Apple hollow form

[Travis Stinson]

Spalted Apple crotch hollow form with a couple voids. I managed to get the walls about 1/8" thick and smoothed the openings where I turned through the bark. 5 1/2" x 5 1/2", Ebony collar and buffed Watco finish. I loved turning this wood, was able to get a very smooth cut and finish on it.:)
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/tstin27/TS297-1.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/tstin27/TS297a-1.jpg

[Brian McInturff]

Travis,
That's very cool, looks like an apple itself. Put a stem in there and it would be, maybe a worm crawling out one of the through holes. Reall, I like the form especially for that size.
Brian

[Bernie Weishapl]

Travis that is beautiful. Love the apple. Was it green? How do you keep apple from cracking?

[Ernie Nyvall]

Beautiful Travis. Nice figure in that apple too.

Ernie

[George Conklin]

Nicely done, Travis. Love the form and the finish.

[Travis Stinson]

Bernie, it was still fairly green, Jim Ketron left it with me. I've had nothing but great success roughing thinner and using the DNA process, especially with fruit woods.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Very nice Travis! I like that wood!

[Corey Hallagan]

Very nice Travis! Even kind of looks like an apple with a couple bites out of it :)

Corey

[Barry Stratton]

STUNNING, Travis. Amazing what you can do to a piece of wood.

Did you smooth/sand those voids or are they naturally smooth?

[Horst Hohoff]

Beautiful piece of turning, Travis. But what is the "DNA process"?
Horst

[Tom Sherman]

Very nice Travis, gotta love that apple.

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

.......... :eek:


words fail me.....:D

[Travis Stinson]

Thanks guys.
Barry, the voids are where I cut through the outside bark of the blank. The inside edges were sharp and jagged, I just sanded them smooth.
Horst, the DNA method was pioneered by Dave Smith. You soak a roughed green turning in denatured alcohol and and can finish within just a few weeks, it works great.;)
http://alcoholsoaking.blogspot.com/2005/11/alcohol-soaking-method-for-drying.html

[Dick Parr]

Beautiful job Travis, that is a great looking job on some pretty wood.;)

[Keith Burns]

Another WINNER Trav !! Great form and finish ! :) :)

[Henry C. Gernhardt, III]

Lovely work, Travis!

[Jim Ketron]

Nice Job Travis!
Amazing what you did with that piece of wood, and the funny thing is, no one wanted that piece:p you just never know what you will find in a hunk of wood!

[Vaughn McMillan]

Another work of art, Travis. Great job!

- Vaughn