Segment parts - Woodworking Talk

Hexhead · 07-31-2009, 05:50 PM

I'm justing starting out on segmented turning and need some definitions.

Segment: see below

Width

Length

wall thickness

edge length

Thanks a Bunch

Bill

The woodsman · 07-31-2009, 07:33 PM

I havn't gottin started yet myself,but here is the best site I have come across.You can find about anything you need to get started here.Good luck.

http://www.woodturningonline.com/Tur....html#beginner

Lilty · 07-31-2009, 11:51 PM

I agree with the Woodsman very good place to get all the info you need. Also do a search segmented turning and go to tools and jigs Kevin Neely has all the info you need to make a sled for cutting segments.

Lilty

john lucas · 08-01-2009, 09:45 AM

I simply sit down with a compass, ruler and sheet of paper and draw it out full size. Then it's quite simple to just measure them. The angles for the segments is simply # of segments divided into 360 divided by 2.
Buy Malcolm Tibbetts book on the art of segmented turning. It is the best of all the books I have. You can find it at Amazon.com

You can also find a lot of info by simply doing a google search.

Hexhead · 08-01-2009, 10:12 AM

Thanks for all the answers. I found a little site that explains what edge length is.

jlrodgers.com/pdf/stave.

I did a google search ( edge length segmented turning)