A video of a skilled turner doing some very strange things...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4aMqCbqVmA
He hollows out a vase using
1) A spindle gouge
2) A parting tool
3) A spade bit
4) A pointed carbide tool
5) And finally a bowl gouge
I've used 3 & 5, but the rest seem odd.
He then finishes the outside by putting a disk in the vase throat and treating it as a spindle.
Never seen this before, but it looks like a good idea.
As a finish, he used a 50/50 mix of BLO and cedar oil. What is cedar oil and why would one use it.
Comments would be interesting.
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Hollowing with a parting tool.
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Originally Posted by
Wade Lippman
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He hollows out a vase using
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2) A parting tool
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I didn't watch the video, but in case it is of any interest I will say I use a parting tool often for quickly removing wood on certain things, such as these small end-grain handbell ornaments. This works well on end grain, I haven't tried cross grain/face orientation or on larger pieces.
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The second picture shows one cut from cast acrylic the same way.
I turn the outside first, drill a 1/4" hole for depth, then push a parting tool straight into the end grain starting towards the center. Working my way to the outside edge I can sight down from the top to position the tool, defining the section near the rim first then repositioning for the internal convex curve. This is extremely fast and accurate.
After the rough shaping I use either the left side of a spindle gouge in a scraping mode or a Hunter carbide tool, drawing the tool from the bottom to the rim. Then sand a bit. This picture of one I cut in half shows the profile:
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The upper right sketch on this process drawing shows the parting tool orientation.
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With Christmas coming perhaps someone would want to make some. I have notes.
JKJ