How to Make Segmented Bells
In the original version of this post, I walked through the design and construction of a segmented bell. Two bells were created: one with 8 segments per ring and another…
How To Turn a Segmented Zebrawood and Maple Ornament
When completed, the zebrawood and Maple 41 ornament is composed of 41 pieces of wood. I have made several versions of the ornament. I have used zebrawood and maple, walnut…
How to make a Laminated Ornament
In this post, I will describe how I made the Laminated ornament shown above. I used to call this a segmented ornament, but I have discovered that the turning community…
How to make the CheckerBoard 63 Ornament
For those that do not want to spend hours and hours cutting segments I designed a simple ornament. This pattern is a 3″ ball that is made up of walnut…
How to make the “Swirl 795”
This is the 3rd Swirl design I have turned. Each one has been a bit more complicated. The Swirl 795 is made of 795 pieces of wood: 22 rings (each…
How to Make the “Swirl 283”
The Swirl 283 ornament uses the concepts I learned from making The Swirl 123 and takes them up a notch. The Swirl 283 is made of 283 segments. Designing the ornament…
The “Swirl 123”
This is the first of three ornaments I made using maple and walnut segments. This piece is made from 123 segments of wood. There are 12 segments per ring and…
The Chevron
This ornament was made from 99 pieces of wood. I used walnut, maple, wild cherry, maple veneer, and walnut veneer. In order to make the ornament lightweight it was built…