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Ray Allen Style Bowl

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Ray Allen Style Bowl

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Ray Allen Style Bowl

Fred Deadrick--Livermore, CA

>This bowl is patterned after one done by Ray Allen, the man who I consider was the master segmented woodturner of all time. The bowl is 12-1/2 inches in diameter and 6-1/4 inches high. The woods in the feature ring are Walnut, Purpleheart and Yellowheart. The body of the bowl is Alder, with an Ebony ring at the top. The challenge for me was to design the segments in the feature ring so that the points line up at the edge after the bowl was turned. Special care was needed to make sure the segmented rings were all concentric at glue-up time so that everything lined up evenly.

Dale Nish has a great new book titled "Woodturning with Ray Allen", and it is a must-have for segmented woodturners.

Fred


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john Lucas

>Fred

I think Ray would have been proud. Great piece.

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-e-

>beautiful work ... thanks for posting.

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RevDoug

>Fred,

Very nice work. I love the combination of colors. I am curious about one thing though. Why did you put the feature ring next to the collar instead of at the max diameter. Most of the time that is what I see done. And, as I said, I just curious. There is no criticism intended.

Turn 'em round,

RevDoug

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Barry Turner

>I think this is probably one of the nicest segmented bowls that I have seen. I'm not usually a big fan of segmented work. Maybe I'm captivated by the very nice shape. Not the most elaborate or containing the most pieces, but considering shape, choice of wood and pattern..........just a beautiful piece!

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Fred Deadrick--Livermore, CA

>RevDoug--this is a copy of the way Ray Allen made his bowl. I used different woods, but it was his design. I think the feature ring decoration in this location helps to draw attention to the large opening of the bowl.

Fred

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Keith Tompkins

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Keith Tompkins

>HI Fred, I like these, you've done a nice job!!