Here’s a step-by-step, no lathe creation of an Indian Rosewood ring, glossy finish, size 7 1/2 and 5mm width.
I cut a strip 4mm wider than the ring’s final width in case of edge splitting when wet wrapping and just extra room to work with. It’s been sanded/tapered on one end to about the thickness of a sheet of paper which ensures no kink from a thick end will be present in the wrap. 
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Speaking of edge splitting, I use strips of thin cardboard as a backing for the wet strip when wrapping around a larger than needed form. This is necessary on more splintery woods but thought I’d play it safe here.
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And now I have wrap of wet veneer waiting to dry as this trains the wood to keep the circular shape. Step bending from a large to smaller form is sometimes needed for difficult woods…veneer softener helps too. 

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Now it’s time to test wrap on the target sized form. For this 7 1/2 ring, I’ll need a form that’s at least a 1/2 size up. The inside will be sanded down but built back up as the CA finish is applied. For now, I use a tape-wrapped socket to hit the needed diameter. Per calculations, I could make almost six wraps around the form, but It’s important to not have a partial wrap as it would result in one side thicker than the other. I leave an extra centimeter when cutting off the excess and taper that end as well.

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Glue-up activity commencing. I use thin cyanoacrylate or CA (super-glue) applied with a toothpick in sections and rolled tight until fully glued.

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Once a good bit of CA is added to each edge for stabilization, I now have a rough blank ready for sanding near the target width of 5mm.
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Sanding edges with 120…cutting the strip narrower will save some time here if your certain the edges won’t split during bending
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After sanding and shaping from 240 to 600 grit, or whatever grit according to the look you want, current width is 4.7mm, 2mm thick and size 8 1/4.

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Time for the finish. I’ve applied a couple costs of thin CA to start and then multiple coats of medium CA. Pretty rough looking now but the next step is wet sanding and polishing all the way to 15,000 grit.

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A bit of burnishing cream and some carnauba/polymer wax later and…

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So there you have it! An Indian Rosewood ring with a glossy finish outside and satin finished inner for ease of movement on the finger.
Final dimensions…
Size: 7 1/2
Average Width: 4.9mm
Average Thickness: 2.6mm
Weight: 0.7 grams
I cut a strip 4mm wider than the ring’s final width in case of edge splitting when wet wrapping and just extra room to work with. It’s been sanded/tapered on one end to about the thickness of a sheet of paper which ensures no kink from a thick end will be present in the wrap. 

Speaking of edge splitting, I use strips of thin cardboard as a backing for the wet strip when wrapping around a larger than needed form. This is necessary on more splintery woods but thought I’d play it safe here.

And now I have wrap of wet veneer waiting to dry as this trains the wood to keep the circular shape. Step bending from a large to smaller form is sometimes needed for difficult woods…veneer softener helps too. 

Now it’s time to test wrap on the target sized form. For this 7 1/2 ring, I’ll need a form that’s at least a 1/2 size up. The inside will be sanded down but built back up as the CA finish is applied. For now, I use a tape-wrapped socket to hit the needed diameter. Per calculations, I could make almost six wraps around the form, but It’s important to not have a partial wrap as it would result in one side thicker than the other. I leave an extra centimeter when cutting off the excess and taper that end as well.


Glue-up activity commencing. I use thin cyanoacrylate or CA (super-glue) applied with a toothpick in sections and rolled tight until fully glued.


Once a good bit of CA is added to each edge for stabilization, I now have a rough blank ready for sanding near the target width of 5mm.

Sanding edges with 120…cutting the strip narrower will save some time here if your certain the edges won’t split during bending
After sanding and shaping from 240 to 600 grit, or whatever grit according to the look you want, current width is 4.7mm, 2mm thick and size 8 1/4.


Time for the finish. I’ve applied a couple costs of thin CA to start and then multiple coats of medium CA. Pretty rough looking now but the next step is wet sanding and polishing all the way to 15,000 grit.

A bit of burnishing cream and some carnauba/polymer wax later and…

So there you have it! An Indian Rosewood ring with a glossy finish outside and satin finished inner for ease of movement on the finger.
Final dimensions…
Size: 7 1/2
Average Width: 4.9mm
Average Thickness: 2.6mm
Weight: 0.7 grams
