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This is my latested woodturning project. It started with a log that was 18" by 14" and I was curious if I could mount it between centers on my lathe.

Once that was done, I then asked - now what?

I had a new hollowing tool (munro 2) and decided to give it a try…

This ended up being about 17" tall and 12" in diameter.

It is made from one piece of Magnolia locally cut here in Florida.

The finish is simply water-based poly with a laquer spray top-coat polished to 12000 grit.

This was a lot of fun to make!

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looks great, an interesting grain and a pretty large vase to boot. The color looks good too. I can imagine you got quite a few ribbons of shavings to clean up afterward.
 

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Very nice vase. The grain is quite neat!
 

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What did you do with the bottom to keep the pithe from cracking? Love to be able to do something that large. Love the color.
 

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That is a large turning! The Magnolia is beautiful, good choice.
 

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Thanks for sharing. That is just WOW. I have been wanting to get back into wood turning and it is nice to see what others are doing.
 

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Hi Well done. I have a question why the two rings and a comment sand of the laquer and remove the marks left by the steady and you will have a beautifull vase. Sorry if I am offending as and you did not ask for c $ c but please see it as constructive crit Regards Roger
 

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Regarding the bottom/cracking - the vessel was turned keeping the relative humidity constant during the time it was on the lathe - this helped to reduce splitting - also the inside is "partially" unfinished to slow but allow the material to dry - we will see how it goes but several weeks later it is still solid.

Regarding the design - the steady rest made marks much lower on the object - these were removed by refinishing. The 2 lines were burned-in using a stainless steel wire and then i took a small piece of mahagony to rub/burn the wood between the lines to burnish a slightly different color - when the wood was unfinished i did not see the grain and thought it needed some embelishment.
 
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