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Just completed this piece its made of Yew, it was part turned and part carved and a lot of hand sanding to finish and complete.
The tools I used for the carved part was Proxon longneck grinder fitted with a Abortec tungsten tip blade, which removed the bulk of the wood, Dremel with flexible shaft fitted with a small burr used for profiling the opening, Fordom fitted with a large burr used for final shaping.
David
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Very cool... I really like the small v opening at the top of the stem. Pretty wood and finish as well.
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That is fantastic! Beautiful finish ...
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Very cool love it.
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very nice....
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David - is this for your open competition at the club? Looks great! Cool idea for the stem! Must have taken quite awhile to sand everything! Great looking finish!
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Thats pretty sweet and looks quite complicated.
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Hi David,
Beautiful, very original. I'm motivated to get cracking.
Thanks for showing.
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Beautiful piece! I can imagine how much work went into the carving of the stem....Bill...
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nice piece artsy without being weird...
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That's pretty neat, David. I like it.
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Really nice looking goblet. Nice form and finish looks great.
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You, being the artist on what is a beautiful piece, may call it what you want to.
Very nice indeed.
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Hi Steve, Yes it was the piece I done for our club open competition, it only got me a 3rd placing, but now I'm in the advanced section life has all of a sudden got much tougher, I must try harder in the next one which is not until March, so I've got time to practice more, and do a trial piece which is a natural edge vase or bowl not sure which.Originally Posted by Steve Schlumpf
Regarding the making of the Couldron or Goblet ? being that I have never made anything like it before, the hardest part was planning where to start and finish the turning part,and then carving part did not really go as I had drawn it, I then decided to let the wood that was left dictate the shape of the stems angle etc, at this stage I initially started to think that this project was out of my comfort zone and I would not be able to complete it, but after throwing caution to the wind and starting carving again, I was pleasantly surprised it was no near as difficult as I imagined it to be,and I would encourage any turner that's not tried anything like this before to have a go its certainly not as difficult as it looks.
And thanks for everyone's comments it most appreciated as always.
David
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Absolutely beautiful! I especially like the shape of the bowl.
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