There is fun to be had in the shed

[powderpost]

What do you think about this one? Had an idea for producing curved tapering lines in a turning and wanted to test the theory before making a "real" hollow form. This one is 125mm diameter and about 80mm deep, and took me three days including waiting for glue to dry. The "real" one will be about 300mm diameter, I hope.... :)
Jim

[Cliff Rogers]

Geeze Jim, you must put hours into your work.

[Tassie Boy]

Three days... That would take me three years..just to think of how to do it!!!!!!!
Bloody excellent mate!
Cheers

[Doughboy]

Can you teach me how to do it??:D :D

Pete

[ss_11000]

looks great....you should make the bigger one, it will look brilliant.

[TTIT]

Unbelievable Jim :D- I don't know how you keep improving on them! It looks fantastic at any size.:D:D:D

[Hickory]

That is an impressive piece of work. HOw do you figure wher to place what segment to get it to look so well?

[OGYT]

Absolutely Beautiful!! I haven't got the patience for that segmented work, but I surely do admire those that do, Jim. You're one of 'em.

[powderpost]

Hickory, I sit and doodle a lot. That gives me the ideas, then it is a simple matter of working out how to do it by sketching with coloured pencils to get the patterns.
Jim

[QbnDusty]

:):) Wow, I thought I was clever in my segementd turning but what I have produced is nothing compared to this. Have seen many examples of work such as this from the experts and you are obviously one of them. Would love to learn the technique to produce such a piece. Absolutely fabulous, please teach me, teach me.
PS Watch out for the 14 year old who will tell you not enough detail and its a waste of wood.
Fabulous work

[La truciolara]

Very nice segmented piece<O:p</O:p
In fact the turning is relatively easy as compared to the preparation of the segments. How do you manage to forecast the shapes they will have? Do you use a computer program? Can you give us more information? It would be fantastic to understand these secrets...<O:p</O:p

[Terry B]

Stunning work!!
I don't own a power saw (except a chain saw and I think it is a bit brutal) so think I will have to give this technique a miss.

[lubbing5cherubs]

gorgeous work... You are so clever
Toni

[Gil Jones]

Another great looking segmented piece of art!
Thanks for sharing it with us, Jim.

[rsser]

Amazing work.

I have the utmost respect for segmented turners.

The combination of design, calculation and turning boggles my mind.

[ptc]

Gob-smacked !
stunning.