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Help need with a bowl

fizban

fizban

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I was at the woodworking show in Indianapolis on Saturday and in the AAW booth was a bowl that was segmented. It had a center band that was either bloodwood or redheart or the like but the upper and lower sections were what appeared to be oriented strand board or OSB. Does anyone know who made this wonderful bowl? I have always thought about using OSB for a bowl but wondered if there was any seperation problems.
 
If it is what I am thinking, it is actually not OSB, but a close relative. I can't remember for certain, but it might have been in Wood magazine where there was an article on using this type of manufactured wood. I have seen it used for the heavy framing members in shipping crates for heavy equipment. The sizes that I have seen range from about 2 X 2 inches up to about 4 X 4 inches in lengths up to around 8 feet.
 
Thrashing about in the dark again, but do you have a slightly better description?

Google [aaw indianapolis] found some interesting pieces here: http://www.cicaaw.org/image/tid/4
But nothing like what you described. If you're a member of cicaaw, their forum might be a good place to ask; the calendar lists the Indy Woodwork Show for yesterday. Or, you might have to wait until next Sunday's meeting.

Laminated Veneer Lumber is available in larger sizes. Up to 3 1/2" x 24" x 48ft from stock, according to this: http://www.gp.com/build/product.aspx?pid=1392

IIRC, one of the members of my WT club ( http://n-fl-woodturners.org/ ) turned a piece from LVL a year or two ago. No luck finding it, though; I'll ask about it Tuesday night.

Google [woodturning "laminated veneer lumber"] didn't provide much.

Joe
 
It wasnt LVL that looks liked plywood and used for headers and such (I actually sell lvls @ work) this was nowhere near that structured. I just joined aaw but havent got connected to the cicaaw yet but I think I will try thier site. Thanks for the help.
 
I've made a hollow vessel from OSB. It tears out easily. I took advantage of it by dying it blue and then black. Steel wooled through part of the black and then filled all the tearout and hole with gold wax. I wouldn't actually call it tearout, it's more just voids between the glued up chunks.
I think I've seen the piece you were talking about but can't remember where. I think it was on the WOW website but since I don't remember there artist it would be impossible to find. There are thousands of photos filed there.
 
fizban said:
It wasnt LVL that looks liked plywood and used for headers and such (I actually sell lvls @ work) this was nowhere near that structured. I just joined aaw but havent got connected to the cicaaw yet but I think I will try thier site. Thanks for the help.
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The stuff that I am thinking about is not LVL. It is more like small strips of wood that is thicker than what is seen in OSB panels. Also, a side section of the material shows that the "laminations" have a somewhat wavy appearance.
 
john lucas said:
I think I've seen the piece you were talking about but can't remember where.
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Until we develop a method to download pictures from our brains, I guess we'll have to carry cameras more often.😉

Neat looking plywood ball, Tony.

Strips of veneers can be laminated into a wavy appearance by squeezing the sandwich against opposing pins at alternating locations. Make the sandwich thick enough to survive planing off the bumps. This could be either deliberate or accidental.

Joe
 
KurtB said:
Fizban,
The other plywood may be what's called PSL, or Parallel Strand Lumber. It is also laminated, but uses strands, not full sheets, for lamination. IIRC, it looks wavy along the edges.

http://www.fireengineering.com/disp...Construction-Concerns:-Parallel-Strand-Lumber
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Eureka! Thanks, Kurt. That is the material that I saw an article about. I had some of it -- my Delta 1440 lather crate used it. However, I never tried turning it because I left the stuff laying out in the weather and didn't find out how interesting it looks when turned until it was already ruined.
 
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