How to Make Wood Rings With a Dremel
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- You don't need to invest in a lot of expensive tools to make something fun! In this video I carve some rings with nothing but a Dremel 4300 rotary tool. I think they make a great gift idea, and I highly recommend giving it a try.
Most Dremel carving projects are very budget friendly past the initial cost of the Dremel, so having one is a great resource to make some meaningful gifts for others (as long as you have the patience). Check out the rest of the channel for more Dremel projects!
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Wear a mask, eye protection, and hearing protection, and consult your tools' manuals prior to using them to ensure safety. This video is for my insta @logscarvingclub.
If you're looking for more wood carving designs and videos, I recommend watching the video where I carve a greek paddle with a Dremel 4300. I use Walnut, Poplar, and Epoxy! The epoxy was a hassle but came out really cool.
I didn't mention it in the video, but please like, comment, or subscribe if you enjoyed this video! It helps out the channel a lot. I'm putting out weekly videos that mainly focus on Dremel wood carving if you would like to check them out. Thanks for watching!
Hi. Only just discovered your videos. May I ask what is the cutting bit you use in the dremel. Thanks
@@andyop5301 dremel 561 multipurpose cutting bit
Subed I haven't got my dremmel yet but I've been searching for tips,how to's You're the speed I like. Thanku for not rushing through.
@@billybatchelor2863 thank you!
I agree with your thought that you should get a lathe. There is so much one can produce using one of those that it is truly worth the expense. And remember you can turn small items on a large lathe, but you can't turn large items on a small lathe. However, your work is lovely.
I work at a hardwood timber supplier and mill. I have access to SOOOO much free high grade wood. I live in a flat. This is a PERFECT hobby for me
Im jealous! I often have a hard time getting the pieces I want for a project.
@@LogsCarvingClub id love to send you some little blocks of offcuts but the shipping would be immense 😂
Finally, something I can do.
Tell me about it, it’s hard to find videos that aren’t either super beginner or expert level
I looked at how good your other videos are, ima subscribe now. Make more good videos!
Hurray! I am now the 655 subscriber
Look at this video too th-cam.com/video/FC3MMVsWBoA/w-d-xo.html
It is a different method using bent wood and a little more difficult but its doable with no power tools needed.
Ya I get you.
If anyone is have the same problem with a bulging after mounting on the drum sander this will help. The bulge happened because the tape was not applied uniformly causing the ring to be off center and thus out of round when sanded. To avoid this take care when rapping the sader not to fold over any of the layers of tap and try to use as few strips as possible.
My grandfather was a wood worker he made just about everything in the early 1900's. He was dead way before I was born. I have always loved woodworking and didn't know about his passion til I was older . He made wooden bracelets. He also made a few violins. Hell he even made a few of his own tools.
That’s so cool!
@@LogsCarvingClub yeah and now I'm a photographer by trade it turns out he was a photographer as well
"maybe I should get a lathe. We'll see what we can do." The words of a true DIY man
Gotta do what you gotta do!
I just got a Dremel for Christmas, definitely going to be coming back to your channel for more instructional videos.
Glad to hear!
I've just made my first ring with the help from this video. Thank you!
Great to hear Kayleigh! Hope it was fun
Just bought my first rotary tool the other day. 100% beginner at wood working and this WILL be my first project. Doing this tomorrow! Thanks for the idea Logan!
Thanks brad! Let me know how it goes!
@@LogsCarvingClub hey Logan. Thanks for reaching out. It's going slow lol I like it so far tho. ButI've gotten to play with it 3 or 4 times. Covid went thru my house and we all got it. I had it the worst. 3 straight weeks. Glad it's over. So I'm going to start looking into more now. I'm 100% beginner at it tho. Someone bought me a wood burning set and I love that. Thought of a couple things I'd like to make with both of then and then bought the dremel. I hope that I can be as good as you one day.
Kendall
@@bradkendall9551 that sounds tough! Glad you’re well now though. Good luck with the project!
@@LogsCarvingClub yessir. It was bad for a bit. Worse for me watching my kids go thru it than going thru it myself. But we're all better now.
I wouldn't call it woodworking. Don't get me wrong, this is nice work. But using a Dremel for everything is not woodworking. Instead think saws, squares, joints, and planes. Building things, not reductively shaping things. Wood carving is more apt for this sort of activity. But even that usually involves a few hand sharpened tools and at least one or two drops of sweat. But I'm just being pedantic. Cheers all, glad you're better after the COVID wave. And thanks for the video.
i got this as an ad and i watched it all the way through lol
something about it was just so calming and comfy
mew subscriber for sure !
Thank you!
2 suggestions.
