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[Dick Wilson]

This is what I see when I sit down to the computer every morning. I gets my mind working. Walnut. 7" by 11" Four recessed ovals with piercings. My photography skills need a lot of work. Comments and critique welcome.181937

[Michael James]

Very unique and beautiful piece. The recess/piercings add to an already well formed vase, and I like the soft finish too! Keep em coming, and welcome..or welcome again!
mj

[Bill Hensley]

I like it very much! Great piece.

Curious on how you do the recess.

[John Keeton]

Dick, that took a lot of patience!! Very nice piece, and very well done!

[Dennis Ford]

That is a beautiful piece.

[bob svoboda]

Very nice. I'm also interested in how you accomplished the recesses.

[Peter Fabricius]

Hi Dick;
Is it possible that a little turorial might be posted on how you did the ovals and the piercing?
thanks, beautiful piece.
Peter F.

[Dick Wilson]

181978Bob and Peter,

I have been greatly inspired by turners like J. Paul Fennel and Richard Kennedy. Unfortunately, I do not have the tools they use for their marvelous work. My method is down and dirty. I used a Whe-Cheer and a Dremel.

1. Quadrant lines to establish position of ovals.
2. Make an oval out of poster board the size that fits the turning.
3. Pencil the ovals.
4. Use my Whe-cheer with flex- cable reciprocating carver to register oval edge.
5. Drill holes inside oval so I can keep an eye on wall thickness.
6. Use Whe-Cheer rotorary with a 1" 80 grit lock disk to hog out wood to a little thicker than final wall thickness.
7. Use Dremel and a roto-zip tile cutting bit to pierce.
8. Use Dremel at slow speed with small sanding disc and 220 grit to finalize wall thickness.
9. Used power carving chisel to finalize the outside of ovals.
10. I was carving 1/8" beads around ovals. I was on the last oval. A chuck of the bead broke off @#$(&*&&^*%$. So I
sanded beads off and contoured around the ovals.

Like I said, down and dirty. Using the tools I have it is a slow process.

[Peter Fabricius]

Thanks Dick;
You are right, that sounds like a down and dirty process. But, you sure made it look nice.
Thanks for the process.
Peter F.

[David E Keller]

You do nice looking stuff! Crisp details on both pieces... What's not to like?

[Bill Bolen]

Beautiful pieces both. Must say I admire your determination!...Bill...