Big Vase

Segmented Woodturning, 142 rows with 288 segments per row, for a total piece count of 40,896.

[@LynnChastain]

Fantastic Tom, beautiful piece of work. Not even close to your level yet. Hope to get closer in the future. You are the master segmenter.

[@lisastaven494]

Amazing! I can’t get over all the math and details some of you woodworkers do to make such beautiful pieces. It’s a joy and so inspiring. Thanks for sharing your talent.

[@ThePapa1947]

Fantastic Tom! Nothing short of spectacular actually. Great video as well, Gary

[@garryevans3594]

Absolutely gorgeous! that is something special.

[@OlivierGomis]

Absolute madness.

[@joescarborough1]

Good to see you again, Tom. 👍 Very nice piece.

[@chriscarpenter4415]

Wow I love it. I wish I had the talent to do that.

[@teomanoruc1078]

Great looking piece. I bought all your plans and worked my way to 60 segments per ring. 72 segments is next but I am light years away from 288. Thanks for sharing your craft and inspiring us.

[@frederickrodger7249]

Really enjoyed the video. What a great piece of art. Kudos to you.

[@drferry]

Jeez, what dedication! Beautiful!

[@crocuscreekwoodworks]

Amazing craftsmanship

[@johnconklin9039]

Completely amazing and beautiful! Always enjoy watching your videos.

[@khbrown69]

Fantastic work. The pieces you make are incredible.

[@mountainviewturning5319]

Very nice 👍

[@GeraldJensen]

Thanks for posting this ... a pleasure to see your work as it progressed!

[@mopr400]

Tom looks like that glue up fixture is beefed up quite a bit from previous versions. Nice job.....but I still think your crazy 🙃🙃

[@johnjohnsonjr5324]

You are amazing amazing

[@robertpichora5881]

Tom, Great to see a new video from you. It was almost a year. What finish did you apply? Looking forward to your classes this fall at Marc Adams School of Woodworking.

[@TomLohman]

I use wipe on polyurethane, see this fall!

[@Itslvle]

I think you forgot one crucial, if not the most important step in this tutorial: how to develop the patience and determination of a turtle doing a marathon. Perhaps you're a 10th generation Japanese craftsman reincarnated? What is the diagnosis for the opposite of ADHD? Is it called Lohman's syndrome?

[@paulovieira3360]

Maravilhoso!

[@Itslvle]

If you changed for a screw clamp to a lever clamp, you could probably save half a second each clamp application. After a quick calculation, that'd save you about 1.5 hours total holy crap how are you able to do projects like these? :D

[@TomLohman]

This was the first and maybe the only time I’ve done this clamping, could only do it for 41 rows, the feature ring because was close to a cylinder. I have lever clamps but they just don’t have the same pressure.

[@hbwoodturning17]

Wow, Tom. That is a very impressive vase you have made, you must be very dedicated and persistent to be able to make this. What kind of program do you use for your designs ?

[@TomLohman]

Thanks, I use Segment PRO.

[@hbwoodturning17]

@@TomLohman Thanks Tom, I'll go check out woodturner pro sometime

[@chandarussell]

Wow, wow, wow. It’s stunning. A piece of art. How long did it take you?

[@TomLohman]

Thanks, it took around 500 hours to make.

[@crocuscreekwoodworks]

@@TomLohman So if you were going to sell this and try to make @ 40.00 per hour the price would be around 20K...worth every penny

[@Qwiv]

Hope someone gave you five or six figures for that! Museum Piece for sure.

[@fft6476]

The work is very cool. Unattainable for me. Who buys vases like this? And for what price?

[@TomLohman]

I make the gluing jigs, 14” jig is $800, and the 24” is $1,000.

[@TomLohman]

I don’t know who would buy this piece. I put 500 hours into it, and at $20/hr comes to $10,000.

[@fft6476]

@@TomLohman It's certainly an amazing patience. I like the idea of making these vases. Yesterday I made my first vase out of 384 segments, and I loved it. But there is no precision at all. The segments between the rings do not fit together. Maybe I will make a similar gluing device too. I think your work should pay off handsomely. How are the sales of the finished products? In general, do they buy them? Or are they made for yourself?

[@TomLohman]

@@fft6476 I don’t sell many vessels, I keep most of along with donations to charities.

[@gregj2647]

Incredible piece. What did you do for the bottom?

[@TomLohman]

I made a bottom using my laser.

[@rickvangunten4800]

Wow.............>

[@dawnbigwarfe6871]

How did you come up with that jig you use?

[@TomLohman]

Designed it using VCarve, made the parts with my CNC and then put it together. Made more than 80 jigs now for other people.