Glad to have you as a part of our sawdust pile Rich. I seem to have become addicted to scroll sawing myself. Although I haven't made any bowls on my scroll saw, preferring fretwork projects instead, I know a small bit about making them. It would seem to me, that if you want to make a segmented bowl, take equal width strips of contrasting lumber and glue them up into a flat, square board. I would think that 2 or more different woods would work. Also, the thickness of the board blank can also vary, but 3/4" is a good thickness to work with. I don't know the exact angle you would need, but a little testing with scrap material should give you the desired angle for the thickness you are working with. Lay out a circle within the blank, then a circle within that one to determine the wall thickness of your bowl. After you cut out the first circular segment of your bowl, use that section, laid upon the now circular blank, to trace the next circular cut line. And thus you proceed to cut circular sections, using the last section as your bowl bottom. The larger your square board stock, the more sections you can cut, thus the deeper the bowl. Turn each section, after you have cut it out, upon the section beneath it, to produce the segmented bowl pattern that appeals to you. When drilling your bowl blank, the drill must be on the same angle as your scroll saw. Be prepared to do a lot of sanding on your bowl blanks, as there will be a lot of ridges, etc. to smooth out. The effort will be worth it. The book Cathy referred to above is, "Wooden Bowls From The Scroll Saw" by Carol Rothman.
Happy sawdusting, and, its absolutely MANDATORY:wwink: you post pictures of your work here.:saw:
