Posted a segmented birch bowl in a.b.p.w a couple days ago, but for
those that no longer have a news feed, you can see them at:
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb/BirchBowl/

A bit less than a foot across, finished with Formby's Tung Oil Finish.
Birch was air dried between 20 & 30 years. Accents are walnut & cherry.

Enjoy...

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Kevin Miller
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Kevin,
Thats a beautiful piece of work.
Kevin Cleary
"Kevin Miller" wrote in message
mmunications...
Posted a segmented birch bowl in a.b.p.w a couple days ago, but for those
that no longer have a news feed, you can see them at:
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb/BirchBowl/

A bit less than a foot across, finished with Formby's Tung Oil Finish.
Birch was air dried between 20 & 30 years. Accents are walnut & cherry.

Enjoy...

--
Kevin Miller
Juneau, Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
In a recent poll, seven out of ten hard drives preferred Linux.

Kevin Cleary wrote:
Kevin,
Thats a beautiful piece of work.

Thanks. I'm making some similar ones in teak right now. Stay tuned...

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Kevin Miller
Juneau, Alaska
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
In a recent poll, seven out of ten hard drives preferred Linux.

Nice work. I like the shape. I also do segmented turning. I like that
you can use cutoff scraps and turn any size or shape bowls.
Jerry


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On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:15:47 -0500, Kevin Miller wrote
(in message ications):

Posted a segmented birch bowl in a.b.p.w a couple days ago, but for
those that no longer have a news feed, you can see them at:
http://www.alaska.net/~atftb/BirchBowl/

A bit less than a foot across, finished with Formby's Tung Oil Finish.
Birch was air dried between 20 & 30 years. Accents are walnut & cherry.

Enjoy...



it is good for me to see what others are doing with using small pieces of
wood for larger turnings. I am encouraged to try this. In all the years I've
been turning, I have never glued up more than 2 different pieces of wood for
a project. I just started gluing up a piece today for a project. It is a bit
hard for me to visualize what the thing might look like, while there is still
glue and clamps, and maybe more gluing in the offing. I think there may be a
temptation to go overboard on somethinglike this, so I'm going to be pretty
conservative on this project. Thanks for posting your work. Looks good!
tom koehler

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On 09/30/2010 08:15 PM, tom koehler wrote:
it is good for me to see what others are doing with using small pieces of
wood for larger turnings. I am encouraged to try this. In all the years I've
been turning, I have never glued up more than 2 different pieces of wood for
a project. I just started gluing up a piece today for a project. It is a bit
hard for me to visualize what the thing might look like, while there is still
glue and clamps, and maybe more gluing in the offing. I think there may be a
temptation to go overboard on somethinglike this, so I'm going to be pretty
conservative on this project. Thanks for posting your work. Looks good!

There's a lot of resources on the web for segmented turning. I find the
most important thing is a cutoff sled set at the appropriate angle. In
my case I'm doing 12 segment rings, so 15 degrees is the setting.
Accuracy and repeatability is the key. You may have to mess with it a
bit to get it dialed in, but once you have good tight joints you're golden.

It's a great way to use up scraps. A lot of segmented turning is really
fancy, but really, even a bowl with a single type of wood can be very
nice. As the bowl is turned, each segment reflects light differently so
you get a lot of chatoyance. The most important thing is a pleasing
form. A good shape with plain wood beats fancy wood with a lousy shape
any day.

Automotive band (hose) clamps work great for gluing the segmentes into
rings.

Be fun to see how your project turns out - hope you post it...

....Kevin
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On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 2:03:31 -0500, Kevin Miller wrote
(in message ):



There's a lot of resources on the web for segmented turning. I find the
most important thing is a cutoff sled set at the appropriate angle. In
my case I'm doing 12 segment rings, so 15 degrees is the setting.
Accuracy and repeatability is the key. You may have to mess with it a
bit to get it dialed in, but once you have good tight joints you're golden.

It's a great way to use up scraps. A lot of segmented turning is really
fancy, but really, even a bowl with a single type of wood can be very
nice. As the bowl is turned, each segment reflects light differently so
you get a lot of chatoyance. The most important thing is a pleasing
form. A good shape with plain wood beats fancy wood with a lousy shape
any day.

Automotive band (hose) clamps work great for gluing the segmentes into
rings.

Be fun to see how your project turns out - hope you post it...

...Kevin


well, I'm starting out pretty simple, I think. Some chunks glued up into a
solid block, and then cut away anything that isn't supposed to be there. Am
not sure what it will be, yet. It will tell me. I know that a fussy kind of
repeatable accuracy is the key, and that is what I really have to practice.
I've generally boasted that I can make one of anything. Now, to make two or
more of them identical - that is a skill I have to seriously work on. If it
escapes the fireplace, I'll post on Flicker.
tom koehler

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I always read about using a sled on a table saw to cut segments. I've
been using my chop saw for two years now and get accurate cuts with it.
Does anybody else use a chop saw ??

Jerry


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On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 04:55:26 -0400, (Jerry -
OHIO) wrote:

I have used sleds many times for cutting large prices. I am not as
comfortable with small. I posted some of my first tries at segmented
turning a couple weeks ago. They were all done on a miter saw. I
dialed in the 15 degrees and they came out perfect the first time. I
also tried stacked rings cut at an angle on a scroll saw. It worked
out well.

I always read about using a sled on a table saw to cut segments. I've
been using my chop saw for two years now and get accurate cuts with it.
Does anybody else use a chop saw ??

Jerry


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On 10/02/2010 12:55 AM, Jerry - OHIO wrote:
I always read about using a sled on a table saw to cut segments. I've
been using my chop saw for two years now and get accurate cuts with it.
Does anybody else use a chop saw ??

I have before. I only have the one sled at 15 degrees which does 12
segments. If I do a ring w/a different number of segments I'll use the
chop saw. Can't beat the sled for 'instant gratification' but it does
take up shop space.

But yeah, with a good blade a chop saw is a dapper way to do them as well.


....Kevin
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Juneau, Alaska
In a recent survey, 7 out of 10 hard drives preferred Linux
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