Segmented woodturning – is turning a workpiece composed of multiple glued together pieces. Many segmented turners enjoy the freedom that comes from assembling pieces together.  In addition to the enjoyment and challenges of turning, segmented woodturners also enjoy the challenging aspects of creating designs, and building jigs and fixtures to accurately cut and assemble the individual pieces together. Creating tight, seamless joints requires extreme precision and persistence and frequently requires innovative methods of assembling the pieces to get precise alignments.  Quarter-sawn wood is more stable (less likely to cup, twist, expand, or contract) than plain-sawn lumber. Quarter-turn stairs calculator with 3 kite winder steps (90 degrees turn), L-shaped. All calculators. Also see. Calculation. Calculation. Drawings. Drawings.  Thickness: 6 mm. Quantity: 2 pcs. Wood Volume: m3. Bottom Winder Tread. Tread Depth: mm. Tread Length: mm. Tread Thickness: 4 mm. Quantity: 1 pcs. Wood Volume: m3. Middle Winder Tread. Tread Depth: mm. Wood is something that definitely contains water, so when you put it in the microwave oven, it dries. Well, sometimes this is exactly what you need to do. The microwave oven is a very good place for drying wood. So if you enjoy handmade or whatever which needs dry wood, keep going and put it in the microwave. No problem. Why Can’t You Microwave Food in Wood Dishes? That’s because wood plates or utensils would crack and shrink, or catch fire. What do you usually call wood cookware? dishes. Microwaves heat from the inside and overheating can start the wood to burn inside. Most of the folks microwaving wood for turning quarter produce a LOT of work this way, simply let them dry with some simple way of sealing the surface, or in a few cases using de-humidifier kilns. Rick M. Socks can help avoid the crippling effects that hand clamps are liable to have on your woodworking projects. The ray flecks that oak reveals when it is quarter-sawn are microwaving wood for turning quarter. All rights reserved. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 27, times.

I have done this for years. I just wanted to confirm this was safe. I guess wet wood is key then. You never want to put dry wood of any kind in there. I actually make a lot of items from wood, including spoons and salad forks. I sometimes use bamboo as well. Is this the same type of deal? Can bamboo utensils be put in the microwave so long as they are wet?

I like to do this to clean them off before shipping them to customers. I remember my wood shop teacher doing this in high school and most of us thought he was nuts for using the microwave to dry out wood. He said he kept a large one in his garage to dry out logs of wood as well for fire. My husband tried to sterilize a bamboo utensil in our microwave today and nearly burned the house down. He used full power for about 25 secs.

Our entire kitchen and the microwave were filled with nasty smoke. Still trying to get rid of the smell with lemon juice and vinegar. Your email address will not be published. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Thread starter Alan Carter Start date Jan 7, Alan Carter.

I have some questions about drying wood in an oven or microwave. Does the species or size of the turning not the wall thickness matter? Can you go too long and overcook it?

Jim at Australianburls. Does this seem about right? We have an electric oven so the heat is drier than a gas oven, so does that make a difference? How about a microwave. Since it's a kind of sealed environment does the moisture really get pulled out of the wood? Jim suggests several short bursts rather than one long one so as not to potentially burn the wood. Full power or lower? Time frame? I have a pinless moisture meter but I'm not sure how accurate it is without having any flat surfaces to set it against.

Any thoughts on that? Lastly, would a dry rub of herbs and spices be better than basting with olive oil? Sorry, couldn't resist. If you try to dry it in an oven, you odds of success are very poor. If you try to dry it in a microwave, your odds are poor to pretty good if you accept long learning curve.

You can search for threads on the microwave, there are lots of them on the different boards. Some are factual, some are speculation. If you are using exotic expensive wood, I would avoid both methods.

Better to keep roughing more while the first dries-you'll soon be far ahead. I'm an advocate of the simplest way, letting the wood dry on it's own. Most of the folks who produce a LOT of work this way, simply let them dry with some simple way of sealing the surface, or in a few cases using de-humidifier kilns.

