They aren’t great, but they aren’t totally useless either. I met my amazing fiance through one, but I had to wade through a ton of shit first.

No, it’s just posturing. The emissions from AC at the Olympic Village would have zero impact on climate change. This is just green washing for public perception points.

How is it unfair? Couldn’t any team do the same thing?

Thank you! That’s actually on my list to try next.

I’ve considered submerging the rings in thinned resin and pulling a vacuum on them, but haven’t tried it yet. I didn’t know if that would incorporate the resin enough throughout the wood to improve its strength. It’s definitely worth a try though. I may also try coating them in UV resin instead of CA glue to see what effect that has. There are some “nano” ceramic coatings used in the auto industry that could give them some extra scratch resistance too.

The major downside to the resin coatings would be significant wait times for curing, and a whole lot of messy cleanup. If it works well it could be worth it though.

I would be happy to make one for you for just the cost of shipping if you are willing to help me test the durability and other aspects.

DM me if you are interested.

Yep. The blue mica powder isn’t as sparkly as the green. The next blank I make with blue will need more blue powder and probably a dash of silver to bring out the same “crystal” effect that the green one has.

Right now I don’t know, but it’s something we should find out pretty quickly, as my fiance and I will be wearing them daily to test the durability.

I started with 2 thin slices of wood, about the size of a post card. I used toothpicks as spacers at the corners and a dab of super glue to create a gap between the wood for the resin. I used tape around 3 sides, leaving one end open. I poured in the resin very slowly so there wouldn’t be any bubbles, and left it in the vacuum chamber, open end up, for about 15 minutes to pull all the air out and get a good bond between the wood and resin. After it cured and I cleaned up the blank I cut the rough shape on my CNC machine. After a quick sanding, a dunk in some Danish oil, and some time to dry they went on a ring mandrill in the drill press where I did the final shaping with sandpaper. I used super glue for the finish, more wet sanding up to 8000 grit and then 3M polishing compound.

Not counting all the curing and waiting, it took about 20 minutes per ring, and was a ton of fun.

My one concern is durability of the rings, as they end up very thin. My finance will be wearing them for a while to see how they hold up. Hopefully, since the resin is solid, it will hold the wood fibers together and prevent the ring from cracking.

Next, I want to try out carving shallow geometric patterns on the side of the wood pieces that go against the resin on the CNC before filling the blanks. I think that’ll make some interesting patterns when the ring gets cut out of the blank.

I made a blue variant also, but I think the green came out better.

They are perfectly free to do that. They just have to resubscribe from their new home country at the new rate. Just like with telephone service or cable tv. It’s not like they will get in trouble or would be prevented from moving.

He sounds pretty cool. Do you know if he’s seeing anyone right now, like in a serious way?

And If they label the pedal “stop” and it doesn’t actually stop the car?

Does Apple have actual instructions and documentation that explains this? I honestly didn’t know, as I’ve never used iMessage.

I posted several large wood working machines for sale there in the past year and every one was bought within 24 hours.

When did that happen? I sold several pieces of woodshop equipment there in the past year and didn’t pay anything.

Tell that to Fedora that keeps resetting the Firefox homepage back to a Fedora news site.

So we can make you angry.

All true, which is what I meant by “not well” encrypted. It’s technically encrypted, but for all practical purposes it might as well not be.

Thin super glue that really soaks in works well, but it can change the appearance of the wood and can cause a splotchy look with some finishes. Make sure you do some tests on scrap before trying it in the real thing.