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Thread: New "bowl"?
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12th May 2011, 12:06 PM #1
New "bowl"?
Really getting the urge now. Just on 12 months since I started on the curved joint pattern and it has taken about ten months to get back to it. Took a little while to pick up the threads, but this one is not too bad, not good but not too bad. Made from acacia cedar (very sneezy) and black bean (also very sneezy). Wearing of masks was mandatory with this project. Why use these timbers? Because I like the colour and grain patterns. This one is 300mm diameter and 110 high.
What do you think?
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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12th May 2011, 12:15 PM #2
Wow, that is beautiful !
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12th May 2011, 12:47 PM #3
Awesome work
I can just see that thing eating hours and hours of labour...
Cheers,
Dave
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12th May 2011, 01:22 PM #4
That is superb Jim.
You must be happy with that one.
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12th May 2011, 01:53 PM #6
Next Sydney Wood Show Jim will be doing demo's each day from start to finish on producing these works of art.
Jim amazing work.
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12th May 2011, 04:11 PM #7Retired
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Very nice work, as always, Jim.
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Great stuff. What's the best book on segmented turning. Opps a highjack, sorry.
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12th May 2011, 05:25 PM #9
Not really a segmented fan but now and again I see on I like.
Nice job Jim.
Regards
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12th May 2011, 05:53 PM #10
Jim, I know how difficult it is to creating this kind of segmented work.
How much time you spend on designing the pattern, before you like the result?
I took my time for watching to this bowl, and I'm impressed of what I'm seeing.
A magnificient bowl, very well done Jim.
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12th May 2011, 07:08 PM #11Skwair2rownd
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Jim I tink you are pretty damned clever!!
Nice piece!
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12th May 2011, 07:12 PM #12
Yer bent.
I've got some coloured Sars for you & I should be over your way Tuesday morning.Cliff.
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12th May 2011, 07:37 PM #13SENIOR MEMBER
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Love it Jim, very inspiring work (for me at least).
It'll be quite a long while before i have tooling to attempt such things, life has a way of prioritising my budget.
So many questions to ask, and i have to start somewhere and keep asking, so what kind of lathe do you use? And do you use a tablesaw or bandsaw for your segmenting cutting? Any specific additions to the machines (more accurate fencing systems / chucks)? I know you'd have to? use your own jigs and what not, very very intricate mate.
Neal.
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12th May 2011, 08:04 PM #14
Geeezz, what a response, thank you everybody. This one was a prototype. In reality I am not all that enthused with it. I have built a second one with more detailing and a few modifications, should be finished in a weeks time.
To answer some of the questions...
Thompy, I use a Woodfast lathe. The segments are cut with a table saw and/or a bandsaw, depending on the shape required. I also use a sander and drill press, again, depending on the shape involved. Many of the joints are not straight, but curved. The difficulty here is to get the male and female bits to fit accurately. And yes I have developed a few special purpose jigs for the sander and drill press.
Cliff, I have known I was bent for some time, many people tell me that constantly.
Ad, there was something like 3 days doodling with pen and paper.
PommyPhil, There a number of books available for segmenting, It is a very diverse area. I don't know of a book tha covers the lot.
OzKaban, That one represents about 50 hours.
Again, thanks for the nice comments.
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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