Napkin rings may be made of many shapes and sizes. The scraps of wood left from regular exercises, boxes, etc., can be used for making them. The larger sizes are made about 2 inches in diameter.

Fig. 166. Napkin Ring.

Usually the grain of wood should be parallel with the axis of the ring, but sometimes it may be at right angles to the axis.

Only pieces quite free from defects should be used, for

Fig. 167. Ring Turned on Screw Chuck.

when the ring has been turned to shape that a small check is quite likely to The outside, inside, and one end may be turned on the screw chuck, as shown in Fig. 167. This is the piece left after turning the box (Figs. 99 and 108).

After completing the ring as shown in Fig. 167, fasten a piece of pine to an iron face-plate (Fig.

278), using at least four screws.

Be careful to locate the screws so that they will not be in the way of the tools in making the place for the ring.

Turn the opening in this block just large enough to receive the ring. In making the opening in the chuck for the ring, be careful to not only have it fit tightly at the circumference, but also at the inner end. If you are particular to have a good bearing at the end, as indicated at B, Fig. 168, there will be much less difficulty about the piece running true. It is not necessary that the hole in the face-plate be deep. It is

Fig. 168. Section of Napkin Ring in Cup Chuck.

Fig. 169. Napkin Ring in Cup Chuck.

sufficiently deep if it admits the ring beyond the center of the first bead. If both ends are to be chucked, be careful to fit the hole to the smaller end first. See that the ring is held firmly and that it revolves true.

Fig. 169 shows the ring in the chuck. Set the rest as in Fig. 170, and then bore out the inside with the gouge, finishing with the skew chisel, held as shown in Fig. 171. The skew chisel may be used as a scraping tool, on the inside of the ring, if the rest is placed so that the edge of the chisel is a little above the center of the ring. If it is below

Fig. 170. Boring Napkin Ring.

Fig. 171. Skew Chisel Smoothing Ring.

the center, it is likely to enter too deeply into the wood.

Fig. 172. Polishing Ring on Arbor.

Finish this end by sandpapering and polishing it completely. Reverse the ring and refinish the other end.

If in chucking, the finish on the outside should be injured, the ring may be placed on an arbor, as shown in Fig. 172, and refinished.