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[Michelle Rich]

hope this helps youtube has great videos on this subject. Check them out..it will help to see someone do it.

[John Keeton]

Thanks, Michelle!! In your other post, you talked about the sanding problem - wouldn't one just "turn" the glued up piece? I can see that the edges of each ring might be rough from the cut, but those should sand easily enough to get a good glue up.

I will watch the videos on YouTube and quit bugging you with questions - probably a better plan!!

[Michelle Rich]

no problem John, I'm retired!! Depending on how good a glue up you do, you can turn it off. if it is wonky, I turn it slowly on the lathe & hit it with the angle grinder..very fast..but very dusty. I think you will find that many you can do that way, but sometimes one just can't glue them up straight, here are other examples of a few I turned previously & posted here

[Tom Winship]

Michelle, you have stirred my interest! What type of parting tool do you use to cut the rings?

[Michelle Rich]

VERY THIN which in itself causes issues..it will not stay on track as well as a 1/8

[David Starks]

do you happen to have any youtube links? I looked and did a search and the search came up empty. Looks cool and far beyond my abilities.

[Steve Busey]

do you happen to have any youtube links? I looked and did a search and the search came up empty. David, Go to youtube.com, and search for: bowl from a board

[Michelle Rich]

I can't totally remember the name, but economy bowl might be one? Great 7 or 8 part video...try woodturning bowl from a board..it will come up with economy in the title

[Alan Zenreich]

I reccommend the book Wooden Bowls from the Scroll Saw (http://www.amazon.com/Wooden-Bowls-Scroll-Easy---Make/dp/1565234332/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326907491&sr=8-1): 28 Useful & Surprisingly Easy-To-Make Projects by Carole Rothman.

Carole doesn't use a lathe at all, her techniques for are for precision ring cutting on the scroll saw, followed by careful sanding (this also allows her to create non-round bowls).

However, her explanations and demonstrations of blank preparation, pattern alignment tips (great for swags) are all applicable to wood turning. It's a fine addition to any woodturner's library.

If you watch YouTube you can see Carole in action. She's as nice and friendly in person as she is on screen.

[Erik Johanson]

I am pretty sure Bob Hamm has one on you tube where he uses a dovetail joint to combine the two pieces

[Kevin Stanbary]

I can't recall where I saw it (wasn't YouTube) but I remember watching a vid online of Mark Damron making a large vessel using this technique and a tool he built to accurately cut the rings... the term I think he used was "stack ring lamination"

Bob Hamilton also has a 6 part video on YouTube called "Coring Backwards" and the dovetailed one that he cuts the rings on the bandsaw called "True Economy"