GrahamJ46
PRO Member
I haven't made a segmented bowl in a while, been doing other things. The attached is mainly sapele with a walnut base, feature ring of lacewood sandwiched between hard maple, and a mahogany rim. I haven't turned sapele before and soon experienced the potential tearout problem with sapele where the grain is somewhat figured. You must take lite cuts or you will have an ever diminishing wall thickness, perhaps leading to disaster!
I also turned a bowl (sorry no photos - gave it away to the woodworker who gave me the material) made from bamboo flooring planks. That stuff is sure hard and chips easily. It gets even harder when sanded. The heat from sanding seems to create a surface reaction which makes it like turning concrete. Only the sharpest tools will have any chance! However, it finishes very nicely if you make it all the way to the end, which I didn't on my first attempt. That turned into a small platter (the bottom part of the bowl). The rest went elsewhere .
I also turned a bowl (sorry no photos - gave it away to the woodworker who gave me the material) made from bamboo flooring planks. That stuff is sure hard and chips easily. It gets even harder when sanded. The heat from sanding seems to create a surface reaction which makes it like turning concrete. Only the sharpest tools will have any chance! However, it finishes very nicely if you make it all the way to the end, which I didn't on my first attempt. That turned into a small platter (the bottom part of the bowl). The rest went elsewhere .