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One additional advantage to the wedgie sled - the wedges ensure that the included angle on each segment is correct, but the angles on the two edges do not need to be the same. For example, if you have a 12-segment ring, the included angle for is segment is 30 degrees. You could cut each edge at...

Your math is correct. Keep in mind, however, that the change is proportionally the same for all rings - if you don't apply the correction, all of your rings will be slightly oversized. Unless you are making a piece to some specific dimension, it won't matter. That being said, I always figure...

It sounds like you are hollowing as you build the bowl, which is not the best approach. Keeping more mass/material at the bottom of the bowl reduces chatter at the rim. Next time, try completing your glue-up before you start on the interior.

You don't say how you normally cut segments. If you are using a wedgie sled to cut segments from a dimensioned stick, the stick rides on the jig, and the segment is the offcut that falls to the right of the blade. This is reversed for the sort of feature ring segments you are constructed: the...

Here is a segmented platter I made recently, 2¾ x 12⅞, Peruvian walnut, teak, and bloodwood. The floating foot is bloodwood laminated with aromatic cedar. I made this foot in a way similar to the video posted above, except that I used a large forstner bit to cut the recess in the first ring. I...