Woodturning Segmented Bowl With Celtic Style Inserts
by Alan Stratton on Friday, May 5th, 2023 | 3 Comments
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In past videos, I have explored variations on Celtic knots far beyond the traditional four loop Celtic knot found on spindles:
-Varying the number of loops 3,4,5,6…
-Celtic knots on spindles using the table saw;
-Celtic knots on vases using the bandsaw;
-and now Celtic knots on a bowl.
A Celtic knot from square spindle stock is the simplest of all variations. This bowl is not a spindle and is absolutely not square.
I have found three principles that, if adhered to, enable a perfect knot. Since a knot has many intersections, a perfect knot has perfect alignment at intersections.
- Indexing for repeatable cuts;
- Replacing the removed wood exactly;
- Maintaining exact positioning when inserting splines.
Jigs are essential to this process.
Enjoy.
Great job Alan really enjoyed this and am passing it on to my segmented friends
Interesting technique Alan and very effective when used in a shallow bowl.
For the glueing of the Celtic slices I would be interested to know why your choice of glue was epoxy resin in preference to an aliphatic resin (yellow glue)? I’ve noticed in some of your other segmented work the epoxy was also your preference. Just interested.
Regards – Peter in the UK
Most of the time, I use PVA glue.
Except when I may need something that will fill gaps such as in Celtic projects.
Another consideration is time to work. PVA can grab quickly, a benefit when doing the rub joint technique.
But not so great when I have to fiddle and check things. Then, I use 30 minute epoxy so that I have plenty of time.
Alan