Est. 1998 — 28 years of woodworking knowledge
twistig wood
guy gaswint
>not sure if anyone can help! I want to glue up some wood so that when i turn it it looks like someone has twisted it. I saw this when i was a teenager in wood shop. They glued up wood using compound angles I believe? when the wood was turned it appeared to be twisted(2 different colors of wood were used for contrast) I am not sure hoe the glue up is supposed to be done after the compound angles are cut. Can anyone help?
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guy gaswint
>what is with the cherries when i post a message????????
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Ron in Drums PA
>That means you are a newbie.
No really, it just means this is a new message.
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guy gaswint
>That is what i thought! I was starting to get offended because nobody else had them.
Guy
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Roly
>Well guy, so far you don't have answer, but I will tell you how I create wierd, twisted forms on my lathe. I start out with a 3" square block of wood, 6" long, cut a slow, waving cut with the bandsaw from end to end. Insert a contrasting thin slab between the cuts, glue and clamp in a vise. Then when dry, I cut a couple of similar waves on the other face, 90 degrees to the first face. Insert similar thin slabs, glue, clamp and then when dry, the fun beguins. Turn off the lathe often, to check what appears, because the design changes constantly, when new wood is exposed. I usually turn an urn or a vase with deep cuts here and there. Give it a shot, non-turners are astonished at the results, (so was I)
Roly, Lake Elsinore, CA turner and such
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John Lucas
>There are endless designs coming from exercises like Roly described. I cut a similar block of wood at 45 degree slices rotating the wood 180 degrees each slice. Then reglue with veneer inbetween each angled cut. Gives you ovals going 45 degrees up and down. You can do the same sort of thing with a bandsaw cutting curves instead of slices. Adds Wavy lines that go up and down hill. Its great fun.
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shel
>I'd be interested in pictures of progress and/or final product. Thanks in advance, Shel
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John Lucas
>Shel
I'm going to be working on a project tomorrow that just might look good with that process. If I have enough time to add that one to it I'll do one and post a photo. All the projects I've done with those techniques were gifts and I don't have them. I'll look in my demo box. Sometimes I keep a sample or reject to use when I do demo's.
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Roly
>Shel, I too have given away my turnings that were mentioned above. I do believe there is one in a box in the garage somewhere, I will see if I can find it and post it for you.
Roly, Rollin' that wood when I can.
