On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:23:28 -0500, Kevin Miller wrote
(in message ications):

I did post a couple other shots of it in
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking, as well as some photos of the build
process. Sadly, more and more people are losing newsgroup access.
my NG provider dropped all binary groups

But
if you go to http://www.delorie.com/wood/abpw/ you can see what's been
posted. DJ Delorie archives what lands there. Click on the week link.

my browser shows a column of pictures and text links, so I click on each
picture and then click on the text links - nice mini-tutorial on segment
work. I really like the tip about the bits of scrap glued in place with CA to
keep the rings lined up while gluing. This will work very nice with my
home-made gluing press. Better than my methods for keeping things from
sliding around. Thanks for the tip.


The bowl is 11.5 across the top, give or take. The scallops are
actually pretty easy. This URL:
http://www.delorie.com/wood/abpw/117055-1.jpg
shows the feature ring and the one above it. The scallop appears
because you cut on the diagonal. The wood in front (sycamore and
purpleheart) is trimmed from the corner of the segment, exposing the
teak behind it. but in the center of the segment you're not cutting so
much, so that part is left.

I'm gonna have to try this, as the image just ain't coming up, right now -
must be something wrong with my third-eye browser.

Hope that makes sense. If not, just glue up a ring with contrasting
woods, mount it on the lathe and cut the side at an angle. It'll be
obvious when you do.

I hope so. Sometimes I don't do well with 'obvious'. Thank you for the
information.

re your results with the tung oil... I picked up a batch of pure tung oil
last year (no drying agents in it), for some bowls that would be used with
food. This stuff took several days to set up, and then it was just
"sorta-kinda" The surface did not seem truly hard until months later. I will
experiment with one of the bowls, with buffing it out with a light abrasive
of some kind, and then another tung oil bath, and then see what it is like a
few months later.

Thanks for all the tips.
tom koehler

Best...

...Kevin




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