Curtis O. Seebeck
02-15-2006, 1:47 AM
I made this vase for my wife for V-day. It is mesquite and measures 7" tall and is 3 1/2" in diameter. It is hollowed all the way to a wall thickness of 1/4" more or less. It is finished with Watco and buffed on the lathe with some wax for final polish. It was sanded to 12,000 mm.
In the first picture you can see the large crack that was present in the blank. Well, naturally, I had the vase most of the way hollowed and I got a catch with the Hollowmaster and it blew apart, completely in half! I thought about it for a minute and decided to glue it back together with Titebond. After waiting a day for the glue to dry, I re-mounted it, finished the inside and did the final shaping on the outside. You can not see where I glued it back together! Talk about a save!
My wife loved it and said it was my best work so far. Please give me some honest critique on the form and flow. I think it turned out good but would like another point of view. Thanks!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/MesquiteMan/Mesq2-1.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/MesquiteMan/Mesq2-2.jpg
In the first picture you can see the large crack that was present in the blank. Well, naturally, I had the vase most of the way hollowed and I got a catch with the Hollowmaster and it blew apart, completely in half! I thought about it for a minute and decided to glue it back together with Titebond. After waiting a day for the glue to dry, I re-mounted it, finished the inside and did the final shaping on the outside. You can not see where I glued it back together! Talk about a save!
My wife loved it and said it was my best work so far. Please give me some honest critique on the form and flow. I think it turned out good but would like another point of view. Thanks!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/MesquiteMan/Mesq2-1.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/MesquiteMan/Mesq2-2.jpg