I‘ve seen some vids on making rings, but they are not very specific about all the items I need and why you need them. Please give me a detailed list. Cheapest substitutes appreciated.
It is going to be difficult to give you a complete list but I make rings and earings from Acrylic which I think is similar to what you are talking about. I do them on on a Scheppach DMT450 lathe. I have a 4 jaw chuck to hold the blank while I rough it down to round. After that I put a saw tooth Forstner bit in a chuck in the tailstock and bore it out. various sizes depending on what or who it is for. 14mm, 15mm, 16mm etc. Tools I usually use are Micro turning chisels with a few custom hand ground ones thrown in for good measure. once it is roughed down and bored I take the 4 jaw off and swap to a custom made jam chuck. This just fits the bored hole. Then taking very light cuts I shape the outside. Once shaped I then polish using wet and dry Micromesh pads. Starting with 1500 grit working down to 12000 grit. ( used wet ) the marks left with 12000grit can not be detected by the human eye. I also sometimes finish with burnishing cream on a soft cloth. Hope this has helped a bit.
