Hello to all, and Happy New Year. I have been turning segemented vases on my Mercury for a few weeks now and I'm getting better with each one. I would like to...
I should have mentioned that once you have the two pieces of the repeating unit glued together, you need to crosscut it at 90 degrees to give you the top and...
Happy New Year, Chuck. It gets complicated when you try to incorporate slanted patterns into your design. You have to cut, glue, cut again, glue again and, .....
Hi Chuck If you want information on how to make different patterns you can buy the book "LAMINATED DESIGNS IN WOOD' by Clarence Rannefeld which will give you ...
Lloyd I spent all day yesterday practicing on gluing and cutting, following your instructions. Although I have to admit, at first I wasn't able to visualize...
Hello everyone, I am opening an arts and crafts mall up here in Helena, Montana and I am looking for artist as crafters that would like to sell their goods in...
Our group has been growing and we have many who would like to explore their capabilites with segments and stave. If you have been struggling with grain...
Hello everyone. I just joined the board. I've been reading back a ways and looked at many of the picture files. Very nice work by everyone and lots of helpful...
I would like to try my hand at segmented turning and would like to build a sled that will give me the most accurate cuts. I'll need all the help I can get and...
I would highly recommend taking a look at Kevin Neeley's site "turnedwood.com" ... his site accelerated my getting started in segmented turning by at least a...
Hi, I read an article on tempering turning tools made from standard files. I can't seem to find the article and was wondering if anyone had any tips or ...
... <no_reply@y...> wrote:The ... files. I can't ... or ... The article is in 'Fine Woodworking-Tools and Shops issue 153' Winter 2001/2002 I made a bowl...
The article you're referring to was in a past issue of American Woodturner. It's probably about a year old. If you go to the website of the American ...
I would like to begin practicing the art of making cambriole legs. However, I need to know the basic design of the leg. I want to know are there standards for...
Hi Lowell, I just tried to post photos in a personal album but got the same error message. Didn't have any trouble when I created a group album. Just got my...
Frankly, if you are going to go to all this trouble why not make them from scratch instead? Get some O-1 tool steel. Saw and grind to shape, harden and...
I couldn't agree more. In my early days of frugal woodturning, which coincided with child-rearing, I had access to a lot of use 12" files. I made a number of...
I have receintly been given a mini lathe and I want to make some small turning tools. Where can get some O-1 tools steel(what is O-1 tool steel?) preferably in...
You can find the steel you are looking for at Enco, http://www.use-enco.com/. They normally have 36 inch pieces on sale. O-1 stand for oil Hardened. You can...
While surfing through various turning websites last week, I ran across one with pictures where someone was using a 10" sanding disk mounted on the tailstock of...
Mark, I don't know if this is the one your talking about or not. If not, please let me know when you find the correct one. Cheers, E. ... From: mkauder...
Hi Mark, I wonder if you were referring to some pictures I had in my album here that showed a sanding disk in the tailstock being advanced onto rings being...
Well, you know, I thought it was your pictures, but then I could not find them. That explains it. I went ahead and made one last night by just turning a...
Having made many "home made" tools over the years, you can paint the disc with oil based paint. Let it dry sand it lightly and use gloss poly for a top coat....
I feel humbled (honestly) to be in here. I have admired many of your works for a while. I hope I can produce something that would at least be presentable. I...
