to make segments of them

The ring dry fitted before glue up.

Glue up

After flatning and sanding one side glued on the turning

Thanks for looking

 

[MarkE]

Fantastic! :thumbs_up:thumbs_up:thumbs_up

Thanks for walking us through your process.

 

[Glennbear]

Fascinating!! Thanks Earl. :wsmile:

 

[donbake1]

WOW!!! That is awesome.

 

[toolferone]

Oh my goodness! That is amazing! What a beauty.

 

[cskipper]

Your work is so amazing, you are really mastering the process!!!! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[WadeP]

Step 1: I look at the pictures

Step 2: Amazed!

Step 3: Know that such works of art will never come out of my little shop.

Very nice. Thanks for sharing!

Wade

 

[Bas]

I think every ring in that form is a feature ring...but the top one definitely takes the cake! Incredible.