Friendly Valley Woodshop Group
Making a Segmented Bowl
Use 1 x 2 stock hardwood (Actual size is .75 x 1.5)
Using 12 segments to make a ring.
Make 4 to 7 rings in height.
Formula for angle of segments is 360º / 12 segments with 2 angle cuts each (24 angles) = 15º 360 / 24 = 15
(If you were going to make 9 segment rings it would be 360 / 18 = 20º Angle cuts)
12 Segments that are 3" long will produce a bowl 10.25 to 10.75 inches in Diameter.
Smaller segments will produce a smaller bowl.
About 11 inches in diameter is about the Maximum capacity of the Lathe in the Woodshop.
Suggested hardwoods: Maple, Walnut, Paduk, Purpleheart, Zebrawood.
Using 12 segments to make a ring.
Make 4 to 7 rings in height.
Formula for angle of segments is 360º / 12 segments with 2 angle cuts each (24 angles) = 15º 360 / 24 = 15
(If you were going to make 9 segment rings it would be 360 / 18 = 20º Angle cuts)
12 Segments that are 3" long will produce a bowl 10.25 to 10.75 inches in Diameter.
Smaller segments will produce a smaller bowl.
About 11 inches in diameter is about the Maximum capacity of the Lathe in the Woodshop.
Suggested hardwoods: Maple, Walnut, Paduk, Purpleheart, Zebrawood.
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