How Do I Make A Men's Leather Ring?

[Noah4]

I'd love to post a pic of the ring. But I need more info, maybe pics. What leather to use, etc. I'm sure this is a great way to make this but it doesn't make sense to me. Do I use glue or what? I need to get a nice looking ring done. This woman's Husband is allergic to metals so needs this as a weddiing band.

No problem Noah.

Make sure to post some pics of your ring for us!

Rick

skyout

[Penden]

Here is an experiment I did today, but I don't think it would be nice enough as is for a wedding ring. it might still help:

1. I traced the inside of my ring on the back of 6oz leather.

2. drew a circle slightly smaller and a circle slightly bigger than my tracing, so that the line I traced was dead in the middle and the two new circles were as far apart as I wanted the width of the ring to be.

3. Cut out the O, using scissors for the outside and a chisel for the inside - this made it kinda rough so later I would want to sand it or something

4. wet it

5. twisted it so that the top grain was on the outside and the rough was on the inside. At this step the leather stretches some but not as much as you might expect

6. Squished it flat underneath that 30lb marble slab we use for hammering If I had a wooden dowel the right size, I would have cut a slice off of that to put in the center of it and put the whole thing under the marble

Now I'm going to let it dry, and maybe figure out a way to sand it some before I finish the edges. I might even harden it in hot water so it won't stretch any more.

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Based on how I understand the instructions and my experimenting, here is what I think you can try:

1. You need a core for your ring which you can make following the steps above.

2. Cut out a larger O out of some sort of garment leather and wide enough to wrap all the way around the first O.

3. Wet it and stretch it around the first O so that it becomes the skin of the ring all the way around

4. You might need to peel it up and tack it with cement once it dries?

I have not tried this yet, and maybe I don't understand the first instructions. Good luck and tell us what you end up doing!

[Noah4]

Thankyou. I will read this all and try it tomorrow. It's starting to storm abit and I have barn chores to do. Looks like fun.

Here is an experiment I did today, but I don't think it would be nice enough as is for a wedding ring. it might still help:

1. I traced the inside of my ring on the back of 6oz leather.

2. drew a circle slightly smaller and a circle slightly bigger than my tracing, so that the line I traced was dead in the middle and the two new circles were as far apart as I wanted the width of the ring to be.

3. Cut out the O, using scissors for the outside and a chisel for the inside - this made it kinda rough so later I would want to sand it or something

4. wet it

5. twisted it so that the top grain was on the outside and the rough was on the inside. At this step the leather stretches some but not as much as you might expect

6. Squished it flat underneath that 30lb marble slab we use for hammering If I had a wooden dowel the right size, I would have cut a slice off of that to put in the center of it and put the whole thing under the marble

Now I'm going to let it dry, and maybe figure out a way to sand it some before I finish the edges. I might even harden it in hot water so it won't stretch any more.

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Based on how I understand the instructions and my experimenting, here is what I think you can try:

1. You need a core for your ring which you can make following the steps above.

2. Cut out a larger O out of some sort of garment leather and wide enough to wrap all the way around the first O.

3. Wet it and stretch it around the first O so that it becomes the skin of the ring all the way around

4. You might need to peel it up and tack it with cement once it dries?

I have not tried this yet, and maybe I don't understand the first instructions. Good luck and tell us what you end up doing!

[skyout]

Thankyou. I will read this all and try it tomorrow. It's starting to storm abit and I have barn chores to do. Looks like fun.

I just did a search for "ring" and came up with only one thread in 8 pages, but it took forever because I kept getting sidetracked. LOL

I know it won't work for you as it has metal on it, but here's one from 8thsinner that some others may enjoy.

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=20464&st=0&p=132252&hl=ring&fromsearch=1entry132252

[TwinOaks]

One piece cut out like a donut, then wet formed over a mandrel (happened to be my mallet handle). I also used the tapered handle of my edger to help stretch the smaller circle to a larger diameter. There's also a bit of skiving on the flesh side, otherwise one side is drastically thicker than the other.

And yes, I remember someone saying I cheated by doing it on the computer.......<sigh>.

Edited March 23, 2010 by TwinOaks

[Noah4]

Sky I thought of braiding the ring abit bigger than I need and weaving some excess back into to make the size alittle smaller than I need, and glueing it firmly. Wonder if it would hold.

twinoaks that's what I would like to do. Guess I'll have to play with this all today and see what I come up with. I have a month to make it but would really like to surprise them with it much sooner.

I sure appreciate all the help & tips.

[whinewine]

One piece cut out like a donut, then wet formed over a mandrel (happened to be my mallet handle). I also used the tapered handle of my edger to help stretch the smaller circle to a larger diameter. There's also a bit of skiving on the flesh side, otherwise one side is drastically thicker than the other.

And yes, I remember someone saying I cheated by doing it on the computer.......<sigh>.

Yes- this is what I was talking about in my post about this. Nice job. (although skiving isn't necessary, just a lot of wetting/stretching/molding).

[Penden]

One piece cut out like a donut, then wet formed over a mandrel (happened to be my mallet handle). I also used the tapered handle of my edger to help stretch the smaller circle to a larger diameter. There's also a bit of skiving on the flesh side, otherwise one side is drastically thicker than the other.

And yes, I remember someone saying I cheated by doing it on the computer.......<sigh>.

Cool, that is basically what I did, and so now I know some of the things I can do to make the one I'm still working on better :D

[8thsinner]

Or you could try also try my version...

[Noah4]

I had thought about just braiding some thin leather and tucking & glueing the end to the size needed. If I can't get this other method to work guess I'll have to. Thanks..

Or you could try also try my version...