Any Ring Master users here?

[Scott Kuykendall]

If you get the angle set right you have very little sanding to do. You can make different shapes by stacking the rings from different boards to make vases and pitcher. It works by two cutters one on each side of the board that you dial the cutter 1/2 way through the board with one direction then turn dial the other way and the other cutter cuts from the other side of the board till you cut all the way through. Then you stop the machine remove the ring you just cut, pull a pin out , slide the sled to the next pin hole and keep doing it till your down to the size of the bottom you want. Then you stack and glue them together and by using different types of wood you can make each ring a different color by using light and dark woods. Since you index with the pin in preset holes every ring from every board will be the same size for each diameter you cut so you can mix and match what you want.
I thought I got a deal by only paying $40.00 for mine but Robert got a better deal. I figured for $40.00 the motor was worth that, but after you start playing around you can make some interesting stuff.
Scott

[Scott Kuykendall]

Here is a web page with some pictures of thing you can make.
http://www.ringmastertool.com/PAGES/SCHOOL.HTM
Scott

[dirk martin]

Has anyone tried cutting similar rings, from boards, on their lathe?
Seems like cutting tapered rings on the lathe, would be easy as pie.

[Dan Hintz]

Guys/gals... keep in mind, this thread is 7 years old.

[Scott Kuykendall]

It would be hard to keep the angle and the thickness the same. Also cutting from just one side you would get tear out when you cut all the way through.
Scott

[Jerome Hanby]

Betsy,

Some people would say a lathe isn't true woodworking, either, because it uses a machine, also. (Bowls can be carved by hand, you know.) The ring master probably makes it easier to make some forms, but so does segmented turing. It's not the tool, but the creating that makes "woodworking". (IMHO)

Bob

Lot less "waste" with the ring master. I would think even less waste than a coring gizmo on the lathe...

[Dan Hintz]

Lot less "waste" with the ring master. I would think even less waste than a coring gizmo on the lathe...

That would be my guess, too... once you get the trick down, I'd bet this would be very worthwhile for expensive burls where every cubic inch in the trash is serious money wasted.

[Steve Mathews]

Resurrecting a 10 year plus thread ... I just picked up a Ring Master Model 623. After watching a few videos on its use it seems like an interesting machine. I look forward to trying my hand with it. Any updated users?

[Christopher Herzog]

I have one and the key is the angles. The better they are, the less sanding.

[Paul Koenigs]

http://www.woodenpost.com/products/ring_master.htm was the best I could find. Are there any large pictures or better descriptions elsewhere?? I can't even tell exactly what it is or how it works....

Basically.. you mount a flat board, it spins and the ring master cuts rings out but the cut is slanted. When you have it dialed in, you can stack the rings together and there's very little sanding needed to bring the inside and outside edges to be true.
Picture a bunch of trapazoids stacked on top of each other.

I have one, have not had a chance to use it yet.

[Rick Potter]

I recently sold one, new in the box. It was a special one made to fit a Shop Smith, and needed no additional motor. I inherited it from my dad 16 years ago, and never got around to using it, so I let it go to someone more ambitious.

Don't remember what I sold it for, but I let it go pretty cheap to a good home.