How I cut my segments. (Wedgie Talk)

what's going on everybody i have been getting a lot of questions about a few things when it comes to making my bowls and making the segmented rings for my bowls so today in this video i want to do a quick overview of my setup and how i go about cutting the wood and cutting the segments to make all of my rings and all of my bowls okay so the main workforce behind my whole setup is my wedgie sled this is a jig that anybody can make it's really simple especially this design looking up designs and stuff on google and youtube and things like that i found a bunch but they all seemed a little too complicated and i thought that there had to be an easier way so scrolling through instagram i came across a amazing woodturner who goes by roy's boxes and he uses a sled just like this and after i saw it i knew i could make it and i knew it would be super easy and so i got to it the way that this sled works is there's two t-tracks equally spaced um and two fences that ride along those tracks the fences are also removable so you can just use this as a 90 degree cut to your blade [Music] but now let's get into the second bit of my setup with something that i'm a little too familiar with from elementary school to late college wedgies these are wedgies why are they called wedgies i don't know they could just be called wedges really call them whatever you want they're amazing so how these work is each wedgie is designed to give you a certain number of segments per ring so this one is 12 16 24 and 30. these wedges are 3d printed to be perfect and to give you perfect segments so this wedge is printed at a 30 degree angle to give me 12 segments in a 360 degree circle if you know math you know how it works i don't like math so these are perfect for me i know that if i use this in my wedgie sled i will get 30 pieces in my ring come on and i'll show you how it works so if i want 12 pieces in my ring then i will take my wedgie and it is as simple as putting this in between both of them and i always line it up with this front face you don't have to but that's how i always do it and then you simply line your fences up with that and tighten them down [Music] and just like that i know that i can cut 12 segments in a ring perfectly and then let's say i want to do 30 segments in a ring simply put this in loosen up my fences bring them together tighten them down [Music] and now i know i will cut 30 segments in a ring so i personally i don't make these i worked with a local 3d printer uh here in my hometown and he makes these i simply just gave him some design input and he does everything you can buy them on his etsy page which will be linked down in the comments below he can make any number of segments you want so if you want six for some reason all the way up to uh i think he said he can do up to 360. so any number of segments you want in a ring he can print for you and he prints them in black and white as basic colors but if you want a custom color it will cost you extra but i do believe he can do it so reach out to him and get you some of these but now on to the main event let me show you now that the wedgie sled is set up how everything cuts and how it all fits together and just how simple it is so how it works is you use the front part of each fence so i'll use this side and then i will use this side usually with traditional segment cutting there's only one fence and you are flipping every time you cut to make a wedge with this system the reason i like this system is because you are referencing the same edge every time which will highly highly improve your accuracy and your segments when they come out first thing we're going to do is establish an edge now i'm going to take that and and try and figure out how big i want my ring to be there is a way to figure this out mathematically or there are sheets and stuff online but i always just do it with a scrap piece of wood and figure it out from there so our wedgie is set to 12 segments so we're going to go ahead and cut 12 segments and see how they come out [Music] all right let's slap some rubber bands on this thing and see how it came out actually i already know how it came out it came out awesome because i know that these wedgies and this wedgie sled are a game changer all right let's see how we did here [Music] [Music] bam look at that that came out looking really really good all of our seams are nice and tight and everything just looks great if you don't have tight seams in your joints that could lead to gapping in your glue up and it'll be filled in by glue which you will definitely notice in the end result so with uh cuts and seams like this you should be getting end results like this nice and perfect segments no gaps in your rings just great looking rings so that's my setup guys wedgie sled wedges or wedgies um and a couple other little jigs and you're ready to go on your first segmented bowl again if you are interested in some of these wedgies go to the link below my friend will hook you up with some whatever number you want any color you want shoot him a message on etsy and he will get you rolling so let me know if you guys have any questions about the wedgies the wedgie sled segmented turning any of it down in the comments below or find me on instagram and shoot me a message i would love to talk i will be putting out a video soon on how to make this wedgie sled no i lost the light [Music] no the show must go on i will be putting out a video soon on how to make this wedgie sled so keep an eye out for that and uh maybe there'll be some more videos and stuff on the little jigs that i have for the sled anyways guys thanks for watching i really appreciate it be good be safe be happy and i'll see you in the next one peace [Music] man i really bummed my white guy

Channel: Madira Design

Views: 6,846

Rating: 5 out of 5

Keywords: wedgie, wedgie sled, wedgies, segmented turning, segment, segmented, woodturning, lathe, harborfreight, walnut

Id: XQ-DavWXOHA

Length: 10min 6sec (606 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 19 2020