Another wedding ring

Gene Kimmi

Gene Kimmi

KNIFE MAKER
At my family's Christmas, my niece asked if I could make her fiancé's wedding ring. How could I say no? They are getting married in January, so I thought I'd do a WIP as I made this one.

Here's the billet of damascus I'm cutting the ring from.



I used a cut off wheel on an angle grinder to cut a piece off.



Next, I square the edges on the grinder.



Then I use a sharpie to blacken one face and draw the inside and outside circle of the ring.




Into the mill and drill a 7/16" hole as that's the largest bit that will fit in the mini mill.

 
Next, I use a 3/8" carbide end mill to finish the inside circle of the ring.



After I get it as close as I can in the mill, I use a dremel type tool with a sanding drum to finish it. I was able to get it within .007" this way.



On to the grinder to complete the outside circle.




Here I have beveled the inside of the ring with the drum sander.



For the outside angles on the ring, I made a quick jig for the grinder. It's important to note that I run the grinder in reverse while doing this step.



Now the hand sanding.



From here, I'll etch in ferric, then instant coffee.
 
Which mini mill do you have? I used to run a “model shop” where we made prototypes for customers ... had access to all manner of stuff ... I miss the mill the most
 
diverdale said:
Which mini mill do you have? I used to run a “model shop” where we made prototypes for customers ... had access to all manner of stuff ... I miss the mill the most
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I have the Grizzly mini mill. I bought a larger mill a couple years ago, but still use the heck out of the mini mill.
 
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