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Todd Tyler
03-23-2010, 3:06 PM
Hi All,
Here is another vase to display. It is about 7 1/2" tall by 5 1/2" o.d.. The wood is some firewood beech. Has some spalting and some curl to it. My high tech photo tent is a blueprint on my desk at work.
Thanks for looking.
TT
Steve Schlumpf
03-23-2010, 4:09 PM
Todd - looks pretty good! How thin did you turn the vase? What finish did you use?
John Keeton
03-23-2010, 4:46 PM
Nice work, Todd!! I love that wood - looks very much like maple. The finish looks excellent.
charlie knighton
03-23-2010, 4:49 PM
very nice, i completely understand your photo tent, i also started taking photos to upload using a napkin :D
John Tomasello jr
03-23-2010, 7:15 PM
You got to love pulling beautiful wood out of the fire pile, great job.
Frank Van Atta
03-23-2010, 7:28 PM
Nicely grained for firewood.
Roland Martin
03-23-2010, 7:58 PM
That's some nice looking firewood. Nice job on the vase & finish.
Rich Aldrich
03-23-2010, 8:07 PM
That is really nice. I heard that beech can really be a "beech" to work with, pardon the pun. How did you deal with warping and all the things you hear about beech?
Donny Lawson
03-23-2010, 8:08 PM
I think it has a vrey nice shape and a great finish. Keep up the good work.
Donny
Bernie Weishapl
03-23-2010, 8:57 PM
Good shape and good finish. What finish did you use?
David E Keller
03-23-2010, 8:58 PM
Nice job... It's a nice looking piece.
Baxter Smith
03-23-2010, 10:43 PM
Looks good. I seem to be examining every piece for possibilities before I toss them in the woodstove now.:)
Mark Hubl
03-23-2010, 11:00 PM
Nice vase Todd, the lightly spalted wood looks great. Good job.
Todd Tyler
03-24-2010, 5:37 AM
Thanks for the kind words. I sanded to 600 gr and between each grit I sanded with the grain. The finish is a two coat hand application of BriWax natural and hand buffed with a soft towel. The Beech isn't that bad to work with. This piece sat on the lathe for two weeks. I had the outside done and the inside mostly done when my wife took ill and spent a week in the ICU. When I got back to it, it had warped out of round nearly 1/4" and the tenon had warped so the piece ran out by nearly 1/2". I took it off the lathe, made a cone center to drive it with and trued it up between centers. It ended up with a wall thickness of around 1/4", give or take. I almost tossed it in the scrap pile, but I figured it's only time so I gave it a chance and it came out OK.
Thanks,
TT
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