Segmented Turning™
	Design your first segmented project in 5 minutes with the Segmented Project Planner. Plus free plans, hints/tips, wood costs and more.
	792 Phillips Road || Arroyo Grande, CA 93420-5019 || Phone: (805) 489-5309 Email: bkandler@segmentedturning.com
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Who is this guy?

The Segmented Project Planner is a computer program created to assist you in the process of designing segmented projects for the wood lathe; making the task easier, faster, and more accurate. The program provides the most comprehensive support available for segmented vessel design and construction. It runs on the PC under all current Windows versions and, with the help of Virtual PC, the Mac as well. Registered users get free upgrades. The Segmented Project Planner supports the beginning of the design activity by providing the Sketch-A-Bowl™ mechanism for developing an initial shape for your object. Starting from a simple shape, you push/pull on the sidewalls of the object until it looks just right. Then save the shape as a project file with a specified height, diameter, and layer thickness. If you develop a particularly good looking object, a simple button push will transform it into a new starter shape for later use. The Segmented Project Planner further supports the design activity by giving you hands-on manipulation and refinement control over each project layer and showing you what it will look like. It then lets you paint individual segments with wood colors, complex segments/mosaics or graphic images. You can also establish open segments or vertical spacers. All this so you can get a very good idea of what the finished project will look like before going to the shop.

Throughout your project, the Segmented Project Planner performs all the computations needed to completely describe your project. Just print the report, you can take it straight to the shop and start cutting, to get all angles, dimensions, and wood types for each segment of every layer. The program also prints angle templates to make setting up your miter cuts easier as well as segment and ring templates.

I used the Segmented Project Planner to do all the planning and calculating needed to produce the segmented projects at the top of this page. Its ease of use and accuracy have helped me to produce professional looking items and spend most of my time where the real fun is; at the lathe.

You can download the program's installation package right now for a free, 30 day trial. It's the complete program with printing limited to the first 5 layers of your project. As soon as you purchase the program and register, the program will print your complete project. Just Click Here to start the download. You'll like what you see. Over 2023 people have purchased it. If you decide later to purchase the program, do not download and install again after the purchase. Just register using the information I'll send you.

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