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I attended a class 2 weeks ago up at the John C. Campbell Folk School and turned the segmented bowl, and christmas ornament shown below. It was my first time on a real lathe, and the first time turning anything larger than a pen. The bowl has all natural coloring, there are no dyes, and there are over 400 pieces of wood used to make the bowl, and the top. Don Russell was the master turner who taught the class, and it was a gas!

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Thanks for the kind words. It was a blast playing with all the segments, and choosing woods, and shapes and stuff. Don is one hell of an instructor, as is his assistant Troy Bledsoe. I am lucky to be in the Peachstate woodturners club, they are both members there as well....

I have a master plan though for the next few bowls, that should top the first one...LOL.....
 
Beautiful work, whether it's your first one or your twentieth. Did you take the hollow forms and lidded vessels class? I'm looking at a course either at Campbell or Arrowmont in the Spring, but I have to be really good between now and Christmas.[}:)][}:)]
 
Fred

I have not taken those classes. This was the first attempt at anything larger than a pen or a kids spin top. I have a carbatek pen lathe, and have never spun a bowl.

I am going back in April for a class at John C. Campbell, and it is for Don Russell's class on the three legged mahogony table. He has several in his home that he has built and they are gorgeous tables. I have also taken a marquetry class with Don Russell, and Paul Schruch, very fun class as well.....
 
I have looked at this post several times now and would like to say that your segmented bowl is stunning! Someday I hope to have time to try a segmented bowel and when I do I hope it is half as good as yours.
You should be very proud of this.
 
John

We turned for 10 hours a day for 5 of the 6 days of class. It was extremely intense. Being that this was my first bowl, and had never even held a bowl gouge before, it was slow going for me, and my instructor had the patience of JOB. There is a good 35 hours in the bowl no problem just turning sanding and finishing (the real on hands stuff, the rest was class instruction). Some of the segments were cut for the rings, to save some time in assembling the bowl, because if we had to cut all the pieces, we would have run out of time. We glued, clamped, and trued up the rings for the bowl, and I would estimate it would have taken another 20 hours of setting the saw up and cutting all of segmented pieces......just an estimate would be around 60 hours start to finish if I had to cut the segments......
 
Ron

I will bring the bowl to the Atlanta Bubbasville meeting and let you inspect the bowl! It should hold enough popcorn for a few people....LOL....

Robert
 
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