Takes the mystery out of captive rings. The various DIY tools proved to be invaluable. I'm thinking that screwdrivers from the hardware store might work. Softer metal would require more sharpening. Wrapping the sandpaper around the stem could also be done with double side carpet tape. Thanks!

BIG help, Mike! TU!! 👏👏👌👌👍👍

Great job. great technique

Great video Mike

If you are new to wood turning you are watching the best teacher on KZfaq! Thank you for sharing. I have learned so much from your videos.

Thanks for the demo Mike Take care all and stay safe and well Cheers Harold

Thank you for another useful video.

Another excellent video. I enjoyed both the demonstration of the captive rings and the discussion about the possible ways the tools can be made. This is a very clear demonstration on something that I've been wanting to try.

Hi Mike, Thanks for another great video. This afternoon I mad a Captive Ring tool from am old 6.5 mm Allen key and mad my first 2 captive rings. It worked great. Next the baby rattle for my first future grand child. Thanks

THANK YOU! we have a baby shower this weekend. Your demonstration allowed me to create a cats-claw from a starter set small skew. 1st time out, a made a perfect 3 ring rattle just like yours. I enjoy your vids...right to the point. Thanks again!

Great job. We shared this video in our homemade tools forum this week :)

Great information Mike 👍👍👍

Good tips on tool making. Thanks Mike.

Awesome video! Thanks so much Mike!

Always a learning experience Mike,thank you!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎

Thank you Mike, very helpful.

The valuable insight from this video is that if you can turn the bead--which anyone can--you want the ring tool to be like Mike's, with a pointed hook that gets you behind the bead. In the Crown and Sorby specialty captive ring tools, with their half-circle shape, the base of the half-circle either requires a complex rotation of the tool or gets in the way and flattens or grooves the bead (see Baconsoda's video). So, the tool Mike made looks ideal: I have ordered my HSS blank.

Thanks for this great video Mike. I've been wanting to try some captive rings. I have lots of allen wrenches so I will try to make a tool from one of those. 👍🏻

This is very timely for me, Mike. I have been working on a baby rattle for a friend, and have really struggled with getting the rings just right (that and the rattles just end up being too big to a small baby!). I was using multiple home-made tools for each side of the ring, but now I think I'm going to grind one to be able to cut on both sides. I'd also like to echo some of the comments below. You have the "knack" for teaching and I really learn a lot from your videos. Thanks so much!

Great video Mike and some good ideas for ring tools. I have one made from a half inch ring spanner (wrench) which works quite well and I'm thinking of making one from an open ended wrench 🔧

Mike, I am totally addicted to making captive rings. I use the Allen wrench version so far. It does a pretty good job although I like the second one you showed with the cove on it. I likely would get smoother rings

Many thanks Mike. I watched your video and then went and made it and then made a three ring rattle for my granddaughter. Thanks to you I got inspired and am very pleased with my first attempt. It’s great that beginners like me have people like you to learn from. Keep up the good work. Many thanks, Stu from Wales 👍

Very cool. I’ve got to make a couple of these tools and try this. A couple of questions: 1) Instead of using CA glue on the sandpaper, would a couple of zip-ties work as long as there is adequate room to keep one’s fingers away from the zip tie clip part? And 2) Is there any use for those assembly wrenches that come in the “some assembly required” products for use as turning tools. They appear to be stamped steel, so I’m curious if anyone has tried using them and whether they would hold an edge for any useful period of time.

Great video. I guess it is best to use a fine grain wood, right?