Tim Rinehart
04-26-2010, 9:59 AM
I picked up a nice piece of buckeye burl during one of our local swap meets, and got around to modifying my hollowing rig since upgrading from a 1642 to 3520 recently. So this is officially my first hollowed piece on my 3520.
This piece was a real leap of faith, because the color really doesn't pop until it was finished, and it was very dry and cracked, lots of voids. I had to do quite a bit of stabilizing of cracks in the blank with CA before I ever started turning it...fearing it would blow apart on me if I didn't.
The wood was very dry, and really dulled my HSS tips on my hollower quickly, so I dug deep and picked up a Hunter swan neck at the local WC (gloat ... 15 minutes away from me) to finish out some areas under the shoulder. I love carbide, and my head is spinning on fashioning my own tools.
The foot is blackwood, and the finish is wipe-on satin poly...two coats, finished with grey scotch-brite (what else is it called??) and then given a coat of wax. Piece is about 5" in diameter.
Finishing is my current challenge...so many variables. Once I get that covered...perhaps I'll work on my photography!
Thanks for any comments/critiques.
Tim
This piece was a real leap of faith, because the color really doesn't pop until it was finished, and it was very dry and cracked, lots of voids. I had to do quite a bit of stabilizing of cracks in the blank with CA before I ever started turning it...fearing it would blow apart on me if I didn't.
The wood was very dry, and really dulled my HSS tips on my hollower quickly, so I dug deep and picked up a Hunter swan neck at the local WC (gloat ... 15 minutes away from me) to finish out some areas under the shoulder. I love carbide, and my head is spinning on fashioning my own tools.
The foot is blackwood, and the finish is wipe-on satin poly...two coats, finished with grey scotch-brite (what else is it called??) and then given a coat of wax. Piece is about 5" in diameter.
Finishing is my current challenge...so many variables. Once I get that covered...perhaps I'll work on my photography!
Thanks for any comments/critiques.
Tim