Another segmented turning.

[Bill Wyko]

I'm not done yet but I'm impatient so I'm posting it anyway. This is another in the set of 3 that have this similar feature ring. I like the pattern so much that I made enough pieces to do more than one. This one is Curly Maple, Bocote, Mahogany and Gabon Ebony. It's somewhere around 625 pieces. As of now there is one coat of Tung oil. Please enjoy.
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[Robert McGowen]

Very nice, Bill. I can see why you like the feature ring pattern so much.

[John M. Smith]

Great looking vessel Bill. How thin do you turn your segmented pieces?

[Baxter Smith]

Very nice work Bill! The curly maple makes a great background for your other woods.

[Bill Wyko]

This one is about 1/8" to about 3/16 below the feature ring. I'd go thinner all the way down but then I'd have to beat the cats if they knock it over. JK:eek:
This was done mostly with my Glaser 1"scraper the rest was with the 15V gouge, my mini scraper and mini gouge. It's really hard to keep the black saw dust from contaminating the maple. To prevent this I sand from the light wood towards the dark wood. Then I use the mini scraper to lightly touch the maple stripe next to the ebony. This takes off just enough to bring back the light maple color to its natural state w/o affecting the shape of the vessel.

[Mike Tilley]

Bill beautiful piece love the curly maple and the contrast.

[David Dobbs]

wow very nice Bill

[Scott Hackler]

Nice work Bill.

[Bill Wyko]

Thanks guys. A little secret I have for finding curly maple like this. We have a lumber supplier that sells maple pretty cheap. anything in the pile is the same price. I dug the piece used in this vessel out of the regular maple pile. I think it was around 4 bucks a bf. What a score. ( for us desert dwellers anyway.)

[David E Keller]

It's beautiful, Bill! I've said this before, but your choice of wood combinations is always spot on for my tastes.

One thing I notice about segmented turnings is that the forms often seem to differ from what I might consider the norm for solid turnings... Am I imagining that? If I'm not, is there a reason for it?

I wish these were faster to make, so I could see more of your work! Great stuff!

[Faust M. Ruggiero]

Bill,
Don't ever stop turning these things. Your sense of wood combination is magnificent.
faust

[Steve Vaughan]

You guys are just so dang good, I tell ya! That's beautiful!

[Harvey Ghesser]

Yeah, Bill....absolutely beautiful!

[Dick Wilson]

Bill, This one is a difinately a keeper!!! I have never done segmenting but can sure appreciate all the time and accuracy it takes.

[Brian Effinger]

Stunning work Bill. :) I think you got a good eye for form, and color, too. The feature ring is fantastic.
What is the height and diameter? Judging by the bricks in the first photo, I'd say 5" d and 8" tall?

[Bernie Weishapl]

Bill all I can say is Beautiful.

[Jim Burr]

So it looks like this one will bring enough for a Oneway!! That maple is knockin' my socks off!!

[Jon McElwain]

I like your pattern on the feature ring. It is distinct from some of the more popular patterns. Also, nice work finishing the inside as finely as the outside - it definitely gives it just that much more class!

[Dan Forman]

Bravo, and I see got the photo stuff figured out too.

Dan

[Michelle Rich]

thank you, I am enjoying looking at it. Your maple joints look good. (light woods show ANY issue at the glue lines) Your color choices for the feature ring really makes that repeated pattern stand out . Very pleasing vessel.

[John Keeton]

Bill, another excellent piece! I love the ebony accents on your work, and the choice of woods is always dead on. You joinery would be extremely difficult to match, much less surpass!

Take care of those cats for me!;)

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice work Bill! Really like the clean lines!

[Bill Wyko]

Thank you everyone so very much. I really like this one as well. I don't usually do such a light colored wood for a vessel like this but I wanted to really make the feature ring pop.
David, you make a very valid point. I think with solid turnings, the piece of wood can dictate the form of the turning. Either the shape or a certain aspect of the piece will offer the turner a feature that they will want to highlight. With segmenting you can create the feature and put it where you want in the design. Both offer their own unique beauty. I also think with solid turnings, hollow forms look so beautiful with very small openings while segmenting can offer an internal feature.
As far as the size of this one goes, I'll have to measure it tonight when I get home. LOML is out of town this weekend so I'll get a lot of shop time.

I'll be starting a very complex turning this weekend but I have to do a humidor at the same time. I'm going to build the feature ring first. It may end up being bigger than the swing on my lathe will accomodate though. If that happens, I'll definitely have to get to work on a new lathe. (oh darn)I'm really glad you all enjoy my work. More to come soon.


Thanks,

[Bill Wyko]

Bill, another excellent piece! I love the ebony accents on your work, and the choice of woods is always dead on. You joinery would be extremely difficult to match, much less surpass!

Take care of those cats for me!;)

Thanks John, the cats have it better than I do. LMAO