How to - Bentwood rings - Best Method to start! 

You owe me a new cup of coffee. Yes, I spilled my damn drink laughing at your crumbled mess. Thanks ! I enjoyed it. :)

Since there are a lot of comments about the wood "breaking"... Softening "any" wood is best when using a multiple of tricks. But it is always - Water or alcohol, with an added conditioner. There are many things you can add to the liquid if you are having problems. Like, "salt, bleach and baking soda". Heat, time and sometimes "pressure" are your primary variables. (Try using a "pressure cooker" to heat the veneer for a short time). "Especially" with the harder, tighter grained hardwoods. (Like "Bloodwood", Rosewood etc.)! The standard is warm-hot water with a quality "wood conditioner" added to the heated water. "Most conditioners are glycerin based". Ask/call the veneer companies and always shop around"! (There isn't a wood you cannot bend to your will). Well... "Except for maybe old, fully dry-cured, "African Ebony", also called "Ironwood"! Some "Burlwoods", like "Mappa Burl" can be problematic because of their inherent structure, which can cause, "Crumbling" but there are ways around that too! Experiment! Good Luck!

Greetings from Australia. Love your work and your videos.

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Best ring making video on RU-vid 😂😂😂🤣🤣

Can you make a video where you make a bentwood ring out of Bloodwood veneer? I’m trying to make one of my own but I’ve been having problems with getting the wood to bend and I haven’t found any help online about working with bloodwood

How thick is the veneer you use? I can readily find .2 and .5mm but it looks like what you're using is thicker. Any cons to using super thin veneer? I'm concerned about how the rings will look when viewed from the profile.

Hey sorry I'm asking on an old video but do you have any tips for this issue I'm having, essentially its kinda difficult to keep the veneer from strafing off when bending and in this happening bending it back is creating small gaps, I've tried lining it up so many times but it always ends up strafing a little bit causing this

Why does my veneer break. Very hard to get good ones. How do you get a tight fit? The rest usually breaks. I even try to boil it for an hour. What am I doing wrong?

Is there a way of making this thin bentwood yourself?

Am i understanding correctly... if I want to make a specific size ring. I should wrap it around the mandrel on one size bigger?

soaking in boiling the water and add a few drops of glycerin to reduce the breakage.

What kind of glue do you use?

Do you ship to the UK ?

Whata is this board name

all my woods break!

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I guess if your video is not to show people how to make them, you succeeded.