Finished Staved vessel

[Thom Sturgill]

Here is a picture of the finished vessel or urn that I posted a tutorial on. I added a few more pictures showing turning the base off. The vessel is curly maple and black walnut with a 6" diameter and 12 1/2" tall, 56 pieces. Due to the height/width and the thicknes of the stave blank (3/4") the sides are a little straighter than I would have liked, but there are limitations to how thin you should turn when glue joints are involved. I added a picture here not on the tutorial - a close-up of the top showing a very small embellishment on the very top.


The tutorial is on my club's site at http://tcwoodturners.org/howto/staved. Comments and cirtique welcome as always.

[Paul Douglass]

Thom. you need to add a "s" to "tcwoodturner" to get your link to work"
http://tcwoodturners.org/howto/staved/

Nice tutorial, thanks.

[David E Keller]

That's a pretty urn, Thom. I agree with you about the shape, but it's really nice as it is.

[Roger Chandler]

Really pretty stuff there, Tom. I like staved vessels, because they show off the contrasting woods, and this one has a "classic" form.

You do nice work...........I need to work on segmenting, and give one a try. Yours gives me inspiration. :)

[Michelle Rich]

I think it's just fine as it is..I esp. like the knob. Nice piece

[Mark Hubl]

Very nice. I like maple and walnut together. Looks good and thanks again for the tutorial.