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 I had put steps on each side of the outer ring blanks. These steps were to be used to have a reference surface parallel to the trough axis. But af...
  This last step is pretty straightforward – especially compared to the previous steps. I just need to get a cylinder that looks good.    First I d...
This is the desired result. [image.png]   After the centers are carefully located the blank is mounted on the lathe. [image.png]   Next I mounted ...
 The outer ring is made up of 4 blanks. The first one is shown below. [image.png]   The blank is a rectangle in cross section with a trough cut do...
 Now I can glue the two assemblies together. The thin strip in the saw kerfs provides the required alignment. This step was a bit stressful. The th...
 The upper half is another set of glue ups. The first one is with a layer of maple and walnut. [image.png]   Once the layers are sanded to final t...

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