Bowl From A Board Stack Lamination

Turning a big 195 x 6 bowl out of maple and cherry using the really cool process of stacked ring lamination.

Bowl from a board stack lamination. I am interested in getting into stack lamanition and am looking for more information. The concept is similar segmented bowl turning but works a little differently. Place a scrap board that is slightly larger than you wood block on top of the stack. The video talks through the entire process from start to.

I use a technique sometimes called bowl from a board in which a single square section of a plank is cut into angled concentric rings. Discussion in woodturning discussion forum started by art ransom feb 8 2011. Bowl from a board presented to detroit area woodturners march 16 2014 roger j. See photos page and 59.

The rings which will eventually be stacked and glued one atop the other are cut as concentric circles from a flat piece of turning stock. The configuration below was inspired by michael mode and a bowl you can see on his web site wwwmichaelmode. Segmented woodturners who use the stack ring lamination technique must precisely calculate the cutting angles used in the process. The stacked ring technique is a great way to use up all of your odd lengths of wood to make stunning bowls with minimal waist material.

Lamination simple means to glue two or more boards into one. Naturally rude had just the thing. Make sure that the board surfaces are clean from any dust before you begin. I used my lathe to smooth.

To make a stack laminated bowl rude starts with a thick well dried board that is surfaced on two sides. Downside is that the bowl is cut in half and glued back together it has a smaller kerf and a smoother surface than the ring master. Stacked ring bowl basics. Stacked ring lamination.

Then he handsaws rings out of the board glues the rings together to form the rough sides of a bowl and adds a solid base. No matter how the blank is prepared the bowl is cut stacked and glued up in the same way. Bowl from a board stack lamanation. Inspired by some bowls i had seen made by michael mode a little while ago i decided to jump straight in at the deep end and make this 500mm 195 bowl using the surprisingly simple technique stacked ring lamination.

Shown below are some of my favorite bowls created since 1999. Apply an even thin coating of white wood glue to the meeting surfaces then stack the blocks into position. Stacking these rings and gluing them together forms a rough bowl which is then mounted on the lathe for shaping.