Nate Davey
04-30-2011, 3:53 PM
I wanted to try my new hollowing bars, so pulled on old piece of walnut out from under my lathe. Turned out to be a beautiful piece and I'm very happy with my hollowing tools. Dr. Keller, you were right about the circular cutter not being very aggressive, but it works well, for me, and it's easy to get the nub off the bottom. The 45 degree cutter works great as well. I also used my EWT Ci0 Finisher on the upper part for smoothing.
I was completely done hollowing and thought I would make one pass to clean it up. Found a bump and was smoothing it out when I thought "Man, that sounds thin". And sure enough, it's side lighted now. I'm a little disappointed, but learned a great deal that will help on the next. I also, really like my lathes remote for power and speed. Very handy.
Anyways, Walnut, 7" tall and about 3" wide inside and out.
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I was completely done hollowing and thought I would make one pass to clean it up. Found a bump and was smoothing it out when I thought "Man, that sounds thin". And sure enough, it's side lighted now. I'm a little disappointed, but learned a great deal that will help on the next. I also, really like my lathes remote for power and speed. Very handy.
Anyways, Walnut, 7" tall and about 3" wide inside and out.
193250193249