Wood Turning Segmented Ripple Bowl From A Board

what you're looking at here is eventually going to be turned into a bowl at least i hope so and what you're looking at is very fascinating for sure but it doesn't look like that when it stops and i'll show you how i make each strip and how i glue them together and if you're interested in making one later on in the video i'll have something made to show you how you can make something similar to this you're not going to need a special machine or a special fixture you're just going to need a band saw so i think before i get too dizzy we better get busy and get going well that sure doesn't look like a bowl but it does kind of look like a wave we'll have 20 pieces alternating the woods in between each one like that how we're going to do this is i've got my stock i've made a template trace around that cut the pieces out now i have it roughed out where i can machine it in order to grab it i'll be gluing it onto a strip of wood like that so i can clamp it in my mill so these will be cnc cut and i know that most people don't have a cnc mill or a router so what i'm doing right now is while i'm building this i'm making another one of these with a lot more gentle curve to it you'll be able to cut that on your band saw and the joints should fit together perfectly you're not even going to need a special fixture to do it so i've already proved it out so i know it's going to work and i'm going to try to show you that towards the end of the video and if needed we'll make a special video for that let's move over to my mill we'll cut one of these we're not going to cut all because it looks exactly the same so i'll meet you over there okay it's time to start gluing them together and that's kind of what they look like there well i just bandsawed this around and i trued it up in the lathe now it's time to cut some rings i've used this fixture on a couple of them and it works pretty good it sits here and it sets the tool on a 45 degree angle is what i'm cutting i'm still working on perfecting this so i'm not going to recommend that you even make one of these what you can do and this is this will work quite well you get your tool up here put it where you want to cut hold that right there look down the tool put a piece of tape on here now you can look here look down start your cut once you're in there about a quarter inch the tool will follow that groove and that'll actually work quite well if you happen to be off a degree or two i'm not going to tell anyone because it actually will still work so let's go ahead and start cutting some [Music] rings my i've got the last ring all set to be glued in place and i know i went fast through the other ones because it's actually probably kind of boring watching but the process is i've made marks where they line up that's how this board was positioned before i cut it into rings so what i need to do is get it on here and then i align all the joints but then i'm going to let it sit for maybe five minutes until it tacks up and that's why i know you don't want to watch the board just sit there so uh i skipped through that part so i let it sit for maybe five minutes then i turn it over and look at it and maybe adjust it if it needs it well that's what we're doing here they're looking good now that it's set i can turn it around and just keep lining up all the joints when all these joints are lined up it should be in the right place when the rings get a lot bigger like that sometimes i like to flip them over like this and put a flat board across there so i know that i have pressure all the way around that ring okay i'm going to go ahead and let this one sit for probably the rest of the morning and maybe this afternoon we'll start turning on it and then i think i'm going to have that surprise for you that i told you i was going to do got it all set up to turn the inside you can see i'm using a steady rest here a couple reasons why these kind of glue ups tend to have a lot of harmonics this will help with that the walls are only 3 8 thick just because of how i cut it to get this many rings so i just think this will help with that as well and the base it's pretty small in diameter so i just feel more confident having that on there let's start with a half inch bowl gouge basically just cleaning up the walls and taking the bottom down just a little bit 600 rpm [Music] so i think i'll go over it with a negative rig scraper and we can sand it and do the outside [Music] okay it's time to sand it and i'll be using a two inch disc starting with 80 and you'll send to 400 i'll get that done and we'll get set up and turn the outside i'm going to be going forward at about 300 rpm i can't imagine that taking too long so i'll be back and we'll turn the outside so in the beginning of the video i mentioned i would show you something that you could make you won't need a special machine or special cutting fixtures well here it is there are 11 joints here each one of these joints have been cut freehand on the bandsaw no cutting fixtures all the joints fit together perfect this is a lot of fun to do when you learn how to do this it'll open up all kinds of possibilities so i'm going to make a special video just for this but i wanted to let you see that it'll be out in a couple weeks or so so let's get back and finish turning the one we're working on inside's all sanded up and now we'll turn the outside you can see this is a little smaller here and i was concerned with the strength of the wood and actually i don't think i mentioned the type of wood i used here but on the vortex bowl i bought some cambia and oak and alder to make it because it was experimental i had some left over and this was kind of experimental it worked out pretty good i wished i would have used nicer wood but this was pretty cost efficient but the trouble is it's not the strongest wood in the world so i'm also going to use this disc on the inside to help stabilize it and actually i would use that with any wood that i'm using again because these create a lot of harmonics so let's see if i can do this with a half inch bowl gouge and i need to take a lot off the rim and try to put a little curve that way to match what i did on the top let me get my face shield on and we'll get going i'm 180 rpm okay that just did about all i have left to do is get a blend between this bowl and the padouk and i want to put a little radius in there so i'll use this small carbide to blend this together and i can leave a little fillet still about 760 rpm okay i think uh maybe i'll go over it with the negative rake scraper and then we'll sand it so okay time to sand all right we're all set to sand the outside and be the same thing two inch discs starting with 80 grit going through 400 and i'll be going in reverse this time around 375 rpm and i'll get my dust collector going get a mask on and i'll start sanding so i'll see when it's time to get the finish on it time for the finish and i've been going back and forth with myself between polycrylic and lacquer i haven't done lacquer for a while so i plan on spraying multiple coats of lacquer on this let's just see how it looks with some finish okay that's i think that's to look all right i think it looks better spinning so i'll just show you this side it'll be easier to see and i'll get the backside on while this is drying i've got all the lacquer sprayed on and i really didn't count how many coats i put on it but i i think was probably six so now i'm gonna go over it with axe abrasive paste i like to do that to most of my finishes it really gives it a nice smooth feel okay that should be enough i'll start out around 400 rpm all right let's have a look at that so even though this is actually a really nice looking finish i'm going to use the polishing paste on it i'm in using the blue paper towel because it's softer [Applause] okay let's see what we have here yeah i like it it looks good so i'll be right back and i'll show you what we have here there it is and i think it looks okay only thing i really don't like about it is the dark wood is cambia oak and that's red oak that they bake in an oven to make it insect resistant it also makes it a little bit brittle and on top of that it's got a really open grain in it and i wasn't able to get the surface quite as smooth as i wanted and i really didn't want to spray any more lacquer on it but it looks okay and i think the underside really looks nice i like that a lot that little base is made out of padauk so it finished 10 and 5 16 in diameter and it's four inches tall and the walls are three-eighths of an inch i used about six coats of gloss lacquer sprayed on and then i used x abrasive paste and polish on it and it got a really nice finish on it so i'm pretty happy with it let me know what you think about it so also keep a watch for the other video i'm making for a simpler version of this that i know you'll be able to make and i'll have it out in a couple weeks i hope you enjoyed this video let me know if you liked the video if you did one way is to give it a thumbs up if you leave a comment that would also be great i do read them all and we all would appreciate it if you could share our videos around if you're not subscribed please consider doing so and for all of you who are i am very grateful thank you so much i do all types of turnings from segmented to very natural turning some logs let me know your favorite thanks again and until the next time see you later you

Channel: ThePapa1947

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Length: 19min 53sec (1193 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 16 2021