Gary Beasley Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Ive been working on my first open segment bowl today. I cut wood for it yesterday and glued up a base. It has 18 segs to the ring, sassafrass for the background wood, black walnut and yellowheart for the feature pattern. Im usng the jig Earl Rasmussen developed and featured on his youtube channel, Earls Small Segment Shop. More later 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombarde16 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Hardly seems like shenanigans to me. I've always admired Earl's jig and will probably build one some day...after I finish the dust collection arm, and the wedgie sled, and...and...and... Looks like it's going to be a rather wide bowl/platter. Approximate dimensions and shape you're hoping to achieve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Beasley Posted January 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Bombarde16 said: Hardly seems like shenanigans to me. I've always admired Earl's jig and will probably build one some day...after I finish the dust collection arm, and the wedgie sled, and...and...and... Looks like it's going to be a rather wide bowl/platter. Approximate dimensions and shape you're hoping to achieve? Its going to be about 12” wide and 5 to 6” tall. It going to look a bit like a basket. The jig is pretty cheap from chefware kits, not even worth the time to built it yourself. You can upgrade to a full kit with index wheel too, just need the jacobs chuck from elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gary Beasley Posted January 6, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 So far so good. Two more layers ffinished this morning and wood cut for the next layer. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Beasley Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Next step, glue on the solid top ring. Then turn the inside, then the outside. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gary Beasley Posted January 7, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Next swap ends and finish the bottom 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Beasley Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 It wound up being a lot taller because I was using 3/4” tall segments instead of the 1/2” specified in the plans I drew up. Final size 7 3/4” tall and 12” wide. 1/2” thick walls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Looks great, Gary! How thin do you think the walls can be with all those openings? Half-inch a safe limit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Beasley Posted January 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Ive seen turnings like that down to an 1/8”, most common is 1/4”. This is my first so Im taking baby steps with thick walls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gary Beasley Posted January 22, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 Heres the results of this last weeks work. Globe/bowls are birch cut and stacked from a board. The stands are curly walnut, the finial is purpleheart. The stand for the top has a felt lined recess to seat the finial in when the globe is opened. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 Very slick! Turning sequence? I would guess form the mating surfaces, then turn the outside then hollow the hemispheres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Beasley Posted January 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 Right. Took a bit of careful work. Almost ruined the bottom piece when I turned it too thin and it blew out but I was able to sand the edges back on the disc sander and glue some fresh wood to it and finish it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 Damn nice work, but I think the first one is gonna leak. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Beasley Posted January 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 56 minutes ago, RichardA said: Damn nice work, but I think the first one is gonna leak. Never seen a wooden colander? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 Not yet, but it appears that you are forming one. And it's still going to leak, especially if that's it's primary function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Beasley Posted January 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 I suspect an open segment vessel would be great for pouporri and any other smellgood potions. Might even work as a yarn bowl, you could put several balls in and feed them out all over the place. For the most part though they are made to be looked at, like those antiquey chinese vases folks make such a fuss over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 23, 2019 Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 You guys scare with with the things you do on a lathe. Darn nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Beasley Posted January 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 Thats got to be a very minor scare, wait till you see what folks that know what they are doing can turn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 23, 2019 Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 Gary, I helped a turner friend of mine to turn some square stock for me into mallet handles and that was a white knuckle experience. Why do all sharp woodworking things have to turn toward you ? BTW, check the pressure on your fire extinguisher. That is one of the 2M that were recalled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Beasley Posted January 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 If you let a woodturning tool turn towards you youre doing it wrong. Done right the gouge is shaving the wood off a bit like a hand plane does. A little spindle work like mallet handles is light work. Try spinning a 16” wide 40lb chunk of wood a 500-800 rpm. Thats can be a bit disconcerting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Beasley Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Found a new video Glenn Lucas put out. Hes an Irish production woodturner who comes to the US to participate in seminars. I had the pleasure of sitting in on several of his presentations at the Woodturning Southern Style symposium in Dalton one year and sitting with him for dinner. He does his own video work as well so you can see hes quite talented all round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gary Beasley Posted February 16, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 16, 2019 I got to work on a piece of cherry I got from a neighbor last year. It had a few bug holes in it and I filled a couple in the inner area with CA. Just got the topside sanded and a coat of danish oil buffed in. I love the flame figure running through it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted February 16, 2019 Report Share Posted February 16, 2019 That's a beautiful piece of wood Gary! Dang it, I gotta stop reading turning threads. I don't have a lathe (yet). I shouldn't think about a lathe (slaps head). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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