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Finally, my first bowl!

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#1 ·
So I finally finished my first bowl. I chose a segmented (bowl from board) piece since all my blanks are green at the moment

Nothing special, but it is my first so I am extremely happy. Many more to come in the future

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#9 ·
Nice one!
Haven't done a ring bowl in a while but do have some boards I've been saving for that- cypress, walnut.
Dave H
 
#15 ·
john lucas said:
YOu did good. I don't see any tearout, sanding marks or bad finish. That's a good sign. It's fun doing the BFB. I sat through Micheal Mode's demo on advanced techniques for BFB at the AAW Symposium a few weeks ago. Can't wait to work on another one.
That's 4-5 hours of sanding at work. It took forever.

So I'm guessing advanced BFB is making different profiles rather than the straight line? I want to do a design like the one below but don't know how to do it. I'm guessing you need 4 boards instead of two, and you need to calculate the angles out?

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I'm guessing the top half is the first set and bottom half is the second set which comes to 4 boards instead of two
No need to guess, several software programs to do the details for you. I have this one.

http://www.segmentedturning.com/

Reply with your bowl dimensions - height, wall thickness, diameter at top and bottom and diameter/height of widest part, thickness of rings (likely board thickness). I will then put into my copy of the program.

This software generates the cut list. I also need to know available board widths and lengths.
 
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