1. Use a hole saw on a drill to get the outside of the ring close to the finished diameter.
2. use a series of twist drills to get close to the inside diameter.
You can then get your final sizes using the various Dremel bits for shaping, sanding and polishing. It will save you a lot of time and eating wood dust.
Good ideas! I was just using what I already had at the time.
One thing ive found helpful: when wrapping the sanding drum with tape (i prefer electrical tape since it grips well), do so with the screw on top of the drum REMOVED. Once you have your ring snug on the drum, insert the screw and tighten as you normally would. This of course will slightly compress the rubber and thus it will become slightly wider at its equator. In other words, it will really lock the ring in place extra tight.
That’s a great idea! I’ll try it out. Thinking of making an updated video that’s more refined
Wise words from Mr. Lister the sister phister lmaoooo
Love the dark wood one. Love the pattern the grain of the wood gives.
I agree! Exotic woods always make things more interesting
You don't have to cut the piece to make it flat. Just hold it vertically over sandpaper and lower it down till it aligns with pencil mark. The Dremel Workstation would be an excellent tool to have in this situation. You have great idea ! Thanx for sharing.
Gonna be making 3 matching sets of rings for me and my wife for Christmas. I'm using purpleheart. Black palm and Brazilian ebony. Can't wait to see how they turn out
Cool! I’d love to see the final result
@@LogsCarvingClub I definitely try and record the process and post it on my channel
Thank you, another great interesting and informative video, I will definitely have a go at this.
Take care
Sam
My pleasure!
I just bought a Dremel 3000 kit from Costco & I can't wait to try my hand at some of these awesome projects myself. You've got a lot of patience & talent which makes you successful with your work. Great job brotha! 👍Subscribed ✅
Thank you so much Kevin! Good luck, and let me know how it goes
Same here!
Wow those are beautiful
Thank you so much!
Great video. I like the way you worked through the little glitches you had. Very informative.
Thank you Joseph!
Good job! 👍
I have made also some rings, from Eucalyptus wood and Myrtle.
Cool! Eucalyptus sounds like a good material for rings. Maybe I’ll try
Thankyou, amazing video. Learned alot and thankyou for talking through your process. The bit with the tape was really cool
Thank you so much!
Awesome! Thank you for the tutorial!
Super cool idea brother. Really enjoyed watching that
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Sean
These are great. I am going to attempt one myself
Great to hear! Let me know how it goes
Amazing vid! This is gonna be one of the only crafting vids that I'm actually gonna try out :)
Thank you Thomas! I’d love to see the final product!
Something easy like this will help build my confidence hell yeah thank you
That’s great to hear! Good luck!
I see this was posted a year ago and I hope you've grown in your craft. I'll check out your other videos when I get a chance, the thumbnails look pretty awesome of the carvings!!
Some things I've done differently when making my wooden rings is coating them in CA glue (I didn't think to use oil) to "weather proof" them and sanding them smooth. I would sand to 2000 before the glue to get all the scratch marks out first. I used all kinds of wood so I had to coat some to protect from skin irritation and skin discoloring (mainly cocobola and ebony gaboon). I broke a lot from wearing them to work and at home to see how long they lasted (usually not long at all) so I started making ring blanks from different materials so sometimes the wood would be the core or on the outside.
Just a suggestion, maybe find a strong material to use as a core and you can make the wood thinner and it will last a lot longer. I'm about to make a couple of rings from olive wood with a titanium core and maybe an inlay depending on how it looks. If I can record it I'll post a video😁
That’s some really good advice! Can you let me know how the titanium goes? I’d be curious to see that. I agree the rings don’t last long without any inlay. I’ll have to get some CA glue to try that out. Thanks David!
This is great! Thanks for the tutorial. I really like how you talk through your process. It's really helpful. I'm definitely a new subscriber. Cheers Gus
Thanks Gus!
Can I use pine
@@confusedangrypomeranian5733 whatewer u want
Your videos are great I'm learning a lot about using a Dremel. It's difficult to some times see things then it goes into the time lapse. If you did 15 seconds at regular speed of using the Dremel with the attachment so newbies like me can see how it's being used that would be awesome.
Sorry about that! I'm learning to edit as I go along. New videos have some more slowed down portions with less time lapse.
You can always slow the video down to 0.25 speed if needing to see how somethings done
Amazing video. This helps me understand the parts of my dremel so maybe i could put it to more use than just messing with random sticks i find
Glad it helped! Messing with random sticks sounds fun too though
Thanks for the tips! Good video!
Glad it was helpful Brian! Thanks for commenting!
I’m hoping to get into wood crafting & this video was great to watch. Very nice rings.
Thank you Jessica!
