Now 32

[erasmussen]

I wanted to see if I could turn a bowl with 32 open segments per ring, if I could then that would allow many more possibilities for patterns, the problem is each open segment is only 1/2 " wide < 1/4 " thick and only glued in the corners :no:
I give it a go to see how far I could get before it explodes :rotflm:

Not great but not too bad

 

[TracyP]

:swoon::swoon:great looking bowl:thumbs_up:thumbs_up

 

[PChristy]

WOW! great job:icon_thum

 

[MrAudio815]

Earl,

You are an amazing wood worker, Great Job!

 

[ErnieM]

Not great but not too bad

You've got to be kidding! I think it's beautiful. You should do a How-To series - not that it would do me any good. I think I could handle the 32 air spaces if all those little wood pieces weren't in the way.:rotflm::rotflm:
Great job

Ernie

 

[Bas]

Earl, I think you've discovered the Moore's Law of Woodworking. You double the number of segments every 3 months, but because the scale is shrinking it's getting harder and harder to keep it all together.

Great looking bowl! Love that wood combination. But I guess 64 [STRIKE]bits[/STRIKE] segments isn't going to happen?

 

[MikeH]

How in the world is that NOT GREAT???? That is AWESOME!!!! :notworthy:

 

[ptt49er]

:notworthy::notworthy:

Earl, that's AWESOME!!

 

[skeeter]

Another awesome bowl. Great work!

 

[Canuck]

Wonderful job again there, Earl!!!:notworthy:

I must ask! What kind of glue do you use to glue up the segmented parts? You must have a lot of faith in whatever brand!!:icon_scra:icon_scra

Wayne

 

[jerrye]

BEAUTIFUL sieve Earl...kinda hard to call it a bowl, now isn't it?:wink_smil Basket, maybe?

Nevertheless, still GORGEOUS!

 

[erasmussen]

Wonderful job again there, Earl!!!:notworthy:

I must ask! What kind of glue do you use to glue up the segmented parts? You must have a lot of faith in whatever brand!!:icon_scra:icon_scra

Wayne

I use TB II its strong enough the open segments have long grain glue joints even if there tiny :icon_thum

 

[Trent Mason]

How in the....... :swoon:

Not bad for a ninja. :icon_thum :rolf:

 

[ptt49er]

How do you keep the glue out of the gaps in the segmentation?

 

[CarvedTones]

:icon_thum:icon_thum:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:icon_thum:icon_thum Very nice! When I first tried turning (years ago), I got a book on that and tried to do it. The "flat" part is way harder than the turning, IMO. My blank came apart before I even got near it with a gouge. It wasn't as scary as it sounds; the upper half separated and then broke on the bed before it really got up to speed. I didn't have the surfaces mated well enough.

 

[erasmussen]

:icon_thum:icon_thum:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:icon_thum:icon_thum Very nice! When I first tried turning (years ago), I got a book on that and tried to do it. The "flat" part is way harder than the turning, IMO. My blank came apart before I even got near it with a gouge. It wasn't as scary as it sounds; the upper half separated and then broke on the bed before it really got up to speed. I didn't have the surfaces mated well enough.

I am doing a how to right now on the next one, it will be awhile before I get it finished, but it will show how to get perfect mating on them

 

[erasmussen]

How do you keep the glue out of the gaps in the segmentation?

I cant has to be removed later, get finger nail files and cut them lengthwise to fit in the holes to sand them :gar-Bi

 

[RandyJ]

Another beauty from the master!!
Way to go Earl.

 

[flatheadfisher]

Those must take hours & hours. Very cool.

 

[farmerbw]

Very nice as usual. :icon_thum :icon_thum

Brian.