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Michael Brazeau
26th March 2009, 02:28 AM
Thought I would share my second segemented turning. It's not perfect but what project in woodworking is...

This piece has 281 pieces and took me about 20 hours to complete. It's about 10" wide at the feature ring.

Instead of using a solid piece for the bottom, I made a segmented ring and plugged it with a piece of cherry. The theory is that this will prevent splitting when the wood moves. It also adds a little bit more interest to the piece.

dr4g0nfly
26th March 2009, 06:53 AM
I doff my hat and bow to your skill, that is wonderful.

Ed Reiss
26th March 2009, 07:53 AM
...a lot of work, really good result:2tsup:

artme
26th March 2009, 08:08 AM
:oBeautifully done!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

jackliveshere
26th March 2009, 09:22 AM
Mate that's a nice piece of work there Michael! Well done :2tsup:

Wayne Blanch
26th March 2009, 09:54 AM
Verrrrry impressive:2tsup:.

Texian
26th March 2009, 12:52 PM
Very nice work Michael. Another feature you might want to try is a "floating bottom", as very wide (in the radial direction) segments in the bottom ring may still have a tendency to open at one of the joints. The floating bottom (which is not glued in place) can be whatever size you need so that the bottom ring segments can be much narrower.

joe greiner
26th March 2009, 10:23 PM
Excellent, and "perfect enough."

BTW, who is Dwayne? Alter ego?

Cheers,
Joe

Sawdust Maker
27th March 2009, 10:33 PM
Very nice piece of work :2tsup:

Timber stacker
27th March 2009, 10:45 PM
Wow, thats nice. If i was wearing a hat, I would take it off to you.

Oddjob1
6th April 2009, 09:22 PM
Howdy folks,

Mick has shown us his piece of work and no doubt he is proud of it otherwise he would not have signed it hey! As we all know nature is our master and only time will tell whether Mick's bits will hold together! But never fear, we saw it when it was new and we respect nature for what it wants to do and that is why we are happy to play in wood! Nice job Mick!

powderpost
6th April 2009, 09:59 PM
That is a very nice piece. Don't worry about the bottom, what you have done will last forever. I have used a solid piece on he bottom of many similar pieces with out any problems.
Jim

Skew ChiDAMN!!
6th April 2009, 10:22 PM
That is a very nice piece.

Well Michael, IMHO that's the best approbation there is for seg work. :2tsup: ie. you done good. :D

Oeistein
7th April 2009, 02:41 AM
A really nice piece you show us there Michael.