Birdseye Maple Vase

The turquoise is a nicw touch. I appreciate you sharing with us.

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Very nice, I realy like the turqoise added to the imperfection in the wood.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

Gorgeous.

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Way to go with this piece of teasure wood…exceptional work…thanks for posting Blkcherry

This is a stunning vase. What tool did you use to hollow it out with? I love the turquoise inlace. Thank you ffor sharing.

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Very Nice Work Trey…. Were do you get the Turquoise? And, how do you apply it?

-- Chris

Trey, it turned out great. That turquoise really makes it pop.
The finish is great also.
Keep on turning.

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Thanks for the great comments. I first bored a 1 1/4” hole down the center then used my Sorby Hollowing Tool as far as it would go. I finished the rest with a 3’ long home made hollowing bar that will accept the Sorby cutters. I got the turquoise from a LJ member, through EBay. I crushed it with a hammer, then put it in the crack and covered it with CA glue. Put in some more turquoise and covered it with CA. I repeated that until the crack was full, and then sanded it down.

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Very nice turning, I use a reticulated cutter by Sorby when I have to go real deep or if its end grain I use a termite. Like that turquoise. Do you use inlace much?

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

I have been looking at the termite. How well does it work? This is my first time trying to fill a crack and turning a vase….I was pleased with both.

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The termite works great for end grain, but you have to watch out for hangups, they’ll kill you. I’ve busted a lot of them and the tips are not cheap. Lucky for me I have a cousin with a mig welder who fixes a lot of them for me. But they work really good and you can go through a lot of work fast with them. They are fun on green wood, its like peeling an apple. Big ribbons of wood flying everywhere.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Also if you buy the Termite buy the kind that you can replace the head on. There is one brand that is all part of the tool and if you break the end the whole thing is useless, unless you do like I did and drill a hole in the end and drill and tapped a hole on the side for a little hex screw to hold a new head in.

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Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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