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    Making of a Lidded Hollow Bowl

    Well I woke up this morning with an idea. Headed out to the shop early and found myself a piece of walnut
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    Got it mounted up and turned the outer profile....mostly using the skew20190818_090627.jpg
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    Then I needed to drill a hole to set my depth 20190818_093943.jpg
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    Did my hollowing with a homemade tool I call Big Bertha
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    Also got the piece ready to accept the cherry collar in the next step
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    So now I have to turn the cherry precisely to the cut in the walnut
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    It has to be perfectly flat
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    Then the tenon cut. This has to be a press fit to the walnut
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    So now I can put them together. Using the new gorilla clear glue. It fit was so tight that I had to pound it in place with a mallet
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    While the main body is drying, I'm going to make it a little walnut hat.
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    Now time to turn the main body.
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    Turning the neck is first. Very difficult cut.
    Had to make a special little tool for this. Making the tool took 5 minutes. Turning the neck took about an hour
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    Now diving into the inside
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    Have to make sure the hat fits
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    Now turn it around and do the foot.
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    Made a little raindrop out of bullet proof glass for the hat.
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    Finish sanding and getting started on the lacquer finish.
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    And that's it!!
    7 hours with a lunch break.
    Pretty dang good day
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    John, Did you melt, mold, grind, or shape the glass somehow to get the raiin drop?

    Looks very professional to me.

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    John, photo of big bertha, please?

    Quote Originally Posted by John Hart View Post
    Did my hollowing with a homemade tool I call Big Bertha
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    Also got the piece ready to accept the cherry collar in the next step
    Pete


    * It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep for life - Sister Elizabeth Kenny *
    I think this equates nicely to wood turning as well . . . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn C Roberts View Post
    John, Did you melt, mold, grind, or shape the glass somehow to get the raiin drop?

    Looks very professional to me.
    Hi Glenn....the "glass" is actually a polycarbonate. I acquired a sheet that was supposed to be a security window many years ago. It turns very nicely and sanding to a glass finish is actually pretty easy.
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