Acacia Hollow Form

[George Guadiane]

Chris Stolicky and his FIL Michael came over the other day so that Chris could work on hollowing with the Monster articulated arm I have (I should get a commission for the next couple that get sold :p)... Of course, he really liked it and worked it REALLY WELL.
Michael (sorry, I forgot his last name) brought me a very nice piece of Acacia from out West - forgot where exactly. MAN was the wood dry. I think the trees out there die of thirst.
Anyway, the wood turned like a dream on the outside and fought me a bit on the inside, but I went all 12 rounds and won the decision!
Sanded to 600 and buffed a bit.
The piece is 8 1/2 inches high by 7 1/2 inches in diameter.

As Always, All Comments, Critiques and/or Questions Welcome.

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is a beauty George. Really pretty wood. Great form.

[John Keeton]

Well done, George! The contrast with the heart and sap is striking on this piece.

[Mike Minto]

fantastic! really nice form, and looks like a piece of pottery with the swirling colors.

[charlie knighton]

very nice....

[Baxter Smith]

Neat looking wood and nice HF. I enjoy seeing turnings of wood I have only heard the names of.:)

[Roland Martin]

Very interesting wood with nice variations. The form is nicely done.

[Frank Van Atta]

Very beautiful piece.

[David E Keller]

Beautiful wood and form. They've got some great looking acacia trees out west, huh?

One question: Any reason you didn't sand the inner aspect of the opening at the top?

[alex carey]

very pretty, love it.

[Steve Schlumpf]

George - great form! Very pretty wood - love the variety of color!

Also have to say that I really like the photos! Very clean!

[Doug W Swanson]

Very nice piece. The color is amazing....

Doug

[George Guadiane]

Thank you to everyone for your kind comments.


Beautiful wood and form. They've got some great looking acacia trees out west, huh?

One question: Any reason you didn't sand the inner aspect of the opening at the top?

David,
I'm going to have to go back and do that... As I said, the insides fought me a bit and I just didn't do as nice of a job as I should have at the opening.

[Thom Sturgill]

Very nice form and the wood is stunning.

[Jon Finch]

Very nice looking piece!

Quick question. I've only turned a single endgrain piece and it didn't contain the pith. Is it common to leave the pith in the base or do people drill it out and replace it with a plug? Or does it even matter?

[George Guadiane]

Very nice looking piece!

Quick question. I've only turned a single endgrain piece and it didn't contain the pith. Is it common to leave the pith in the base or do people drill it out and replace it with a plug? Or does it even matter?

I don't know what anyone else does, but for me,

it depends.

This piece of wood didn't have any appreciable splitting at the pith, so I decided to leave it... Now I did use CA glue to seal it in the final stages of turning, just in case. Other, larger pieces or pieces where I had seen cracking, I drilled out the pith.

[Jon Finch]

Thanks George!

[Brian Effinger]

Pleasing form and beautiful wood. Great job George. :)

[Chris Stolicky]

Can you tell I have been away from SMC for a bit?

You're welcome, George. And, thank you, for pushing me towards the hollowing world!! :rolleyes: Not only is it a vortex, but its also a black hole....

I need to try to take some pics of the form we made. My light tent is a little small though.

I am glad the wood came out so nice. The tree came down in a wind storm back in January in the greater Queen Creek, AZ area. It sat, ends sealed, in the AZ desert until it recently made the trek up here. It is a kind of Acacia.

I have a couple of smaller bowl blanks of that wood I still need to rough out.