good progress on the rings. Glad the splitting worked for you.
How did you keep the segment ring from rotating when cutting on the bandsaw?
I have never attempted to cut a full ring into multiple slices. I have glued up the segments into two half rings and mark them A and B. Then slice half ring A and mark each slice A1, A2,. Then I slice half ring B and mark each slice B1, B2. Then I put A1 and B1 together to make the completed ring. That way the rings are put back in the order they were sliced off the larger half ring.
The reason I do half rings is the ring sit flat on the bandsaw table and does not rotate. Looks like your method worked well for you.
Bob I notice you are using a Coles Chuck to hold your bowl while gluing up. I suggest you get it off and onto a chuck that can hold your glue up securely. The way you have it mounted as you add rings it will tend to pull out as the weight and size increases and if you turn your lathe on your work will fly off onto the floor and shatter. That's the last thing you want to happen after all this work. Just an observation on my part. Apart from that you are going well.
I was fooling around in the shop today and tried resawing a couple rings on the bandsaw. I used double sided tape an taped the ring to a piece of plywood being sure one of the flats was lined up with the bottom edge of the plywood. I set my fence to 1/4" and then used a feather board to hold the ring against the fence. Worked great with no rocking of the ring. I used a piece of plywood that was about twice as long as the ring so there was plenty of room for my hand. They might be budgie with dirty, cracked nails but I do like all my fingers.
Hi Bob that's good news. I was not sure from your picture if you were working from the headstock or tailstock end.The Coles Chuck is only being use to center the new segment, The vessel is being assembled on the head stock side on a face plate
Hi Stuart, I do the same as you but I use a MicroJig GRR_Gripper to hold the work against the fence. That way my hands are safe.I was fooling around in the shop today and tried resawing a couple rings on the bandsaw. I used double sided tape an taped the ring to a piece of plywood being sure one of the flats was lined up with the bottom edge of the plywood. I set my fence to 1/4" and then used a feather board to hold the ring against the fence. Worked great with no rocking of the ring. I used a piece of plywood that was about twice as long as the ring so there was plenty of room for my hand. They might be budgie with dirty, cracked nails but I do like all my fingers.
Hi Bob that's good news. I was not sure from your picture if you were working from the headstock or tailstock end.
Looks great so far Glenn, keep watching, I'll probable be doing some dumb things
Ouch, at least it wasn't a lathe accident that would need be discussed world wide with youtube clips.