Looks like the old snow blower is going to get another workout, tomorrow. Glad I went to the saw mill Monday and got all the wood I need to build the little neighbor girls' bunk beds. It's in the basement now, acclimating for a few days before I start.

I did get some more done on the segmented kitchen utensil holder. All the pieces are cut and the individual ring pieces glued together.

The stock-

First ring-

I was really encouraged by how well the pieces fit after making some tweaks on the angled fence of the jig. These are just held with masking tape.

Just to be on the safe side, I decided to glue the rings in two stages- two halves then glue the two halves together. 

It was lucky for me that I took this route because when I set the two completed halves together all was not perfect in the Land of Oz

Close but No Cigar as the Carney once said. The very slight error, that didn't show with the tape clamp, now was obvious. The "fix" for this is pretty simple. A flat surface and some PSA sand paper.

A few passes and the two ends are brought into alignment. Both halves need sanded.

After sanding

Finally, glue and clamp the two halves

Not sure if I'll use this ring-

It may not look right in the stack.

This ring used up my last piece of Purple Heart-

All of the rings now need to be sanded flat before they can be stacked/glued. I'll do that with the drum sander. I'm aiming for a round container about 6" in diameter and approximately 8" tall.

Safe Turning!

Take it slow, Nate!!

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Lew Kauffman-
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looking good but I have lots of questions. I see you have 16 segments so that would be 11.25' angle. What is the thickness, length and height of the wood you are using?

Rob

Thanks, Rob!

Most of the stock was 3/4" thick but the maple was about 1". The segment thickness (outside to inside) was 1". The pieces were about 24" long and there was enough to make a couple of extra segments from each one. I found a calculator on line the allows you to input your variables and then it calculates the segment lengths. You can find it here-

http://www.woodturnersresource.com/extras/projects/segmentcalc/index.html

Lew

Rob Austin said:

looking good but I have lots of questions. I see you have 16 segments so that would be 11.25' angle. What is the thickness, length and height of the wood you are using?

Rob

Thanks Lew! That's very helpful information. I have been turning for several years but have not tried segmented turning. The Segment Calculator will be helpful.

Rob

Looks good. Watching stuff like this makes me want to try some of it. Just need the time and more experience. I guess the best way is to just do it. Once I get caught up on the other tuff, I think I will give this a try. Also thanks for the link to the calculator. Looks interesting.

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Wayne Mahler
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That calculator is pretty neat, I'm going to have to try it out some.  Last year at the wood show I got one of the Dubby tablesaw sleds hoping that would help me doing the angles for segmenting.  I finally got around to setting it up, well the left side of it anyway, and I've tried it a little.  It helps, but it hasn't taken care of all my troubles, but it helps.  Even being off a half a degree sort of messes things up when you multiple it by two ends on six or eight pieces.  

Lewis Kauffman said:

Thanks, Rob!

Most of the stock was 3/4" thick but the maple was about 1". The segment thickness (outside to inside) was 1". The pieces were about 24" long and there was enough to make a couple of extra segments from each one. I found a calculator on line the allows you to input your variables and then it calculates the segment lengths. You can find it here-

http://www.woodturnersresource.com/extras/projects/segmentcalc/inde...

Lew

Rob Austin said:

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!

It is amazing how just the tiniest amount of error compounds around the circle. My plan was to get the jig setup and then lock it down so I could dedicate it to making these types of turnings.

Roy Boomershine said:

That calculator is pretty neat, I'm going to have to try it out some.  Last year at the wood show I got one of the Dubby tablesaw sleds hoping that would help me doing the angles for segmenting.  I finally got around to setting it up, well the left side of it anyway, and I've tried it a little.  It helps, but it hasn't taken care of all my troubles, but it helps.  Even being off a half a degree sort of messes things up when you multiple it by two ends on six or eight pieces.  

Lewis Kauffman said: