There are a few websites that take orders for wooden rings that can cost up to £150+ for a wedding pair. These top quality rings are made using a special steaming method that curves thin layers of wood into a ring. This is the stronger way of making wooden rings because the grain is unlikely to crack all the way through.
The cheap easier way to make rings is the block method normally you would drill out a ring using drum drills . I choose to make a ring the hard way all by hand tools
This is the starting block of yew with outer circle already cut. The middle I am beginning to cut out by hand.
Here you can see the ring beginning to take shape with the width reduced to the desired size.
The surfaces are rounded off using a knife carefully, the grain does not cause problems and the wood is very strong and hard. This is the near finished ring, all thats needs to be done is increase the hole size to fit size 4.5 in US scale.
Here is the finished ring with correct size hole. It nearly fits my little finger, and i really love this ring it feel more like stone than wood, and looks really what I was looking for.
And here is the matching pair.
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The wood came from logs and they are then axed to correct size.
Now the small block is cut out. This gives the ring its width and best grain is chosen.
The block of wood then is marked out with the hole position to give the best grain position.
The outer ring is marked and cut away carefully by chisel.
The middle is drilled out, having a nice drum drill of the correct size is best.
Now the ring is ready to be shaped.
