Huge Vase Turning

[Jon Lanier]

Okay, the following video will amaze and frighten you with the same degree. I'm not sure if the end justifies the means, but it is a nice final product.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydDQQQww1AA

[alex carey]

very cool and very innovative. Really makes we want to try some segmenting so I can do stuff like that. I really like how he used the chainsaw also.

[Burt Alcantara]

That's the kind of turning tool I need to use.

[Gary Herrmann]

He seems to have that process down to a science. Very cool.

[Dave Bureau]

darn, I wanted to see him use the chainsaw on the inside.

[Scott Lux]

Fascinating. Interesting process with a great outcome.

[Kirk Miller]

I am not sure how much I would like using a chainsaw like that. Beutiful work and very innovative.

[Richard Madison]

As written elsewhere, don't need no stinkin' carbide roughing tool. Just fire up the Stihl (or whatever).

[Christopher Fletcher]

What good is that face shield going to do when he cuts his hand off with the chainsaw?

[Mark Norman]

Thats some creative work there!

Hmmm got me thinking...The chain saw makes quick work on the roughing out on the piece.

[alex carey]

it may work awfully quick but it seems quite dangerous, not that I wouldn't do that one day if I ever did turning like that. definitely should be done with the utmost care.

[David Epperson]

I used to work at a place that used large rubber coated rollers. These had to be resmoothed on occaision. For those jobs we had a large South Bend metal lathe with a 7-1/2" circular saw set up as an OD grinder. I guess you could do something similar with wood projects like that - with one of the "chainsaw" side grinder wood carving blades. But I wouldn't try it "freehand" like he does.