Natural Edge Football? Tee

[Thomas Canfield]

This was a fun piece after joking with a friend. I told him he could do it on his mini, but he declined. I did use my Powermatic, but it balanced well enough that I could have used my mini. It is 8" D swing x 4 1/2H and 3/16" T wings. The Water Oak piece was limb section with 3 forks cut by tree trimmers and base was 1/4" longer at start. I would have liked to have about 2 or so more inches to do some more hollowing and shape the top more in flower style, but it was not there. Tripoli buff, oil/poly finish and then Renaissance wax.

[David E Keller]

That's pretty cool. Now I'm gonna have to go look at the wood stash and see if I have any small, multiple crotches.

[John Keeton]

That's kind neat!! Given the right piece of wood, I bet there are a lot of derivations possible. Seems like a few months ago, someone posted a very large version of this type of turning - can't recall.