Twisted Bowl (5 views)

[Malcolm Tibbetts]

I've been playing around with my "ribbon bowl" technique. This is the latest effort. About 19" from end to end, lyptus, a little narra, and a little ebony, with black ink on the edges. There are a lot of possibilities with this technique.

[Paul Engle]

:confused: :confused: I so cornfused,,, wayyy cool Malcolm.You take the bowl to finish then cut and reglue? do you joint the cut parts to make em fit snug?I gotta get your book/dvd.... Awsome , just Awsome...:D

[TYLER WOOD]

Dnag it Malcom!!! Your ticking me off!!! I can't see how you do it. I want a pic by pic tutorial on how it's done. I still don't think I could do it, but I'd still like to know how. Please either post, or pm me with some idea. It's driving me batty!!!

[Steve Schlumpf]

WOW! Another great lesson in imagination! Great concept - wonderful woodworking! Thanks for posting!

[jeremy levine]

Dnag it Malcom!!! Your ticking me off!!! I can't see how you do it. I want a pic by pic tutorial on how it's done. I still don't think I could do it, ....!

I couldn't even do it in Photoshop.

But please post a bit on how you did it, Truly amazing.

[Bernie Weishapl]

WOW tha is beautiful. I got dizzy just looking at it. How did you do it? Excellent job Malcolm.

[Bill Wyko]

Hi Malcolm. Once again (I must sound like a broken record) You never cease to amaze me. I really hope you and I get to meet someday. You do such a great job of showing how many ways turning can be made un-round. That is a fantastic piece. Thanks for posting it. Just curious, what is your favorite piece you ever made?

[Jim Becker]

Malcolm, yet another amazing piece. I love how you get these things to "work out" so perfectly!

[Tom Collins]

Wellllll........my gaster is flabbered! Nice Work.
Tom C.

[Jim Underwood]

Oh.. ok.. I get it now.
I saw this on another forum and couldn't figure it out. But the extra views give the clues to see how it's done.

I won't spoil Malcom's fun by telling you how though.:D

Nice job as always Malcom. You never cease to amaze me with the patience you have for this stuff...

[Lisa Gilbert]

That is SO cool! Guess I'll meekly get back to turning pens, now.

[Malcolm Tibbetts]

Thanks for the nice comments.

This technique is not in my book, but it's an extension of my "oval bowl" trick which I did include in the book. If you look closely, you will discover a center seam which has mirror shapes on each side. I turned an "S" shaped donut (the "S" on its side) and then cut sections from the donut. The inner portions of the sections were modified so that they would overlap each other when the center seam was glued together. The only non-lathe shaping was the cutting of the exposed edges. You just have to think outside the bowl. :) :)

[Rich Chilcot]

Spectacular

[Robert McGowen]

You did that on purpose?

And I was thinking that you just needed to DNA the wood next time so it wouldn't twist all up........... :D

(Very nice Malcom!)

[Gary Herrmann]

Can't think of anything to say other than WOW...

[Roy Griggs]

Does that cause nightmares or is it caused by nightmares?

AWESOME and then SOMEMORE....
roy

[Chris Barton]

Wow Malcom, an amazing piece as always. You manage to think of ways to segment turn that my weak mind finds impossible to comprehend. Another great piece!

[Malcolm Tibbetts]

Does that cause nightmares or is it caused by nightmares?


Roy, it doesn't cause nightmares, but it does keep me from sleeping sometimes.

Thanks everyone for the comments.