Inside out turning

i never even heard of this

now there are one

and you did it

wow !

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Beautiful – The only words to describe it! I’ve seen how to do this, but haven’t tried. Got to do it some day, when my middle section approves of the yearning.

-- *Arachnoleptic*: The frantic dance performed just after you've accidently walked through a spider web.

awsome work!

Definitely have to try this. Have never seen anything like this, even at the woodturners club. Wouldn’t it be sweet if the rookie did something new? Thanks for posting.

-- The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. Ron, Crossville Tn

Really Cool, Rich!

Took me a couple of minutes to figure out how it was done.

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Wow! Very nice… great project, well done, using some beautiful wood.

Would please tell us what the procedure is for “temporarily glued together” and how are they later separated?

-- Spence in Skokie, IL

One of Sam’s Soccer balls inside would be cool

-- Lizardhead---Yeah but it's a dry heat--Tempe, Az

Inside-out turning. Brilliant. Straight into Favorites.

-- A family man has photos in his wallet where his money used to be.

I actually just started the primary glue-up for an inside out turning last night. This will be my first time doing it as well. Seen it done a few times and finally decided to try it. Anything odd you ran into during the process that I should watch out for?

-- "If one man can do it, another man can"

Love your design. these small projects really get the WOWs from the people who see them. I have done a few xmas items and put small bells or a snowman in them.
Yours is one of the nicer one I have seen. Great turning and use of a beautiful piece of wood.

-- PAPLOU

Very neat.

Lee

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@sawtooth1953 I just used a drop of CA towards the ends of the four pieces, then re-enforced it by wrapping it with packing tape. The blue painters tape is to keep the turned under pull tab I made with the packing tape from flapping around. The CA isn’t too hard to break free, as it doesn’t handle shearing forces well.
@dirtylantz The turning is fairly straight forward. Once you have turned and re-glued the four pieces it is best to use shearing cuts as much as possible.
One other tip, when turning the inside, you can go close to 1.4 times the width of your pieces, since what forms the “wings” is really from the corners of your pieces. ie if you four pieces are 1 inch square, the depth of the first turning can be 1.4 inches. I think the only other advise I would have is make a full size drawing to refer to while turning. This really helped when I was roughing out the pieces during after the second glue up, as you can’t see where you stopped the hollowing out process from the first turning.

-- Rich in Richmond -- Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.