Tom Whalley

1 month ago | woodmagazine.com | Dave Stone |Tom Whalley

Making segmented bowls starts with cutting strips of wood into small pieces, then gluing those pieces together to form rings. Stack the rings, and you can create bowls and vessels with striking appearances. Forming rings with tight-fitting joints requires accurately cutting those segments with consistent lengths and angles. The key to success: a tablesaw sled with two fences. We’ll show you how to calculate the correct angles for a basic bowl, build the sled, cut segments, and glue them into rings.