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Monday, March 14, 2011

A Bowl From A Board - A Different Twist on Segmented Bowl Turning

I've had a lot of fun with segmented bowls. Spirals, colorful patterns. The process is time consuming, to glue each ring together, then glue one layer on at a time, turn the bowl, etc. The results, though, have been well worth it - see these award winning bowls, or this set I made with Purpleheart, for example. But I have wanted to do more - other patterns and styles, and I've wanted to do it more efficiently.







That's why I got so excited when I learned about the Bowl From-a-Board technique for segmented turning - my eyes were opened to all the possibilities, and I've been dying to try it ever since. Well, I finally have a couple of projects in the works.

We'll see if my bowls compare favorably to these
shown on Wikipedia, or just turn out OK. In any case, I'm excited. Check back in a month or so and you should see the results.


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Hand-made classic wood toys, gifts, pens, furniture, kitchenware, and more, all lead free, most made from renewable wood resources, and all made in small-town USA. If there's something you're looking for, let me know and I'll let you know if I can do it, how much it will cost, and how long it will take. Some of my projects have included bunk-beds, shelves, frames in standard and custom sizes, coat racks, benches, rubber band guns, hand-turned bowls, segmented salad bowls, chess pieces, magic wands - Harry Potter type, etc.