An experiment and a question

[Lee DeRaud]

Sort of a pseudo-segmented pseudo-hollowform...think of it as a prototype/proof-of-concept thingie:
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About 5" diameter, 3-1.5" tall, California Powderwood.

Question for the open-segmented experts: what's the preferred method for finishing the "holes"?

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Air brush them?:D

[Lee DeRaud]

Air brush them?:DOh great, yet another tool I don't own...yet.:eek:

[Jim Becker]

If color is going on the edges of the openings, I'd almost consider finishing them prior to the final shear cuts (and/or sanding) on the outside to get a very keen deliniation between that color and the contrasting surface of the vessel. In that manner, you're turning away anything that ended up on the outside of the piece.

[Corey Hallagan]

Dang Lee, you are just exploring all the edges of the Vortex! Nice work!

Corey

[Keith Burns]

Lee, I use spray deft on the inside while on the lathe while it is running. Then if needed I use a q-tip to coat the spaces. Interesting concept thingie by the way.

[Christopher K. Hartley]

You da Man! very interesting. I'll bet you were the kid in school who was the idea guy. Nice work.

[Henry C. Gernhardt, III]

Cool concept! How long did it take you to set this up?

[Vaughn McMillan]

Wow Lee, it didn't take you very long after getting started in this lathe stuff before you started pushing the envelope. Cool concept, and it looks good to me.

- Vaughn

[John Hart]

If it were me, I'd do what Keith says. He's the SegMaster.:) What about Black Lacquer for the holes?
Nice looking piece Lee!!:)

[Lee DeRaud]

If it were me, I'd do what Keith says. He's the SegMaster.:) What about Black Lacquer for the holes?
Nice looking piece Lee!!:)Thanks for the kind comments, guys.

I'm starting to lean that way: rough the outside, finish-turn the inside, mask the outside and spray from the inside with black lacquer before the top gets glued on. Finish-turning the outside will take care of any overspray.

But I did discover that buffing something with holes in it gets exciting, plus you have to clean a bunch of stuff out of the holes afterward.

(Heh...nobody wants to ask what "California Powderwood" is.)

[Ernie Nyvall]

That certainly looks different. Nice work Lee.

Ernie

[Vaughn McMillan]

...(Heh...nobody wants to ask what "California Powderwood" is.)
I was gonna ask if you got any good curlies off that powderwood. ;) Looks like you got a piece with a nice neutral grain pattern and no knots. :p

- Vaughn

[Lee DeRaud]

I was gonna ask if you got any good curlies off that powderwood. ;) Looks like you got a piece with a nice neutral grain pattern and no knots. :pActually, the curlies I got when I was hogging out the inside were truly amazing: basically one long strand for each pass from rim to center. Slightly different story when using the scraper, though.:eek:

Buffed up a lot nicer than I expected...and dirt cheap, eh.:cool:

[Barry Stratton]

Okay, I'll bite.....Whats California Powderwood??????

Cool looking "concept" BTW..........

[Lee DeRaud]

Okay, I'll bite.....Whats California Powderwood??????MDF :D :cool: :p :eek:

[Lee DeRaud]

"Sometimes the magic works and sometimes it doesn't." - Chief Dan George, "Little Big Man"

Similar glue-up, this one using poplar, walnut, and cherry. Bottom half blew up big-time while hollowing the inside: long on holes, short on structure.:eek: So I just went ahead and glued on the top, which was now way too big...hence the odd places where the slots wrap onto the sides. Sort of a laminated wood hockey puck.:p
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Live and learn.

[Don Baer]

Geez, Lee looks like someone slammed the oven door you soufle fell..:D

You are pushing the envelope.good work.

[Henry C. Gernhardt, III]

No, not a souffle... It's an overproofed yeast roll. :)

That is truly an interesting form. I like it.