30th Charity Donation Bowl

With all those little blocks and glue , is there much movement in the wood? Is the Center bottom piece glued in or is it a place where the bowl can move a bit. I’ve never done a segmented turning before.
Bravo on doing charity bowls, it’s beautiful.

Glen: Thank you for your comment, some very good questions. There are many U Tube videos on Open Segmented, with some good starting information. I have not found very much movement in the wood after glue up, but I only use kiln dried wood. I make sure that there is 80% overlap on the layer to layer pieces. The first layer is glued directly to the center bottom piece and has never shown movement. Good luck on sources other information and if you want to do Open Segmented start with maybe 18 pieces per layer as I did and work you way to using more pieces as you get used to the process.

Congratulations on another beautiful open segment bowl Andrew. Your generosity in donating 39 of your pieces is outstanding!!