A Hollow Form Bowl and a Vase in Walnut

[Peter Fabricius]

Hi All;
Here are a couple of projects that I have been working on and with the help of my Monster Hollowing Rig I have finally finished them. Both are Walnut, the HF is 7 x 2inch and the vase is 7" tall X 5" diameter.
Both are finished with 3 coats of Tung Oil rubbed with steel wool between coats. The bottom of the Vase was turned off/remodelled using the Cole Jaws on the Stronghold Chuck and the tailstock holding till the nub was about 1/16 inch. Then the nub broke and the Cole Jaws held the vase OK.
The bottom of the Hollow Form was remodelled using the Vacuum Chuck at about 13" of Hg. It so slick, especially with the Live Centre adaptor allowing the attachment of the chuck to the tailstock for centering on the vacuum chuck. The HF has a wall thickness between 1/8 and 3/16" and is very light weight.
enjoy, comments and critiques are welcomed.



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[Roger Chandler]

Beautiful HF, Peter.............pardon my English, but ain't that monster rig the trick?!!! I think you have a beautiful finish on both pieces.........thanks for showing these to us!

[John Keeton]

Nice work on both - but, the HF takes the prize for me. Although, the wood in that vase is sweeeet!

[Peter Fabricius]

Thank you Roger and John;
The Monster is incredible....
The HF is flatgrain, all done with the Monster on the inside. Bowl gouge on the outside.
The Vase is endgrain hollowing, initially done with a bowl gouge and the Termite before I had the Monster, finished with the Monster.
Thanks again
Peter F.

[Mark Hubl]

Both are nice, but as per usual I am partial to the Walnut HF. Nice form and wood. Good work.