In this woodturning vortex, we seem to always try to go a little bigger, hollow a little deeper, get a bigger lathe, you all know the story. I recently came by some wood dump cottonwood that had so much nice curl and figure that I wanted to turn a piece as large as possible to show off the wood. But on an old 14" lathe, 1 hp, and a Jamison style hollowing setup, there are limits. I think I hit my limit on this piece. This ended up with at least an inch thick bottom, maybe a little more, because I just couldn't get any deeper into it without getting some gawdawful catches, at least with my skills and tools. It ended up 12" x 8.5", finished with Watco danish oil and then satin WOP. There are several pics to show all the sides of the wood and because I ended up trying 4 different knobs on the lid. I ended up going with the knob in the first picture.
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