Scroll Bowl #2

[Walt Nollan]

I call it Kaleidoscope. 290 pieces of Lyptus, Padauk, Walnut and Maple. 8 coats of a tunge oil blend. 11x3". #2 in my Scroll series. Hope you enjoy it.

Walt

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful work Walt! Well worth the wait! Love the design and the wood combination! Extremely nice joinery! Thanks for posting!

[Jim Becker]

Ok, I'll once again admit that I'm not generally a major fan of segmented work, but this is an example of such that really wows me. This is wonderful! Great work. Outstanding work!

[Mark Hix]

I like it alot. I have come back to it twice to try and figure out how you did it. The wood combinitation is great. Thanks for posting it.

[Dennis Ford]

Amazing work! That is very impressive.

[lynn smith]

I too am not much into segmented pieces, but this is a-(maze)-ing.
I just want to know how you get the jointery so, (well at least fom the picture) perfect.
Hats off to you bro......

[Don Eddard]

Like others, I'm not a big fan of a lot of segmented work, but this piece stands out as a great one. Great job.

[Norm Zax]

OK Walt, spill out - details please.
Great job!

[Walt Nollan]

This is going to hurt but here goes anyway. I started out with with 36 tiles 3/8"x2"x2" of padauk, lyptus and walnut. Then I made two sets of router jigs with a 4" dia arc, one male, one female. These must have a tight fit, no gaps! Each set is for a slightly different arc. Then I made stop blocks to hold each tile. Again, the fit of the stop blocks on each set of jigs must be exact. I then drew the outline of each side of one arc on all the padauk tiles and cut with a scroll saw and used a 1/2" pattern bit to cut the shape using the jigs. Then it just a matter of doing the same to the fill pieces, glue them together and do all over again for the contrasting wood. First round I filled half with lyptus and half with walnut. This will give you the overlap after the secound of assembly. I took pictures so I'll put together a new thread with them. Careful what you ask for.

Walt

[Jim Evans]

I must be different - I love segmented stuff and this one is a beauty!
Looking forward to more pictures

[Robert McGowen]

I am also a fan of segmented work and this is GREAT!

[Randy Rhine]

It's an amazing piece. The only problem is that the padauk will, in a year or two, turn to brown and it will be hard to distinguish it from the walnut. Bloodwood works better for a reddish wood because it will stay red.

[Jim Evans]

Walt,
When you say a tung oil blend - is it your own? Is it something you bought?
I'm looking at different types of finishes and trying to find one I like. The finish on this seems to be close to what I'm looking for.
Oh, and if it's your blend, do you mind revealing your mixture?

Thanks

[Walt Nollan]

I use Jasco Tunge Oil. I can get it locally. Not much in my area without driving 50 miles or mail order.

[Raymond Overman]

Awesome! You can tell a lot of hard work went into building this piece. Excellent piece of art.