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Thank you Lloyd. I do have one more row added but I had to stop and built a steady rest for my lathe. The frame is all done, now I have to build the arms for the wheels. I am just a bit reluctant turning the inside that far out from the chuck without support..
 
So it is finally off the lathe and heading for the finish. This pic is pre finish, more to follow in a few days. I will finish with 3 coats of Minwax Antique Oil then buff it with the beal buff but only the carnauba wax.

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Glenn,
It's time to come clean. Nobody is going to believe this is your first multi-generation project. I mean, I've been following your progress and I'm not sure I believe it. :->

Seriously, you've done a great job and I'm anxious to see where you go from here.

Make sure you put my eagle design somewhere on your list of future projects. Now that you've got the hang of this, it is simply more of the same. You'll find it in your Samples folder in 'My Lamination PRO'. You'll have to resize it as that one was sized for a flat project.
Lloyd
 
I do have one suggestion you might consider when you make another turning this tall. I would make it in two halves with the bottom half ending at the widest point or in this case, just above the feature ring. Make the other half from the top down, but add a sacrificial ring above the top ring. This will let you turn the inside of the halves when it is easy instead of hard. I'm sorry I'm telling this to you now, but I missed that comment of your earlier email.

I completely turn and sand the insides of the halves when I do this and just use a caliper to make sure the insides where they will be very close. When you glue them together, you will only have to work on the transition area and since nobody's hands can reach it, it isn't very critical. I leave the final outside turning for after the halves are glued together. On my lathe, I have an adapter that lets me mount a faceplate on the live center so that I can turn the glued vessel at high speed with no wobble.
 
Thanks Lloyd for your comments and suggestions. I will keep them in mind next time. I guess it's a testament to your website and instructions. I have certainly done a few segmented pieces. My first I did do in two halves and it was quite a bit easier. This piece I was not to concerned about wall thickness as it was to be a usable piece (glass tube for water inside) so I felt it needed a bit of weight to make it stable. I did turn and finish the inside as I added each layer. The steady rest also made it very stable to turn further out.

Glenn
 
I agree with Lloyd. This has been a fun project to watch from start to a great finish. Thanks for posting photos of your journey.

Stuart
 
Hi Stuart, it's been a fun journey and I will certainly try another one sooner than later. I have a local competition coming up in April so I need to do another with higher precision than this as I know the judges and I know in the name of learning they will tear it apart in regards to the misalignments that I have in this.

I will get the final pics uploaded by the weekend as I will only do one coat a day with the minx.

Glenn
 
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Success my vase holds water and cut flowers quite nicely.

It was finished with 4 coats of Minwax Antique Oil, let dry for a few days and then buffed with just the Carnauba Beal Buff.

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Great job, Glenn. Thanks for the nice journey and great destination. Others learned a lot from your photos and inspiration.
Lloyd
 
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