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A friend of mine emailed me this morning with an interesting challenge.  This guy is one of the best wood turners I know.  He has only been at it a few years, but an example of his skill, the first local show he showed a piece in, won best of show and most popular.  It was actually a carver show but they let the local turning club join in.  He specializes in segmented turning.  I posted one of his project on here a while back, a tea pot and cups.

He wants us to do a joint piece.  I would do some blocks with inlays, he could put into a segmented piece.  The attachment is a pictue  of the example of what he has in mind.  It is not one he did.  We haven't discussed what the theme would be yet.

I have not done inlay before.... this is pretty intricate stuff.  I think I will spend most the winter learning and practicing inlays.  But I am really excited about it.  Hope it works out.... We haven't discussed who gets the piece when (if) done.

 

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Paul, seeing as how he will be the last person to have anything to do with making it, he will probably be the one to keep it. Plus, since it was his idea originally, don't you think it should be his? If you were to get anything out of the deal, I would expect it to be praise and possibly a few dollars for your work. What do you think, would you be alright with that? Up front is the time to figure out who is going to get what out of the partnership, doing so makes for a better ending to the partnership. Of course, you guys could always make two of whatever you decide to make, then both would end up pleased.

Len

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I saw a video on making the plaques for Christmas ornaments and I am sure you could use the same concept for the segmented bowls.

I tried at the time and it takes a lot of practice. 

You can check out Ron Browns site and if you look you can see that the same process for plaques has been used to turn bowls etc.

http://www.ronbrown.50megs.com/Coolhammers/Christmas Ornaments.htm  

 

 

 

 

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I'm with Dan, make enough to make two finished pieces so you each get one.  I look forward to hearing and seeing more as your progress.  Inlay is on my list of wanting to learn how to do. My plan is to get hubby to show me how - which means if he doesn't know how yet, he gets to learn it first and then teach me. ;)

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6 hours ago, don in brooklin on said:

I saw a video on making the plaques for Christmas ornaments and I am sure you could use the same concept for the segmented bowls.

I tried at the time and it takes a lot of practice. 

You can check out Ron Browns site and (if) you look you can see that the same process for plaques has been used to turn bowls etc.

http://www.ronbrown.50megs.com/Coolhammers/Christmas Ornaments.htm  

 

 

 

 

That is some great info, thanks.  I do not have the soft ware they use, it seems to me that the same thing could be accomplished with Inkscape or maybe Gimp.  Of coarse I do not know how to use either... But, this certainly shows the method.  I think I would be using already available silhouettes off the internet.  So would be a matter of gathering, resizing and centering.  Maybe I am over simplifying.

Not sure what kind of glue is used to place the pieces together, CA would set up to quickly, it would have to be a clear glue, which leaves epoxy,,, I hate working with epoxy!

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Paul,

    As talented and focused as you are with your wonderful projects, I know inlays will be really easy for you. After all, even I was able to do some inlays that turned out quite well. So for you....... a walk in the park. I know you will enjoy doing this and it will be perfect. You could just practice out your lathe and you will master the whole thing before you know it and just think you can work on your scroll saw as well as your lathe, at the same time.  Patty may see you only for dinner. Maybe not that good of an idea after all....:shock:

Dick

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On 10/12/2017 at 7:13 PM, Scrappile said:

A friend of mine emailed me this morning with an interesting challenge.  This guy is one of the best wood turners I know.  He has only been at it a few years, but an example of his skill, the first local show he showed a piece in, won best of show and most popular.  It was actually a carver show but they let the local turning club join in.  He specializes in segmented turning.  I posted one of his project on here a while back, a tea pot and cups.

He wants us to do a joint piece.  I would do some blocks with inlays, he could put into a segmented piece.  The attachment is a pictue  of the example of what he has in mind.  It is not one he did.  We haven't discussed what the theme would be yet.

I have not done inlay before.... this is pretty intricate stuff.  I think I will spend most the winter learning and practicing inlays.  But I am really excited about it.  Hope it works out.... We haven't discussed who gets the piece when (if) done.

 

BigGamebowl.jpg

A works in progress would be a benefit for all of us here!

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