Thread: Opinion on method?

Originally Posted by TTIT

You haven't mentioned what timber you're using Skew!? Might be able to help out with something special

In all honesty, I haven't thought that far ahead!

I've a sneaking feeling that it's not going to make it into the local show... maybe I'll turn just another goblet for that. I've spent so long actually designing the thing and trying to work out the best turning methods (which will mean some major retooling) that it's taken on a life of it's own and looks like becoming my next big project.

If it turns out it can always be my entry in next year's Aus Woodturning Exhibition instead. Although that might cause problems with my trying to drop back into "novice" class... if I manage to pull it off.

Originally Posted by hughie

down to 4mm...likes living dangerously... or challenge addicted..

Both of the above, plus a healthy dose of insanity, methinks. This is really going to tax both the supply of duct-tape and the meagre skills I have at my disposal.

I'll be very pleased if mine turns out anything like yours, Jim. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure 'twas one of your pieces that started this whole mass of ideas congealing in my head - so it's all your fault!

Originally Posted by ubeaut

I don't think I can ever recalling reading in the rules of an exhibition or competition that a hollow form must not have been turned through a secret opening.

I'd be cutting the bottom off and doing it that way to get the thinnest most even wall thickness possible, without exploding the thing.

A hollow vessel is a hollow vessel whether it's been turned from one piece of wood through one opening 1 piece of wood with a secret opening or from 100 pieces of wood with half a dozen openings. If it's hollow it's hollow no matter how it got that way.

Thanks Neil. That's greatly eased my mind.

So, as things currently stand, it looks like I'll be making two of them! The first hollowed from the bottom for the local show, and the second from the top. It'll also give me a chance to use the first one as a prototype to iron out any problems with the handles and overall shape.

I need to at least have a try at the second one, even if only to stop the ideas from running around in my head... the tools I'll need to add to my rack along the way will be a nice bonus, of course.

Skew I can't access your pics, keep getting reqest to log in again, is this how it should be or is there a problem

You too?

I think it may be something to do with the forum updates. I can see all thumbnails fine, but can't see any embedded links unless I log in (again) first.

As it's not just me, I'll post a note in the "forum update thread..."

Thanks Skew I never know if it's just me not being a comuptor wizz

G`day Ubeaut is right there is no rule against hollowing from the bottom the rule relates to the size of the opening.So you can hollow from top and bottom but if you can hide the bottom entry even better but they are very picky when checking that the piece fits the criteria.Just the slightest hint of glue will give you away.Goodluck Mick

It just occurred to me that I can post Word files here, so here goes a try.
No pics, but the data may be helpful.

I'm lookin' forward to see'n the finished product, Skew.
The form is beautiful.