On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:31:36 -0900, Kevin Miller
wrote:



http://ray80538.home.comcast.net/~ra...l/segbowl.html

I've been to your site before. I'm curious - have you had any
expansion/contraction issues with the segments in the bottom such as
with image
http://ray80538.home.comcast.net/~ra...l/P1240146.jpg
(about half way down the page)?

That one was done last March. I have been turning for less than a
year so it might be too soon to judge stability. In that bowl the
grain of the wood runs mostly tangentially to the bowl so any
expansion / contraction should be radial. I can't feel any
unevenness. I have had cross grain problems in the past and tend to
avoid it.


Are the black lines between segments an inlay or wide glue lines. The
way you glue up looks like it might be difficult to get tight joints.

LOL. The black lines are a strip of teak glued between the segments.
I'd be way too embarrassed to post if my glue joints were anywhere near
that bad! :-)

Your finished bowl looks nice. Sometimes photography does not do
justice to subtle detail. How did the end grain piece turn out?

Ray

...Kevin