holey egg

[turnerted]

G'day
Here's a pierced egg in camphor laurel. Overall height is 130mm , about 2mm thick at the join. Most of it's about 1-1.5 mm but a bit thicker at the ends .Finish is DO with wipe on poly on the inside.
Hope you like it
Ted

[wheelinround]

Ted thats some achievement well done. Is the join of the egg glued ?

[Skewturn]

The egg looks awesome How many hours did it take?

[bench1holio]

your "eggspertise" is astounding ted nice work

[powderpost]

Looks good Ted. A challenging exercise well done...
Jim

[dr4g0nfly]

Ted,

Very nice work.

What method/system did you use for the pierced work please.

[turnerted]

Thanks for the comments
Ray It was glued together.

skewturn It took me the best part of a day and then about 5 coats of DO a day apart.

dr4gonfly I drilled a 2mm pilot hole for each piercing then enlarged it with a Dremal look alike, an Ozito ,using a small cone shaped carbide burr .I then spent ages with a tiny file cleaning up the furry edges .It was not untill I looked at the fullscreen blowup of the photo that I could see how much I had missed . Maybe I had better use a magnifying glass next time .
Ted

[cava]

Very nice.

[Ad de Crom]

A fun project with a surprising outcome.
Very well done.
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