Thread: Take 2-- Goblet with a full makeover

Beautiful roses Toni

Toni, always difficult to develop a new technic, asking a lot of patience.
Go for it, for what you did it looks very nice.
Take a look to the website of Pam Reilly, she developed her own mosaic technic on hollow forms. http://turnedoutfantastic.home.att.net
Maybe this gives you more inspiration?
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It looks like a completely different goblet now... very elegant!

thanks I am much happier with this one.
bye Toni

Looking really good Toni Let's hope parting it off the base goes well - would hate to see it bounce around the workshop!

Headed in the right direction Tony

Vern you hold your tounge. LOL I too have been thinking of that. I will be on my guard to try and protect it
bye Toni

A definite improvement IMHO. Congratulations. When I am too scared to part something like that completely on the lathe, I go down with the parting tool as far as I feel safe, then take the goblet off the lathe, complete the cut with the bandsaw then sandpaper off the stump in the centre of the foot. Maybe not ortodox and much slower, but that's the price I am prepared to pay while i learn...

Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs

Vern you hold your tounge. LOL I too have been thinking of that. I will be on my guard to try and protect it
bye Toni

Don't cup your fingers around the bowl to try to steady it! A slight grab and the next thing you know it's in two pieces... the bowl in your hand and the stem still in the chuck. DAMHIKT.

I use the parting tool to cut matbe 3/4 of the way through and then reach my left arm over the chuck with the forefinger & thumb gently cradling the top of the stem just below the bowl. The right hand finishes parting off. At worst you'll get almost all the way through & the goblet will "wobble" and break free as your LH tries to steady it. That simply means you'll need to do some clean up work with a sharp chisel & sandpaper under the foot, but you normally need to do that anyway.

Don't wear loose clothing while doing this though! We wouldn't want to hear about bits of you being wound up into the chuck...

she is off intact with no crashes or bang. Phew I am releived and very happy with the outcome. but now I got the outside looking really nice i need to practise at getting inside a nice finish. Well need to make more than won't i
bye Toni

110% improvement on the first 'funky' design
well done

Much nicer shape now Toni more like a Tulip, thinner stem the paint work is a big improvement

Now a decent timber and set of 6 or 8 exactly the same say's he who hasn't produced 2 of the same of anything yet .......................not for lack of trying

Hi Toni,
You should be happy!!
It is a fine looking goblet, and very nice flowers too.