Thread: Hollow form project

That burl looks rock hard, finished up great
Was it hard to turn?

Originally Posted by brainstrust

That burl looks rock hard, finished up great
Was it hard to turn?

It wasn't too bad but it was also my first time working with a burl ( and I have more of this apple wood with burls and from the same tree) there was a bit of punky wood that caused a few headaches I just made damned sure my gouges (woodcut brand) were freshly sharpened for roughing out and shaping the outside for the hollowing I used the Munro Minimum6 owen bend hollowing tool (shown in photo) absolutely magic to use most of my finish came from using a negative rake scraper to get rid of the torn grain and chisel marks but I also used some tripoli buffing compund with a sisal buffing wheel attached to my cordless drill after doing a final sand with my random orbital sander which I use with the lathe going