Very nice 👍
Thanks! Appreciate it
"Uhhh maybe I should buy a Lathe" lmao love that moment.
Haha thank you aj
great post.. really nice share
Thank you Daniel!
You have some _damn'_ good ideas!
Thank you Sue!
hello nice vid what causes the textures on the dark ring please ? How to recreate that ? thank you!
That was completely Bad Ass, Thanks for the very informative video. I now know what I'm going to do with a certain block of wood in my shop.
Thank you!
Well these were some darn good rings 🤩🤩 what about taking it to the carving part aswell 🤔😇👍🏻
That’d be fun! Like a signet ring. I may make another ring video in the future since this one’s getting old
That sanding was so satisfying 😅
Thank you! I agree 😄
Sweet am going to try never thought of doing it.
Great!
I really like these. Good job!!
Glad you like them! Thank you!
Keep up the good work man! Subbed and looking forward for what else you got in stored. :)
Thank you!
Great video. Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure! Thank you.
This is a very helpful video, I thank you for it, your instructions/steps are very clear which is much appreciated
I've had my dremel sitting around doing nothing and I've wanted to make my partner a ring, but I wasn't sure how I'd be able to do it, my brain just couldn't wrap around how to drill the hole, I imagine you could use a saw (in my case a coping saw) to cut most of the material away for the outside of the ring, I have a chunk of cherry wood stump that's been sitting around too, it's got enough material on it for me to practice since I'll be needing to practice lol
I’m sure that will be a nice gift! I think handmade gifts are always more meaningful
Great video .
Thank you!
enjoyed the video. Awsome job.
Thank you Laura!
Thank you! Great video!
Thanks for watching!
This is perfect, thx a lot
From Egypt✌️
Thank you!
Cool tip on how to turn the Drexel in to a lathe 👍🏽
Thank you!
The video was easy to follow and I'm ready to use my Dremel for the first time to make a ring. I'm sure it will be very bad!
A man without failure is a man without glory. I hope it went well!
Thats really gd m8 with a dremal i use a laith but will be trying to encorperate it... great viseo
Right on! Thanks!
Something different thanks for the video
Glad you liked it!
All of that talk about hole, mounting, bulge, got me wanting him to work on my holes
good work.
Thank you!
well done mate
Thank you!
New sub from brazil! Nice work man ;)
Thank you so much!
The video was quick and your voice was nice and calm. When taping the tape needs to be as wrapped as close to symmetrical as possible.
I may remake this video once I work out the issues I had, I don't make rings much anymore though.
You can cook the rings for 10-15 minutes in hot olive oil so you need no cooting and it's all natural. Great tutorial by the way, i will do the same rings with aluminium and copper or brass.....
That’s a super interesting idea, I haven’t heard of that before. Have you tried it?
I'm pretty sure you figured something out by now 😆. I use a caliper to measure all sides. 🤷🏻♀️ It's works. I also use a hole bit on my screw gun (drill) to get the circle as close as I can.
I agree there's easier methods, I just like drilling out the center as I did to limit the risk of the wood splitting and to get the sizing really exact. Other than that for the outside thickness I think it's fun when it's a little wonky (shows it's handmade).
So beautiful 💗💗💗
Thank you!!
Gonna use this to make a wedding band as a gift for my husband! Is there a good set of tools I can buy that will cover most of my bases, or will I have to purchase them all separately?
That’s a great idea! I think all of the bits I used are in most dremel kits, the only one that usually isn’t is the tile cutter 562 bit. Good luck and stay safe!
Awesome!
Love it! Please keep posting 🙏❤️
Thank you so much!
I don't have a dremel but I think I can do this without it. Can't be harder than the antler ring I made with a hacksaw and a file. Cool video though, didn't know about the dremel lathe.
Yeah, I did some carvings back in the day before getting one. Old fashioned way, just takes more patience. I wasn't very good with the chisels either.
This is awesome 👏🏻
Thank you!
Brilliant
Thank you!
How well would this process be with like a rock. Like a piece of red jasper or aventurine?
Not bad actually, I recorded essentially the same video a couple years ago using a random stone and it came out well. Different techniques though. Just need to be careful and have a really good mask for the dust. I’ve been unbelievably slow to edit those old videos though.
very nice....the black is my fav. ...what kind of wood is it...
Wenge - pretty but brittle
You made a good job
Thank you!
grate video i know what im making with my dremel tomorrow
Great!
If you use a water base urethane on the lighter ring it will be more white. The oil base urethane you used will turn it more yellow. Just FYI. Great job.
Thank you!
Nice job bro.
Thank you!
Awesome video!!! Thanks for the great ideas!!!
