Another Segmented Turning

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Glued this one up last night and turned it this morning .
7" diameter by 4" deep.
This was my first experiment with adding some veneer between segments. I will probably try it between rings as well next time.

I am really pleased with the gluing press with the ring alignment feature I made recently . It worked just wonderful and saved removing a lot of wood because it ran so true on the lathe.

I think I'm starting to catch on with this segmentation stuff :D . It's more fun than a picnic.



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Very nice William. I like this one better than the last one that you posted, that is just this poor country boy opinion. Both are sharp. Thanks for showing.
 
Keep up the great segmented pieces that you are making as they are great turnings.

You need to post pictures of your glue-ups as you are putting them together. You know, kinda like a 1-2-3 step process. I believe that others would like to see you at work!
 
Fred said:
Keep up the great segmented pieces that you are making as they are great turnings.

You need to post pictures of your glue-ups as you are putting them together. You know, kinda like a 1-2-3 step process. I believe that others would like to see you at work!
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More like a 1-2-3 and so on up to 20 or 30 or so to include all the steps in doing segmentation.

If I had a movie camera with a pause function I would make a video but seeing as my digital camara does not have that function you can google utube and get loads of videos on segmentation work . I have made several utube videos of making simple things like pens with my camera but would really need the pause feature to do segmentation videos. Between utube and discussion board sites is where I learn most of my stuff . There are excellent books available (Malcolm Tibbets as an example) which I tried to read but macular degeneration and being blind in one eye prevents me from reading the size of print in books so I rely on my large screen computer monitor to learn what I can. Then along with what I learn that way, I make some modifications of my own as I go along just to make it more interesting and challenging. . .
We do what we gotta do :biggrin:
 
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Bill, that is a beautiful bowl, I like the veneer between the segments, but wouldn't they weaken the structure is placed between the rings?
 
bitshird said:
Bill, that is a beautiful bowl, I like the veneer between the segments, but wouldn't they weaken the structure is placed between the rings?
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Apparently it doesn't weaken it. All the top segmenters use it. Look at all the veneer between rings Malcolm Tibbets uses in his fantastic work.

http://www.tahoeturner.com/

I never intend to get anywhere close to his quality of work . He is ine of the worlds top Professional segmenters.
 
William,

The more I see of your "practice" and "experiments" the more inspired I get to want to try something like (but probably not as ambitious as) this. They look great. Thanks for sharing.

-Barry
 
Thanks for the comments .

I just installed a 32" monitor on my PC yesterday and what a difference it makes for viewing everyones photos. . The graphics on the 32" Sony TV style monitor are fantastic. .
I just got a couple DVD's (2hours each) from Malconm Tibbetts on segmenting and it is a pleasure to view them using my computer and it doesn't tie up the 42" TV in the living room for 4 hours at a time while viewing them
I have a member of my own WWF site doing a complete tutorial from start to finish on a basic segmented bowl for other members to join in and follow along. We are only as far as the two rings above and below the feature ring so far. Next will be instructions on thicknessing and surfacing those rings before going on to the making of the feature ring . He is an accomplished segmenter and gives all measurements and many tips along the way as well as other members will be showing their own little tips and ways of doing things differently to arrive at the same goal by using their own equipment . .
 
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