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Very nice tutorial. I wish I could see what resin he was using to assemble the ring. I was worried that with all the resin he was applying when he was shaping it on the mandrel, he would have a bad time loosening it afterwards.
I made a ring something like that once, but used sheet silver and plexy, then riveted it together, rather than assembling it and turning it to finish.
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It’s basically a ring made of cyanoacrylate.
It’s got an epoxy liner and some embedded wood, wire and stone, but it’s fundamentally made of superglue. I’m seeing a lot more interesting uses of CA since the spray accelerants have become widely available, especially in woodworking.
Very pretty and probably extremely durable.
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Well that was mesmerizing. 
I also like the show “How It’s Made” as if that was in any doubt. 
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Oh, great. Now I want to buy one.
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Noice. Might try that myself.
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If you want some American black walnut, PM me your snail mail address and I’ll send you as much as you’ll pay postage for. :). But I hear your local Aussie wood is pretty nice stuff!
The eucalypt stuff is nice to look at, but a bugger to work with; hard and full of flaws.
(red gum)
Most of the time I work with weed timber; camphor laurel, african olive, etc.
I recently had some nice bits of spalted acacia, though:
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Gorgeous stuff, thanks for sharing it.
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