How I make Wedding Ring Boxes

[motocouture]

Thanks for the pics! They remind me of macaroons. 

[Matt S]

Not sure if this is genius or witchcraft. Either way the results are beautiful.

[Bob Blea]

Thanks for posting, this is great to see.

[RockyAussie]

On 12/09/2017 at 11:34 AM, motocouture said:

Thanks for the pics! They remind me of macaroons. 

Your welcome, I had to look up Macaroons and they do look similar but I think they would taste much better. Certain aisles I am not allowed in on the rare occasion I go shopping with the missus.

 

22 hours ago, Matt S said:

Not sure if this is genius or witchcraft. Either way the results are beautiful.

If only I could just wiggle my nose and there they be I would be so happy. As for genius my wife is still laughing and I do gotta admit I should have done a couple of more samples before starting this run. I agreed to do a rush one for today for a wedding this weekend. NOT GENIUS. I got it done alright as promised but found I had to come up with another tool to expedite the velvet application to the foam process. That is the pictures I will load next.

 

14 hours ago, Bob Blea said:

Thanks for posting, this is great to see.

Thank you Bob. I think I will have to tidy this post up a bit and redo it. I might think about doing a video on one if a few people think so as well.

The following 9 pictures are limited to how I do the velvet and foam parts.

This above shows a knife that I had made for doing the cutting of the foam. This could be done with just a hole punch and cutting through with a knife later as I did on my prototypes.

Note here in the close up I used two foams that I glued together and then covered with this white fabric. This was necessary to get the right depth and the fabric is because the green shade of the foam showed through on some lighter coloured velvets.

This picture shows the velvets pre cut now and the cardboard rings to hold the foam in shape in the bucket behind.

This shows a few of the stages of the foam being attached to the fabric. Just a thin glue line in the middle as yet.

Here are some now glued and pressed into shape. The three on the left are contact glued and drying off ready to get to the next stage

This one shows the new ring I did that helps the pressing into shape.

As you see when it presses down it nicely contains and shapes the velvet.

That's this part finished ready to be inserted later as seen in the following box I did today.

Yes it had to be monogrammed as well. More on Friday. Brian

 

[SonderingSusan]

wow, they looks so so good. thanks for sharing !

[Bob Blea]

I'm always amazed by the level of craftsmanship and detail that goes into making something like this. It is just fascinating!

[plinkercases]

I get as much of a kick out of the tools and jigs and creations than the end products! even when I am making things myself. Like living in an episode of "How it's Made".. I love process engineering.

[JD62]

                                                

[arz]

Very nicely done. Your skill with fabrication always amazes me! -Adam

[NCArcher]

Would love to see a video of the whole process Brian. I'm sure plenty of others would as well