Two bowls and a bracelet

[Joe Aliperti]

The bowls are maple and walnut and the bracelet is purpleheart. The segmented bowl is based off of the plans here:

http://www.woodturningonline.com/assets/turning_articles/beginners_segmented_bowl_Rev3.pdf

Thanks for looking!

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[alex carey]

Great stuff, I LOVE the bracelet, very cool.

[Jarrod McGehee]

nice stuff but the lighting is pretty bad for your work. get some better lighting and take new pics and it'll show off your work better.

[Chris Rae]

Great job, I like all of them.

[Don Eddard]

Nice work on all. The bracelet especially catches my eye. Real simple, but classic lines. The form of the shallow bowl is also real nice.

To expand on Jerrod's lighting comment, there seems to be a yellow tint to the photos. You might try a few different white balance and/or preset 'scene' settings on your camera and see if colors look more like the real thing. Your good work deserves to be shown well.

[Jeff Nicol]

Joe, I agree with the lighting, try some lighter background and like already said check the camera and set it for the lighting situation. It should have someplace to set it to sunlight, tungsten, flourecsent, cloudy and so on. But that being said the bowls look very nice and the glue joints are tight and finishes smooth! The bracelet it what the ladies are looking for these days big and clunky! I sell them at the gallery and they go good!

Keep at it and the lighting thing will come, I still have days when I can't get it right!

Jeff

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice work Joe! Nice forms and finishes on everything!

[Joe Aliperti]

Thanks for comments! I'll definitely try to improve the lighting/white balance next time.

I was going to bring the bracelet to my turning class this evening, but my fiancée insisted on wearing it today. At least that means she likes it. ;)

[Joe Aliperti]

Some folks were interested in my method for turning the bracelet. So here is what I did:

1. Started with a 3.5" x 3.5" x 2" blank.
2. Mounted between centers and turned to a cylinder with a 5/8" bowl gouge and dressed the tailstock face.
3. Chucked it up with #3 Round jaws (outside grip) and dressed the other face.
4. Using a Jacob's chuck, I drilled increasingly larger holes with Forstner bits until I reached an inside diameter of 2 3/8" (or whatever the final inside diameter you choose).
5. Chucked it up with #2 Round jaws (inside grip)
6. Used a bowl gouge, skew chisel, and shear scraper to shape the outside of the bracelet (be sure to roundover the inside lip to avoid a sharp edge there).
7. Reverse-mounted the bracelet to shape the other side.
8. My fiancée decided the bracelet was too wide, so I used a parting tool to cut off about 1/2" off the end and reshaped the outside accordingly.
9. Sanded to 400 grit, rotating the bracelet on the chuck for each grit (only a very light grip is needed with the chuck to avoid marring the inside surface).
10. Gave it a coat of Watco danish oil (natural), burnished it dry, and Beall buffed the bracelet, using a 2" bowl buff for the inside, and the 8" wheels for the outside.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Joe great looking bowls and bracelet. Hey if the lady likes it that's all that counts.:D

[Jim Kountz]

Some very nice work, I was drawn to the bracelet. Been wanting to try one of those for some time now but not sure how to go about holding it while turning. What method did you use?

[Joe Aliperti]

Thanks, Jim! See two posts above yours for the method I used. ;) After drilling the inside diameter with a Forstner bit, I held it with #2 jaws with an inside grip. Not much pressure is necessary.

[Jim Kountz]

Thanks, Jim! See two posts above yours for the method I used. ;) After drilling the inside diameter with a Forstner bit, I held it with #2 jaws with an inside grip. Not much pressure is necessary.

Man I have got to start reading all the posts!! Sorry about that Joe and thanks for posting your method!!

[David Drickhamer]

Nice work Joe. Maybe if you want to take the bracelet to class you'll have to take her with.
MY grand daughter saw your bracelet and now wants one. I told her the lathes are in the shop help yourself. :D (she will too)
Dave

[John W Dixon]

Joe, Fabulous job on the bowls and bracelet. Great looking stuff. Thanks for the how to on the bracelet. that kind of info helps out us beginners.

John