Open Segment Bowl

that is fantastic!
I especially like how you did the shading on the overlapping petals.

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Tom, this is a wonderful post. The bowl is gorgeous. I wish you guys would stop posting the bowls. It is driving me nuts because now I realize what I have been missing by not have a lathe. If you all keep this up you are going to force me to go out and get one, and in the process bust my tool budget.

Seriously this is a really nice bowl. I would love to see a post on its construction. Being a non-turner my education in this area has been sorely lacking.

Thanks for sharing.

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tom,

Looks impressive. The design is really nice and the turning is excellent. On wet wood I can usually get bowls 1/8 (I’m working on 1/16 but 3/32 seems to work reasonably well). Did you get a lot of vibration when you turned this piece so thin?

How long did it take you to glue all the pieces?

Alin

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It took about a week to glue it up, but thats only about an hour a day since you have to wait for the glue to dry sufficiently. I would glue about three rings then wait a day. Turning was difficult for me because of the thinness and open segments are very fraigle to turn. I kept my fingers bracing the bowl as I turned it to stop vibratrions that easly cause a catch with the open holes of the segments.

-- Tom D

That’s pretty cool!

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That is a stunning bowl. Great job.

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Beaut job. now that would make a great blog on how you achieved such excellence.

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I hope you do this for a living…

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wow great job you have more patience than me

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