Turning a Wood Ring with Veneer Inlay

by Francois Audeon
See his blog at: http://boisetcopeaux.blogspot.com/

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This is the finished ring. It is made out of boxwood and mahogany veneer. It's a U.S. size of approximately 10 1/2 with an internal diameter of 20,8 mm.

 

The basis of the ring is cut on the bandsaw out of a piece of boxwood.

 

The blank is then glued with CA glue on a piece of wood turned to fit the jaws of the chuck. The wood is glued in a faceplate turning orientations (like a bowl). This gives the strongest grain orientation for a ring.

 

The assembly is then mounted in the chuck and roughed out using the bedane; hold with the bevel down, this tool acts as a straight scraper.

 

The internal diameter of the ring is marked on the spinning lathe.

The external shape is cut with the bedane, now hold with the bevel in upward position; one could also use a skew chisel or a spinning gouge.

 

The next step consists is creating the recess in which the veneer stripe will be glued; this operation is made using a narrow tool like a parting tool.

The ring is then hollowed with the bedane in downward position. In this specific case the position is relatively higher than the median axis to avoid that the botttom of the bedane hits the work.

 

The diameter is periodically checked with a calliper until the exact diameter is reached (here 20,8 mm).

 

The width of the veneer stripe is determined by the tool used to create the recess.

 

The veneer is cut with a cutter.

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