Dennis Ford. I would not dry wood in an oven. The fast drying would likely cause cracks. I have used a microwave before, short bursts is the ticket. Get it pretty warm, take it out and let it cool then repeat several cycles will be needed. Many woods will cause unpleasant odors resulting in an unhappy spouse unless you have a "shop" microwave. I'm on the "never use an oven", never had any inclination to try even.

Now, micro-wave I have and continue to use. Short power cycles like 1 minute or less with long cycles between like 20 minutes and lots of rest periods days between a few cycles.

The result is zero failures in any domestic wood I have tried. It's not real fast, but you really don't want real fast, you actually just want a little faster then natural. I have been looking at building a real kiln using a dead refer, plus like a 40 watt bulb and fan , but haven't yet. TTFN Ralph. I would not use the oven. I have not done but a few bowls. I have done boxes and other small pieces and I follow the 1 minute or less and then let it cool completely before going in again.

It takes many cycles and can take all day even on the thin ones. I do what John Jordan recommends. Just rough out more bowls while these are drying. Within 6 months you'll constantly have dry bowls to work on. From then on it's just a cycle of rough out a few and finish turn a few. If I need one quick I just turn it thin.

It will dry in a few days if it's thin. Tony Latham. Joined Apr 21, Messages 56 Likes 0. The microwave will dry it out. If you let it run long enough it will get so dry and so hot that it will start smoking and it'll scare the cr p outa ya!!!! Joined May 16, Messages 3, Likes What keeps things from cracking is a relatively small moisture gradient interior to exterior. Makes it vital to control relative humidity, especially in a conventional oven.

The micro agitates all the molecules simultaneously, so the insulated interior warms and keeps putting out moisture to the exterior, rather the opposite of conventional ovens.

Until it's pretty dry, then it lights off. One inch is too thick, in my experience, for micro drying, and for that reason. I use the so-called lower power settings and longer times than others, but it's pretty much the same thing.

Magnetrons don't operate at half output, so, as your fan will tell you, they go on for a short burst, go off to allow equalization, then on again, and so forth. The fan can kill you. Bag your piece. Kiln operators, working with sort of conventional ovens, monitor the relative humidity closely. I don't think you could do anything approximate in an oven.

I am a strong advocate of the process and have experienced excellent results. Microwave works well for thin bowls. Just keep it in a bag, keep the power below nr.

Start the cycles the next morning and add seconds and increase the power to nr. Keep track of the weight and stop the process when the curve levels out. Jerry Rhoads. Joseph, IL. A few years ago. I just had to give it a trial, in an oven. The lowest setting in the oven was degrees. It was too fast. Sept when I hit wrong button, Makes Microwaving Wood For Turning Zoom shop stink. I am lucky to have a micro wave in the shop. Thanks to being around when an office was being remodeled.

People have told me of their success with a box heated with light bulbs. Old dishwashers and fridges work for this, or styrofoam on plywood.

They use more than one bulb and raise the temperture every few days or so. I have not had a chance to try this. But hope to soon.

Barry Elder. Back in the day, I googled "microwave drying for wood" and found 3 very useful articles by woodturners that I found to be very accurate. This should not be a problem at the power levels and times described here, but it never hurts to err on the side of caution. It is also a good idea to keep a fire extinguisher handy.

Write an article and send it to either Bill Boehme or Paul Tiefel. Microwave Drying Procedure: Cover the bowl with paper towels and a dishtowel and place in a plastic grocery bag. Tie the bag loosely to let air escape and place in the microwave. Set the microwave oven to low power. Level 1 or 2 out of 10 Set the timer for 2 minutes. Start the oven.

When the microwave stops let the bowl sit in the bag in the oven for 10 minutes. Take the bowl out and unwrap it. The bag and the towels will be wet. Let the bowl sit uncovered for 20 minutes. Rewrap with dry towels and continue drying until there is no water on the bag. Large bowls up to 14 inches take turns. Small bowls Updated August 27,

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