How to Make an Acrylic Ring With Corian

In this tutorial I will show you my process for making rings from plastics or acrylics.

For this project I used Corian, which is a brand name for a solid surface material created by Dupont.

It is composed partly of acrylic and is easy to work with wood working tools.

There are many different colour variations and I used “Mardi Gras” as it looks pretty cool!

These sample blanks are 50mm square and 12mm thick.

Where to find Corian:

Corian is widely available and inexpensive off-cuts or samples can often be found on Ebay. I've included links to Ebay suppliers of Corian below*:

US Suppliers of Corian

UK Suppliers of Corian

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Start by marking roughly where to drill a hole. Marking off to the corner gives a good chance of getting two rings from one blank.

Using a drill bit slightly smaller than the required size, drill a hole on the drill press.

Next mark a rough circle around the hole (I did this by tracing around a socket) and cut the shape out on the scroll saw.

Mount the ring in a 4 jaw chuck and start sanding the outer edges and inside of the ring

Work methodically through the grits of sandpaper to a progressively finer grit. In the video I wet sanded through 150-12,000 grit.

Gradually bring the inside diameter to the required size and when one edge is finished, flip the ring around and repeat the process on the other side.

When the edges and inside are polished mount the ring on a jamb chuck.

I also used a wine cork in the tailstock in may lathe to hold the ring in place.

True the ring by making it round with a roughing gouge and then move to a skew or scraper to create an even finish.

Swap to mounting the ring onto a mandrel for final shaping and polishing.

Wet sand the ring as before working through progressively finer grits. Create a smooth shiny surface with no tooling marks.

With sanding complete turn up the speed on the lathe and buff with a car polishing compund. Rub the compound in and buff out with a lint free cloth.

Clean off any remaining polishing compound and take some nice pictures!

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