Taxus Baccata

[francè]

three coats of polyurethane finish, this piece has made me a lot of fun to save the radicature that were filled with stones and earthcomments and suggestions greatly appreciated http://www.woodworkersinstitute.com/forum/smileys/smiley1.gif


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[dr4g0nfly]

Francè,

A stunningly attractive vase of European Yew, and I'd hazard a guess that if most of us tried to turn this piece of timber with inclusions as big as these, we'd have a pile of firewood.

You don't give any dimensions or finish details though.

[francè]

Francè,

A stunningly attractive vase of European Yew, and I'd hazard a guess that if most of us tried to turn this piece of timber with inclusions as big as these, we'd have a pile of firewood.

You don't give any dimensions or finish details though.

Hi dr4g0nfly .. you're right, I need to apologize .. I always forget .. the approximate measurements are 18 cm. (7,08 inch) Mouth width 11.5 (4,52 inch) width lower (belly) 15 cm. (5,90 inch) excavation depth 16,5 cm. (6,49 inch) the finish is "polyurethane nitro" (diluted 50%) is three coats and 0000 steel wool
many thanks for comment , you are too kind :)

[dai sensei]

Stunning piece, love it :cool::2tsup:

It always amazes me how these type of pieces hold together, I assume a heap of tape whilst hollowing was applied. Even with tape it would take just one catch and ping, firewood :doh:, more than likely if I was turning it :rolleyes:

[francè]

Stunning piece, love it :cool::2tsup:

It always amazes me how these type of pieces hold together, I assume a heap of tape whilst hollowing was applied. Even with tape it would take just one catch and ping, firewood :doh:, more than likely if I was turning it :rolleyes:


Hi dai sensei .. to these pieces use usually DOMOPACK, transparent film for food ; light hand and finish 3-4 cm at a time ... although here we are now in winter .. sweat does not fail .. :U
many thanks for your comments .. :)

[hughie]

I dont see much Yew European or otherwise. :C Love the colour,shape and finish, the voids really add to it immensely. All in all a fine piece, well done:2tsup:

[francè]

I dont see much Yew European or otherwise. :C Love the colour,shape and finish, the voids really add to it immensely. All in all a fine piece, well done:2tsup:

thanks a lot Hughie .. :) .. too kind

[Christos]

Wow. Now that is stunning.

[dr4g0nfly]

Hughie,

You probably know this, but just in case (and for everybody else).

Yew is a (cell structure) softwood, and one I often compare to your Dead Finish on colour and grain.

[francè]

here are some notice of this tree, unfortunately I used the translate .. :-

Google Traduttore (http://translate.google.it/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=it&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTaxus_baccata)