Segmented Ribbon Bowl

[Malcolm Tibbetts]

Claude Arragon posted a question about an "oval" turning chuck. I thought that I'd share a style of oval turning that doesn't require a special "oval" chuck. Birdseye maple and Gabon ebony, about 15" by 14" by 9".

[Jim Becker]

Malcolm, I really admired this piece on WoW and am happy you posted it here, too.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Wow Malcolm that is absolutely awesome. Love the form. Holy cow that is beautiful.

[Gary Herrmann]

Speechless. That's just amazing.

[John Chandler]

That is definitely one nice piece.

[Bill Wyko]

Malcolm, once again you go completly out of bounds. That's an incredible piece. How do you do it? Another thing I like about your work is it makes me think of new ways to use my skills.:rolleyes: PM me if you get a chance. I've got something for your other project.:D

[Jonathon Spafford]

That is a really cool piece... how did you turn that... I am not quite seeing that as round! Really nice piece though!!!

[Bill Wyko]

I think I see how it was done. I'm curious, how many did you get out of the turning? It seem like you could get 2. Not counting saw kerf and any rows that may have to be removed to get the joints straight and even. Again, beautiful work.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Macolm....You not only think outside the box....Your art justifies doing so! Another typical Tibbetts.........Extraordinarily beautiful!

[Mark Cothren]

Very neat work! For some reason kinda makes me think "Egyptian" or "Nile riverboat"...

[Malcolm Tibbetts]

Thanks for the comments.

For those interested in the technique, it’s done in two steps. First, a stacked-ring form was built. Then it was cut apart and re-assembled. I’ve attached a photo showing the cut-apart stage. As Bill surmised, two bowls were assembled from the first turning. The second photo shows a second turning in the background.

[Jonathon Spafford]

Thanks for the comments.

For those interested in the technique, it’s done in two steps. First, a stacked-ring form was built. Then it was cut apart and re-assembled. I’ve attached a photo showing the cut-apart stage. As Bill surmised, two bowls were assembled from the first turning. The second photo shows a second turning in the background.
Clever idea... how did you glue the two pieces together though??? Seems like the surface area for gluing is rather small! And how did you clamp it??? I imagine you had to do a little touch up work after gluing???

Gonna have to check out your book from my club library ;)

[Bill Wyko]

The thing to keep in mind here is that the entire piece is glue joints of the same thickness. You would be surprised how strong the glue joints are in the pieces. I've tossed a couple pieces off the lathe and across the room and not one crack in the glue joints.:eek: Sure scares the shmead out of you though.

[Jim Ketron]

Beautiful Piece Malcolm!

[William Fourness]

Now that is just outstanding and very eye catching.


Bill

[Mark Pruitt]

Truly amazing, Malcolm!

[Malcolm Tibbetts]

Clever idea... how did you glue the two pieces together though??? Seems like the surface area for gluing is rather small! And how did you clamp it??? I imagine you had to do a little touch up work after gluing???

Gonna have to check out your book from my club library ;)

Jonathon, the clamping was done with rubber bands. On either side of the joint, I attached some small blocks of wood with hot melt glue and then used these blocks to install the rubber bands. The surface area was a strong 1/4" wide which is plenty to provide the needed strength. Because the two sides of the joint were turned as one, they matched perfectly. There was only a little minor sanding to do in order to clean up the glue squeeze-out. If you get a hold of a copy of my book, there's a section that profiles the building of an "oval" bowl; this technique evolved from that technique.

[Kaptan J.W. Meek]

Phenominal. That is just fantastic.

[Dennis Peacock]

Beautiful Malcolm! Just beautiful. :cool:

[jeremy levine]

Now that is an eye catcher... WOW