any one know of a good instructional on this?  Some would call it Chinese Balls .  I know it's possible there are even special tools for it that look weird but the only way I could pull it off is  the band saw box trick where a thin  kerf becomes a reassembly glueline.

 

Packard tool works sells tools to make them, I think Packard also has some DVD's on the process.

 

Packard tool works

 

Steve

Maybe you have already seen this-

http://woodturnersunlimited.com/index.php/tutorials/117-making-a-chinese-ball

Edited March 26, 20188 yr by lew

You'll probably have to copy/paste this link. This turner is from Norway-

http://lumberjocks.com/stefang/blog/27858

3 hours ago, lew said:

Maybe you have already seen this-

http://woodturnersunlimited.com/index.php/tutorials/117-making-a-chinese-ball

I did stumble across them  I also found an AAW issue ( June 2011 P 32)  on it and I ordered Springette's book from ABE books,  IT seem a heck of a lot simpler than I had imagined.  Image 19 on that link of yours  caused the scales to  fall from my eyes.   All at once I had it.

Edited March 27, 20188 yr by Cliff