Thread: Here's a segmented piece I recently made

mate beautiful work again. You are doing great for just beginning
Toni

What Toni said.

You've way more patience than I... I have a hard enough time waiting for my bits of tree to dry before slapping 'em on the lathe for a turning session, let alone slicing 'em up and waiting for glue to dry too!

Astounding work, I must admit segmented doesn't float my boat, but I appreciate all the hard work and planning that goes into it, and thats probably why it doesn't float my boat, I am lazy.

However to have reached that high a standard in just three months, the worlds your oyster, you have an obvious eye and a talent, don't whatever you do waste it.................... well done .

Chris

I feel like someone who has just taken part in a Windows Vista add. My first reaction was "WOW" a lovely job.

I have got to give this segmented turning a go but I am a bit like Zedster too lazy and a lot like Skew, I think I am doing well if I wait for the tree to be down before I start turning it let alone having the patience to dry it properly and glue it all together.

You should be proud!

Well, I stepped it up this weekend and bought a Jet 1442. I also got a set of 100mm jaws for my nova midi. Now it's time to kick it into high gear. (Which is easy with variable speed )Thanks everyone for the compliments. With this new lathe, this is just the beginning.

Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs

mate beautiful work again. You are doing great for just beginning
Toni

Wow, you make some beautiful pens. I've never tried a pen yet but your work is very inspiring, I'll have to give that a try. Again, very nice work.

Hi Bill,

The pieces are awe inspiring, and the fact that you are so new to it, just blows my mind.

What reference material did you use to get you started on the segmented work?

man you are way ahead for only 12 times, great job mate, you should see some of my disasters ..its ppl like you who give ppl like me inspiration ...thanks mate

It would take me 3 months to cut and stick just one together if I had the patience. My better half said I swear enough already to try it.
Good stuff mate!!

Originally Posted by Bill Wyko

Wow, you make some beautiful pens. I've never tried a pen yet but your work is very inspiring, I'll have to give that a try. Again, very nice work.

thank you. I enjoy it very much.
Toni

Hi Bill. Great work - amazing!

Can I ask how you fix the turquoise in place? Also, how do you shape it? Surely you don't use the conventional turning tools on it?

Continuing my inquisition, what do you mean by "finished with deft then buffed on the 3 wheel"? What is deft and what is the 3 wheel? Sorry, I've only been turning for 2 weeks & haven't actually made anything yet - your stuff seems light years away at the moment.

Finally, where do you buy the Turquoise to begin with. Do you inlay any other precious stone?

Do I have any other questions? Absolutely!!

Thank you all very much. As far as the Turquoise goes, it's actually a product called inlace. What I did with it was mix up some clear casting resin, mix it up with about a tablespoon of walnut stain then added about 1 cup of the simulated turquoise and poured it into a breadpan. The inlace settles to the bottom. Once it's cured I square up the piece and run it through my drum sander to make it into a rectangle with flat surfaces. Then I cut it into strips determined by the height of the segments to be made. Then I cut it into segments which are part of that beauty ring. Now Once all the rings are drum sanded and glued together i can turn it like anything else. When I started turning I bought a book by Ray Allen and Malcolm Tibbetts. They are both very informative and give you step by step instructions on how to do segmenting. I feel the beauty of segmenting is that you get to use so many different kinds of wood on one piece. I'll tell you though, some of the Hollow forms I've seen you all do is far more difficult than segmenting. Segmenting just takes so long because I have to wait for the glue to dry. I'm working on one right now that will be over 20 inches tall and 12.5 inches across. with 2000 plus pieces. I'll keep you all posted on my progress.

Here's another couple I recently made.

Originally Posted by Hardenfast

Hi Bill. Great work - amazing!

Can I ask how you fix the turquoise in place? Also, how do you shape it? Surely you don't use the conventional turning tools on it?

Continuing my inquisition, what do you mean by "finished with deft then buffed on the 3 wheel"? What is deft and what is the 3 wheel? Sorry, I've only been turning for 2 weeks & haven't actually made anything yet - your stuff seems light years away at the moment.

Finally, where do you buy the Turquoise to begin with. Do you inlay any other precious stone?

Do I have any other questions? Absolutely!!

You sound like me when I started. I'm one of those guys that'll ask questions until I get answers. I like that in a person. Tells me they want to learn.
www.inlaceonline is the source for the turquoise simulate. Deft is a glossy laquer available at most hardware stores and a three wheel is a tool made by a company called Beal What it is. is a shaft that goes on your lathe with 3 buffing wheels. The first is a coarse wheel with tripoli the next wheel is softer and has a combo wheel and uses white diamond. The 3rd is a soft cotton wheel that uses pure carnuba wax. Turn it on, start on the left and go to your right. Now you're done at the other end.