1st Hollow Form Complete

Absolutely Gorgeous!

What finish did you use?

Very nice form and an outstanding choice for your blank. That turned out to be a stunning piece of spalted Maple.

BTW…. What hollowing tools are you using?

-- Chris

Very nice, I love your choice of wood

-- Glenn, New Mexico

Great job on your hollow form Kerux. It has a nice proportion to it and the wood is spectacular. Thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

how do you get that shine—-especially without it breaking…I would think that it would be fragile??? either way its amazing…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Very beautiful, I can’t believe this is your first attempt at HF. With all the different grain directions especially around that knot it’s a wonder it didnt’ split. what hollowing tool / method did you use? And what kind of chuck?

-- DocK, WV

Thanks everyone… I am excited about this piece.

Tools: Rikon Mini Lathe, Nova Chuck, Monster Straight Tool, Sorby Master Hollow Tool, Harbor Freight 1inch skew that I put on a Lancer grind. And because this is “Spalted” wood I used a 2” sanding pad with my Drill. 60, 80, 120, 180, 220 & 320 grits.

Finish: 2 coates of Shellac. Two coats of Wipe on Poly (glossy) and then buffed and waxed.

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Great job on a nice piece of wood Kerux.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Well done piece Kerux. Beautiful wood choice.
I believe you`ve got the hang of it.
Thanks for sharing with us.

-- ''Carry on my wayward son''

WOW!
that’s a beautiful piece!

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Beautiful!

-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com

You picked a hard shape for the first one! :-)

It looks like you’ve done a great job with the form- one continuous curve from top to bottom and very nicely finished (Hard to get spalted maple sanded sometimes). You’ll want to be careful about leaving the pith in the form if the wood is wet, since it will tend to cause the wood to distort a lot more and split unless you turn it down to 1/8” thick or less. (The most important thing is that the walls are all the same thickness)

Good job!

-- Steven

Wow. Glad it held fast! Wow.

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That hunk of spalted maple continues to turn out amazing pieces! Very nicely done and the finish is beautiful.

-- Nils Davis, Menlo Park, CA

I am glad it didn’t blow. That looks really refined for your first HF. Very nice work!

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

That is just beautiful. Looks like it could have been pretty scary…

-- Thank God for sawdust... Ron. Gilroy, CA

Now that is just freaky. Nice turning.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

looks great

-- making sawdust....

Great Turning!!!

-- Dennis Zongker

Thats gorgeous, wish I had a lathe and could try this, beautiful wood and outstanding turning and finish.

-- Dan Wiggins

Another great piece. Wonderful form.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Your sense of shape is extraordinary. I love the business of the spalted maple in such a simple, elegant shape.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe