My friend showed me. When going in from the bottom. Before you glue in your bottom plug. Sign your name on the inside before you glue it in. It makes it even more interesting. Your piece is just beautiful. Thank you for sharing. See you on the next one
Thank you Albert! I have another sister log to this one. I will likely do another vase of some kind. If I do hollow from the bottom I will certainly take your advise and sign the inside of the bottom! Thanks for watching!
Great work. Having the steady rest made all the difference for you. Hollowing the neck last may give you a bit more security by having more wood there. What you did looked good to me other than having to go back and clean up the rim. Regardless, you came out with a nice TALL vase. Should be an eye catcher for sure.
That is a very cool vase. I like how you went from the bottom to hollow it out and then plug the hole. I have seen other guys on here just cut the vase into piece's and then glue them back together. I just don't like seeing the grains break doing that. Your vase has a nice clean look to it that I prefer.
Hey John! Thanks! Cutting was one of the things I considered, but I am happy I had the light bulb light light to think about going in from the bottom! Thanks for watching!
Great job! I have seen others cut a little off the bottom before hollowing then use that for the "plug" that way the grain will line up and possibly put a few burn lines on the joint to disguise the joint. Just a thought. Hopefully you are not overdoing it after the heart attack . Stay well
Thank you! My plug inserts into the bottom so there is no joint on the sides. I am doing well! Thanks for asking. I am going to do a video of what my experience was regarding my heart attack coming up.
I am not sure. The stresses just kept showing up through the whole turn. I have never had that many problems with Leyland Cypress before, however this is the largest piece I made from it. Thanks for watching!
Novel approach...very clever. Have you ever considered one of those pricey hollowing rigs? I'll probably never get past "considering"....lot of $ How're you doing after your heart attack. It doesn't seem to have slowed you down much. Hope all's well.
Thank you Jim! I do have and used a fancy hollowing rigs in that video. There was just no way to hollow through the neck. The bottom was the only way to go. I am doing fine and have had to make some serious changes to life style! I plan on a video later on telling the whole story of what happened on May 11. Thanks for watching!
