I tip my hat to those of you who do segmented turnings on a regular bassis.
I recently aquired a rather large amount of Mahogany boards. Most of it is 3/4" X 4" X 3 feet. I decided to make a segmented vessel that I designed a while back. Actually its a Cremation Ern for me, as these are my wishes for my final resting place.
After three hours of cutting, sanding and glueing segmented rings together. I remembered the last time, and only time, that I made a segmented turning. That was ten years ago. This is not what I would call physically demanding work. But it is tedious work.
My eyes started to go wacky after a bit, I started to ask my self if this was worth it. Maybe I should hire someone to do this, or get a big piece of wood, hollow it ,and make a lid. But that would be to easy. As I looked at that pile of Mahogany boards, and was able to visualize the finished vessel, and once again thought about the turners that do this kind of work on a regular bassis. I decided that I have to finish it. I need to have something that says I was here.
Once again, I tip my hat to the segmented turners. Jim