You got so close with the full hoop. I really thought you were going to get one eventually. I am building a steam box to try some small wood bending work, nothing as daring as a full hoop. But now I am considering more.

Awesome work, man! And beautiful cat!!! 😊 Looking forward to the build! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊 And happy holidays!

here because i am trying to make banjo rims

I learned a lot from this, and I admire your determination and ingenuity. For the gluing ring, could you cut a circle of the outside diameter out of a square piece of plywood and cut it in half, and then clamp the halves around the outside of the ring?

That cargo strap sure looks familiar 😂…love your videos and projects…keep it up!

You are better of working out the circumference and cutting ends at 45 degrees so when to squeeze the timber together one end will push down and the other end will push up unless you work out the exact length. Do one laminate at a time and one glueing at a time, the first glueing is for the ends only, do not remove it, the next timber the circumference will change and you have to work this out. The jig should be perfectly round with no cut outs except if you want to use clamps, I used a very long stainless steel hose clamp which gave perfect and equal contact all the way around, you may have to use two/three hose clamps at the edges because your timber is wide. If you can't find hose clamps that are long enough for the circumference, then unscrew two hose clamps and attach together to extend the length. Next step is to cut the high end where the two 45 degrees come together, you can do this with the table saw as you did but add some guides to the vertical timber you used as a fence so the it is not rocking back and forward, eg two pieces of wood in a V shape so you can rotate the circle in the one spot. Use some plastic around your jig so that the laminated piece doesn't stick to your jig, I used packing tape. Good luck and and post another video. 👍

If you want to try rings again you should check out home snare drum builds. The guy in the video below has a custom made steel mold, but i made one myself out of layers of MDF. The rings will want try to open outwards, so by placing the rings into a mold rather than wrapping them around one you can take advantage of this force. I dont know if the yoga ball will provide enough pressure for wood that thick, but definitely worth trying it out i'd say! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hbx0rcaembeueaM.html