I have this thing about giving up. I hate to do it. After sleeping on the idea of abandoning the glue up for the segmented turning, I went back to the shop and dug through the trash barrel to retrieve the pieces. Fortunately, most of them were not dumped into the weekly trash collection.

I had been so disgusted with how poorly my design had come out that I did not take many pix along the way.

These are the pieces to be glued together to make the design-

The beginning of the glue up-

When I made the wide piece, I took the measurement at the wrong location on the Sketchup drawing. Although the measurement was off only slightly, it was enough to make the resulting piece too small. I decided to continue with the glue up and see what I could salvage.

I actually made two glue ups but in one of them the triangular pieces were not aligned accurately, rendering it useless. Anyway, after gluing the “Xâ€s, I sanded/planed the assembly to bring the Walnut and Maple pieces flush. The Maple squares and Walnut strips finished the assembly. Once it was dry, I ran it through the planer to square it up and smooth all sides.

The results-

I used an online calculator to help determine the size of the pieces I would need. Each individual piece is about 1 5/8†long, 1†deep, and a little under ¾†thick. You can find the calculator at- http://www.woodturnersresource.com/extras/projects/segmentcalc/index.html

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I decided on attempting an eight-sided glue up for the project. Mostly because my Woodhaven miter gauge has a very accurate preset, 22.5° stop. Using the miter gauge, I cut a template to layout the correct angle on my crosscut sled then added a fence, stop, and hold-down. Using some scrap, I cut some test pieces and everything seemed to be ready.

 

Making the cuts-

The toggle clamp was not quite long enough but a piece of scrap did the trick.

 

Cut, flip, and cut again for each piece-

 

On to the glue up, I read some place that it is more accurate to glue half of the “circle†at a time. If there are any inaccuracies in the angle, sanding them, to correct the error, is easier because unglued ends are parallel to each other.

 

I made a simple jig to hold 4 pieces and used rubber bands for the clamps-

 

Both halves-

 

Then glue both halves together. I was lucky, apparently, my angles were right on, - no sanding needed!

 

Well, that is as far as I have gotten. I need to mill up some Maple and Walnut for the remaining segment rings. No fancy glue ups this time!

 

Safe Turning!

 

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Lew Kauffman-
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Looking forward to seeing the progress Lew. I really wish I could do more in the segmented turning area. Maybe some day

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I think it is going to be awesome Lew. I know what you mean about giving up. I just hate to give in and let something whip me. I believe you have it going now. Looking forward to the update.

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Lew,

This is totally awesome stuff! I love the detail! Your commitment to excellence is shining through! Hold strong, I am very excited to see how this turns out!!

Nate

would love to see it when you get through with it

Thanks, everyone for the encouragement and kind words!

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Lew Kauffman-
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holdin my breath to see the finished project,no t really ,but am waitin to see it complete,looks AWSOME

Lew,

I agree, that's going to look awesome.  That was not an easy pattern.  I applaud you for your perseverance.  

SQ

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