Segmentation Jig

[RodT]

Hi

I am new to wood turning, have a SIP Lathe and will be attending some courses locally in the next few weeks. I have done a couple of small projects and am greatly enjoying it.
I am quite interested in segmented work and saw somewhere a jig for cutting reducing (or increasing) circles from a flat piece of wood. They then stack on top of each other and can make a bowl or whatever you want.
I can think of other ways of cutting these, I think that I saw it on a scroll saw in one book, but this did look a very precise system, I think it was called a Massenger jig or similar to that.
I'm sure that my description is very weak but does anyone, including me, have any idea what I am talking about?

 

[gasmansteve]

Hi Rod
I have recently become interested in segmented turning and thought you might try these web sites which have info for sleds for making segmented bowls.I can thoroughly recommend the SPP software in the first site.
www.segmentedturning.com/software.htm
www.turnedwood.com/index.shtml
Enjoy
Steve

 

[gasmansteve]

I`ve just glued up the final ring on my first segmented bowl (9 rings in total) so I`m no expert but happy to help if I can. Hope to post some pics when its finished.
Cheers again
Steve

 

[lugo35]

that second link is a great site inspired me to have a go. time consuming but the end product is very satisfying

 

[RodT]

Thanks very much for the information. The software looks good and is cheap enough to try, some of the projects on the Kevin site are unbelievable.

I just want to try a couple of easy ones and see how much I like it. If I get anywhere I'll post the result no matter how bad it is
Regards
Rod