Hi all,

I've been looking through a book by Malcolm Tibbetts called "The Art of
Segmented Woodturning". He makes some absolutely wonderful pieces and I
wouldn't mind having a go at segmented turning myself. Only trouble is that
he uses a veritable arsenal of tools - and due to a combination of space and
budgetary restrictions I try and get by on as little as possible. This
means, for example, that my disk sander is a piece of abrasive stuck to a
plywood disk attached to the scroll chuck on my lathe! He advocates use of a
12" disk sander, a mitre saw for cutting the segments, a jointer and a whole
host of other stuff. He certainly seems to make good use of his tools but
quite often you find you can produce perfectly acceptable results with a
minimum of equipment. I'd be interested to know from any segmented turners
out there how much tooling is necessary to produce good quality results -
for example, do I need to shell out on a "proper" disk sander and a mitre
saw. I have a good quality bandsaw and wonder whether I can get away with
that. Your experience and advice is welcomed.

Many thanks

Kind regards

Ron Headon
Swindon, England