White oak and sapele bowl

Nicely done Matt! Highlighting joints is a double edge sword re: alignment; something only a segmenter would see, lol!! Nicely done Matt!

Russ Braun said:

Nicely done Matt! Highlighting joints is a double edge sword re: alignment; something only a segmenter would see, lol!! Nicely done Matt!

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Yeah they are a wee bit off. They floated after I stacked them and put weight on it. I have a sister bowl to this one where I arranged the highlights in more of a spiral pattern than an alternating pattern and it drifted even more. I haven't turned it yet so I'm a little afraid they are going to look sorta random.

Concentric rings, cones on your tailstock will help a lot Matt. I glue most rings on the lathe; this creates better joint alignment control for me. I’ve added a line laser that aligns with the headstock and tailstock which helps a lot. Pete Marken will turn his rings round before gluing; this adds to expert alignment (something I’m not guilty of), lol.

Those are great ideas. Given the amount of time it takes to do these, success is faster than failure since patience helps you only have to do it once.