I have been looking into the capacity for milling directly into exotic woods for finished jewelry items. I have milled rings already, as can be seen in the current March issue of MJSA magazine where I have a step by step article in “At the Bench” section.
I Took a look at the construction of a bracelet my wife likes made from fused glass. I took the construction of the multi-segmented bracelet and designed a wooden one in CAD with a leaf and vine pattern that runs through all of the links.
I began the milling here in cocoblo wood, but realized that the tighter grain of ebony was going to be a better material to show the subtle pattern.
I placed three of the 12 bar shaped segments on one milling tool path. Here the roughing pass on the front is shown.
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