I was a bit worried for you when you held the workpiece in your hand and used the cutting bit. A ring mandrel and mini lathe would be a good investment for you. Carbide scrapers are pretty easy to use.
Great video, now i want to make my own ring 👍👍👍😀To polish metal what accessories gives best and quickest results?
Honestly not sure other than removing rust with buffing/polishing wheels, then using a polishing wheel with fine compound to increase the shine. I don't do it often.
Do you usually use gloves for all your work? Which gloves do you recommend? I've seen other of your videos, but didnt' find any information on the gloves :) thank you! Great channel!
I usually don't use gloves. To my understanding if they get caught in a spinning tool it can be pretty bad. I used a glove in this one at one point because the sand paper got really hot from the friction and it was hurting my hand. They're just some random gardening gloves. Make sure to be careful gloves or not.
Really good video 😊👍🏾
Thank you!
I wonder if you could engrave a line in the ring and fill it with what ever takes your fancy. Not only would it add decoration if it’s molten metal it would add strength?
I'm sure you could! Not sure though about molten metal, I think that'd just end up giving me an injury and burning the ring.
😂 I suppose you could use copper wire or something similar.
Would it not be more precise to take out the centre with a Forstner bit?
Yes, but I’d have to find them in half-millimeter increments which would be annoying.
@ That makes perfect sense
Amazing vid almost 75K views !
Woohoo!
Found my next project 🙌
Great!
You had it on the dremmel crooked
Hi. I love you wood rings video. Can you make more jewelry wood items diy please.
Sure I can look into it
Wish I had a closer look at that cutting bit.
I’ve listed all the ones I use in the description
@@LogsCarvingClub hey thanks! Forgot to look over there. Cheers.
Thank you! ❤
Anytime!
very cool
Thanks Kevin!
What kind of oil did you use
Mineral oil, I think I linked it in description
Will this work with a Dremel stylo?
I think it would, not sure though I’ve never used one
Thanks.
Can you go over all the bits you use and where to get them? Just bought a dremel.
Yeah I usually show them while I’m carving, but I listed the common ones I use in the description with affiliate links to amazon, you could also get them at a Home Depot or harbor freight probably
@@LogsCarvingClub I saw your video. Thanks for the help sir. Also, phenomenal work on that wenge carving. That stuff is super brittle, at least cutting with saws
@@steveo3012 Thank you! I love the look of wenge so I use it often
@@LogsCarvingClub if you've never bleached it, you have to. Makes a beautiful grain.
@@steveo3012 that’s a really interesting idea… never heard of it either! Just soak in diluted bleach after carving?
I would love to know if anyone has an answer for me. As a person just starting out (no scrap), where is a good place to find smaller chunks of wood like the parts he started with? Keeping in mind I live semi-rural, thanks in advance.
I just happened to know a furniture maker and got some scraps for free for this, but you can get maple, walnut, other common hardwoods in small chunks at Home Depot, sometimes also lumber yards that have hardwoods, and then I get some exotic hardwoods at places like rockler woodworking
@@LogsCarvingClub That helps a lot, thank you.
People give away antique furniture and pianos all the time /side of road. Keep your eye out or look online. I find them daily
Question.. is there anyway we could get an update on how they are holding up?
I still have all of these, but that's mostly because I don't wear them. Pure wood rings usually just don't last very long since they're brittle and if you hit something they can crack.
@@LogsCarvingClub bro I would totally live to even get one of them off you!!!
I've just got a dremel tool and your videos are great. Having never used one, where should I start?
I’d start with a small gift for someone you know, the pressure to make it look good will help you learn. Maybe a relief carving or an engraving? I’d stay away from the 561 and the circular saws for a bit until you get the feel for it.
I started with a $20 battery powered dremel I love it for the longest time and I decided to upgrade to a Dremel 4000 and have no regrets. I've been using Dremel products for 4 years.👍
Good Job
Thanks!!
Thx for a video, I would just ask, would not be better for material management to use this wooden block for two rings? seems they fit there.
Probably! I just wanted to make one of each material though
What specifically is the name/number of the first bit used?
What kind of oil did you say you used?
Food grade mineral oil, I got mine at a hardware store, usually it’s used for cutting boards
Thanks, I'll try that :)
How do you size the ring
Get the size with a ruler, get it carved out with a sanding drum
@@LogsCarvingClub thankyou so much making this as a gift for someone.
@@prodblxssom4401 let me know how it goes!
@@LogsCarvingClub you should make a discord channel fr people to ask you questions. Also to show you finished pieces
@@prodblxssom4401 I do have an Instagram with most of my finished pieces under the same username. Thanks!
Mine cracked. I’m stupid. What do I do to keep it from breaking after a few weeks?