Amanda Frayer artisan // illustrator // designer
Posts tagged ‘Alpstone’
How to make a wooden ring (Part 5)
Woohoo! We’re in the final stage! Here’s what my rings looked like before applying the finish: Step one: sand to remove wax or spray lacquer. Progressively step up the grit number until you achieve a smooth surface all over the ring. I rounded the edges, and beveled the inside so it will be more comfortable [...]
How to make a wooden ring (Part 4)
What would life be like without one more sanding jig? Let’s not find out! Introducing the Ring Churner — specially designed to sand in the round. You can see it pictured below before I did any sanding. You can also see a flat, ugly edge on my ring if you look closely. That’s exactly the [...]
How to make a wooden ring (Background)
Let me first bring you up to speed since this process started a couple months ago. I decided to ask Dan to marry me while we were driving through the night with friends from the U.P. back to Minneapolis. After a roaring New Year’s Eve weekend at his cousin’s cabin on the South Shore of [...]