12" tall of Canary Wood and Hard Maple. 256 pieces. Wood Turners Finish.
12" tall of Canary Wood and Hard Maple. 256 pieces. Wood Turners Finish.
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Very nicely done. I hope to get into this sort of thing next year.
Great looking vase......I would like to try something like that but I have no Idea of what angles to cut the wood at to make the pieces...I'm assuming they are different for a 4" round piece than they are for a 10" round piece....any tips on how it's figured out?
Berry. The angle is by determined the number of segments per ring. I use 16. It is the length per segment that gives you the diameter needed for each ring.
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Ok... thanks...is there any tutorial on SMC or elsewhere that would be good to use for a beginner at this method showing such things as the angle to use for the number of segments etc... I think I read somewhere that you need a "sled" to make all the cuts accurately ?
Barry; I do not know what is available on this site. Check out some books on the subject. Accuracy is everything here, angles, thickness, length of segments, ect.
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OK.. thanks Allen... I'll check into it..
Barry, If you want N segments to form a ring of outside diameter D, then each end of the segment is cut at 180/N degrees, and the length of the longer side is D times TAN(180/N).
Check out Malcolm Tibbetts ... his books and dvds are the best out there.
tim
I learned from watching a couple of YouTube videos...not as hard as it would first appear though it is somewhat labor intensive. The above piece is beautiful and a piece of art...just putting a couple of simple things together isn't nearly as arduous though it helps to have a few tools available (i.e. a drum sander for instance). Good luck...John
Check out Kevin Neelley, Turnedwood.com He has a step by step for beginners and a program on how to cut angles for segments. He is how I got started in Segment turning
RP
This is by far the easiest method I have found for cutting segments.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E45244qX1PM
Greh
Thanks everyone for the tips...very helpful
That's a very nice vase. I like the pattern and wood selection.
the ratio of the base diameter to the neck diameter is too high to make it visually appealing to me.