thefixer
16th November 2009, 09:10 PM
G'day all
I never thought something so small could cause so much grief. This little hollow vessel ( all of 73 mm high an 73 mm wide) was made from block of wood I salvaged from a pallet at work. Pic3 shows the other one which is almost the same. My original plan was to make it from one piece but as I was trying to hollow it out I broke the neck off :(( No worries I'll turn up a plug of contrasting wood and glue it in and re turn the neck:2tsup: Then as I was hollowing even more (before I glued the plug in of course) the whole thing split apart and around two thirds of it landed on the floor and the rest was still sitting in the chuck:(( OK glue it back together with epoxy and go at it again. Anyway as I was turning the base I had obviously hollowed more than I thought and the base broke off:(( Well I've gone this far I can't quit now. So I mounted it the other way cleaned up the bottom with a forstener bit, turned another plug and glued it in, also with epoxy and then re turned the base:2tsup: In all I reckon I also turned about five or six scrap pieces to hold it in as sort of jam chucks during it various stages of creation.The reason tor persisting with the hollowing was because of a void near the base and the nail holes which I didn't fill. I wanted to be able to see light through them. I also had to make up a small hollowing tool using a piece of steel bar and ground allen key.
I never thought something so small could cause so much grief. This little hollow vessel ( all of 73 mm high an 73 mm wide) was made from block of wood I salvaged from a pallet at work. Pic3 shows the other one which is almost the same. My original plan was to make it from one piece but as I was trying to hollow it out I broke the neck off :(( No worries I'll turn up a plug of contrasting wood and glue it in and re turn the neck:2tsup: Then as I was hollowing even more (before I glued the plug in of course) the whole thing split apart and around two thirds of it landed on the floor and the rest was still sitting in the chuck:(( OK glue it back together with epoxy and go at it again. Anyway as I was turning the base I had obviously hollowed more than I thought and the base broke off:(( Well I've gone this far I can't quit now. So I mounted it the other way cleaned up the bottom with a forstener bit, turned another plug and glued it in, also with epoxy and then re turned the base:2tsup: In all I reckon I also turned about five or six scrap pieces to hold it in as sort of jam chucks during it various stages of creation.The reason tor persisting with the hollowing was because of a void near the base and the nail holes which I didn't fill. I wanted to be able to see light through them. I also had to make up a small hollowing tool using a piece of steel bar and ground allen key.