Bacote hollow form

[Travis Stinson]

Bacote hollow form, 6" diameter by 3 1/4" tall. I took a tip from Neal Addy's Cocobola from last week and used no finish, only buffed it with the Beall.

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[Ken Fitzgerald]

Gorgeous HF Travis!

[Dario Octaviano]

Another stunner. Inspiring as usual.

I think I need to find thick stock of bocote and cocobolo :D

[Jerry Strojny]

All I can say is wow!!

It's looks great.

[Jim Becker]

Nice! Bacote is one of my favorite turning woods relative to exotics. There is such nice contrast in the figure and it looks very rich. (For folks who do pens, it's really one of my favorites there, too)

[Neal Addy]

That is one beautiful piece, Travis. Great form and looks like it buffs out real good. I've got one piece waiting in the wings. Might have to pull it out.

[Brett Baldwin]

That's giving "au natural" its highest form. Great looking piece and amazing shine from the raw wood. Is the depth as good as it looks in the pictures?

[Mark Singer]

Travis....pretty hard stuff? Lovely form!!!!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Travis what can I say. I hope when I get my system I can do something half as good as that. I love the form and finish. Nice.

[Keith Burns]

Another winner for sure !! Great piece.:)

[Pete Jordan]

You sure make the grain dance!
Awesome!

[Jonathon Spafford]

Beautiful form as always, Travis. Your hollow forms are among the coolest! Beautifully grained wood there!

[Tom Sherman]

I like it lots Travis.

[Curt Fuller]

I'm thinking of programming a key on my computer that will just automatically add "That's a beauty Travis" for whenever you post something. You have a way of nailing those hollow forms.

[Christopher Hunter]

Simply beautiful@@@@
--Chris

[John Chandler]

That's a beauty Travis (thank you, Curt, for the copy & paste opportunity.)

[Mark Pruitt]

Another outstanding piece Travis! You really brought out the best in a beautiful piece of bacote.

[Ron Erickson]

Travis that is beautiful, thanks for all your inspirational pieces. Ron

[Terry Quiram]

SUPERB!!!!!!! It is wonderful.

[Tony Kent]

Dear Travis,
I really don't like you anymore and I am selling all my tools.
ps
for sale asst. woodturning chisels, Delta 16" steel bed 1.5 horsey motor etc etc.

Just kidding...another great work Travis and the beal buff is impressive, I might have to check into that once I get moved north to Wa state and all set up again.
Take care and again really nice work,
Tony

[Mark Cothren]

That's a dandy! If you'd have said it had a finish applied I would have believed it. Impressive the way that wood shines up.

[Dennis Peacock]

I'm thinking of programming a key on my computer that will just automatically add "That's a beauty Travis" for whenever you post something. You have a way of nailing those hollow forms.

Hey now THAT's a great idea.!!!!

BTW, That's a beauty Travis!!!!!! :D

[Bill Wyko]

Very elegant, I can't believe there's no finsh on it:) I'm working on a segmented piece with Bocote right now. I can only hope it looks close to that good. Again very nice.

[John Hart]

The form is great of course...but I like how the grain flows and wraps around....with those little spikes of figure to break up the flow a little bit. Nice job at putting nature on display Travis.

[Travis Stinson]

Thanks guys. ;)

[Ernie Nyvall]

Wow Travis. That IS nice.

[Rich Stewart]

Beautiful HF Travis. I ahve found several types of wood that I think need no finish. Olivewood, kingwood, cocobolo being some. I think I will experiment on more types now that i have the buffing system. Thanks for showing.

Rich

[John Miliunas]

You know, Travis, I'm still waiting for the day when you post a piece and I can say, "Yeah. It's OK, but heck, even I can do one like that." Outstanding, as always and no, I can't make the above statement! :) Well done, my friend! Beautiful. :) :cool:

[mike fuson]

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I have beheld it.

[Jim Ketron]

Pure Form!
Nice Piece Travis!

[Glenn Hodges]

This another beauty, Travis, thanks for posting.

[Dick Parr]

Very nice Travis, it really buffed up and finished great.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Once again you have impressed me with your eye for form and finish. Be proud of what you do - you do inspire many others besides myself.

Looking forward to your next turning!

Sent you a PM

[Corey Hallagan]

That is a beautiful piece. Never seen Bocote in that large of a chunk and in a HF.

corey

[Gilbert Vega]

used no finish, only buffed it with the Beall.


Absolutely gorgeous hollowform Travis!!

I'm new to Beall buffing and was wondering to what grit you sand prior to buffing.