Archive for the ‘Hollow Vessel’ Category


Turning, Hollowing, & Carving Perfect Sphere With Donut Chuck

This post is best viewed right here. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After observing a good demonstration, I like to turn my own project using the same or similar techniques that I observed. However, I also make it my own using techniques that I have perfected. In […]

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Turning Segmented, Slanted, Offset Vase – Double Trouble

This post is best viewed here on this page. In case someone watered the gremlins, it is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. Over the past few years, I have turned several experimental projects involving irregular segmented rings. All were difficult. However, this one doubles the difficulty. Being slanted at a 20 degree angle, the […]

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Woodturning Unusual Jewelry Tray For Wedding Gift

This post is best viewed on this page. In case of gremlins, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I decided to make something very different for this wedding gift. While, I still like my past style, this one comes from a wild idea that ocurred to me. I still have a tray-like bottom […]

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Woodturning Hollow Form Vase From Wet Russian Olive

In case of viewing difficulty, this post may also be viewed on YouTube and FaceBook. I thank my daughter for the wood for this video. She cut down a Russian olive tree from her yard. It was smelly and poorly located. It was not bowl size-I decided to try for a hollow form from the […]

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Woodturning & Carving Medieval Helmet

This post is best viewed right here. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. This miniature medieval helmet is a hollow form with additional carving. This is based on a demonstration by George Watkins. His helmet was a hybrid wood and resin but he only display turning and carving. […]

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Three Lobe Celtic Knot On Woodturned Segmented Vase

The best place to view this post is with the control above here. However, in case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. For this vase, I glued eleven cherry rings with twelve segments each and three walnut rings with twelve segments each. This is a total of 168 segments. The feature […]

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Woodturning Olive Vase Hollow Form From Wet To Dry

If the above video does not play, this video is also posted on YouTube(link) and FaceBook. This olive wood came from the Phoenix, Arizona area. While rough turning the vase instead of a full hollow, I bored a 2 inch hole. At 2 inches, I can drive the Jacobs chuck into the vase without an […]

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Woodturning Mesquite Vase – Rough and Tough From Green To Finished

In case of viewing difficulty, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I picked up this mesquite in Arizona over a year ago. Shortly after bringing it home, I rough turned and partially hollowed it. I only partially hollowed it because I was still working on my hollowing rig at the time. I […]

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Woodturning Olive Vase – Green to Dry to Finished

In case of difficulty, this video is also available on YouTube and FaceBook. The last time I visited Arizona, I brought back some trunks of olive and mesquite. This piece was a smaller section from an olive tree. Most of the piece was sapwood without the usual dramatic heartwood figure. Observing this and talking it […]

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Woodturning Hollow Form Vase – Green to Rough to Finished

In case of difficulty, this video is also posted on YouTube(link) and FaceBook(link). I started turning this vase shortly after receiving it in a club wood raffle. It was still wet. It seemed to be perfect for a hollow form turning. I rough turned the outside and hollowed it while still green. After coating it […]

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