I skipped the sanding and polishing step as the Milliput came out really nice right off the tools. :) I honestly could have even gone a little thinner, but it's pretty comfortable overall. So, keep going, even though it's a bit nerve racking. There is an urge to stop early to avoid a break, but a thick ring is really too uncomfortable to wear. The trick with rings is getting them thin enough. Milliput is a two-part, cold setting, non shrinking epoxy putty sold in cartons containing 113.4gm. It's just what I used for my Milliput bowl, so I knew it would work. There are six grades of Milliput in different colours for different applications. To use Milliput, you mix equal quantities from each stick until the putty turns a uniform colour, indicating successful mixing. The two components are supplied as separate 56.7 gram sticks. Here I'm turning with a carbide cutting tool, but that is not required. Milliput is a two-part, cold setting epoxy putty sold in 113.4 gram cartoons. Once the blank is snugly on you can turn down the ring. If too lose, add some masking tape to tighten it up. If too tight, then turn or sand the tenon a bit. It can be a fussy balance between too tight and too loose. That tenon should match the inside diameter of the ring, and be roughly half the items depth. In this case, I turn a small tenon on a scrap of wood with my parting too. The term is pretty broad and can be used for a number of fixtures and holding devices. The Milliput only needs a couple hours to dry, but I ended up not being able to come back to the project for 48 hours.Ī jamb chuck is a simple jig used for wood turning. I then rolled the whole thing out like a tube then flattened that into my final ring blank. I think I did the process 5 times in total.
I then applied pressure with a flat block of wood to get each into putty discs.I put each ball between layers of wax paper.
Rubber gloves, silicone mats, parchment paper, wax paper and my razor blade. This process wasn't easy, as the putty is very sticky and stuck to everything I threw at it. Milliput is an epoxy putty which comes in two sticks when you mix the sticks together it becomes a soft putty that will harden like stone in about 2 to 4 hours. Recommend products: Standard Milliput, Epoxy Putty Quick Dry and BROWN Stuff Kneadatite 15cm (6inches). Once cured the beauty of Milliput is that it can be drilled, filed and sanded while still retaining its adhesive properties and bonding strength. Once cured the beauty of Milliput is that it can be drilled, filed and sanded while still retaining its adhesive properties and bonding strength. Ideal if you want to match a black surface without painting it afterwards. After I mixed both the black and the while, I rolled them into balls and flattened them out. TWO PART EPOXY PUTTY Ideal if you want to match a black surface without painting it afterwards.
You use equal parts of the putty and hardener and mix them together until you get a uniform color. I bought two colors of Milliput, one black one white.
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