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Make Your Own Bentwood Rings
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0 Workspace + Supplies
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1 Engraving interior bands (didn't work)
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2 Soaking wood veneer strips until pliable
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3 Wrapping inner band around ring-finger sized dowel rod
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4 Cover wrapped band with paper towel and painters tape
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5 Let dry for a bit and then undo tape
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6 Sizing the band - score where cut needs to happen (double wraparound)
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7 Cut the band to scored size
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8 Sand joining ends of inner band
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9 Wrap inner band around ring-sized dowel
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10 Layer super glue
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11 Repeat steps 2-8 with outer band
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12 When inner band glue dries, sand down joining end
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13 Wrap outer band around inner band
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14 Layer super glue in
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15 Let super glue dry, you have raw ring
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16 Measure ring to see how big it is (will sand down later to make thinner)
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17 Dremel-sand interior of ring to smoothness (and size)
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18 Do many more steps that are described better in YouTube videos
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Workspace Snapshots
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Workspace Snapshots
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Completed Bentwood Rings - Only took 5 practice tries to make a keeper
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External joins of bentwood rings - improving!
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Stacked Bentwood Rings
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Finished Rings - Notice improving evenness of sides
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Cat inspection of rings.
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Cat backdrop
