Black Walnut & White Oak Coffee Tumbler

Nice work

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Beautiful wood and excellent work.
If I may ask, what is your method of hollowing these?
Large spur bit first or is the hollowing all done with turning tools?

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No idea how this was done, but if I were doing one, I’d do it as a coopering project, like building a barrel or bucket. Cut the staves, glue them up, mount anf turn on the lathe. This way you have no more than about 1/4 inch to remove in any part of the piece.

Paul

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There are 2 ways i found through trial and error.
I take a true 2×2 of soft wood like pine or cedar and glue a 4 pieces ( 2-2” and 2 4”) all together.
I usually just take a 2×2 1/2 and glue 2 pieceseto it and then plan it down, then glue the 4” of same or diffrent wood to it.
I use a series of auger bits and then turnign tools to lathe out the center. Very time consuming