Posts Tagged ‘hollowing’


Deep Hollowed Aspen Vase – Easy With Right Tools

This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best right here! At a wood exchange I inherited a limb of aspen, not in great shape but worth turning and trying out my new deep hollowing system. The vase is 7 inches tall and 5 inches in diameter finished with walnut oil and a […]

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Deep Hollowing Green Turned Vase – The Easy Way

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here! Recently, I’ve experimented with different ways to turn a small hollow vase without doing the hollowing through the small neck of the vase. This is one of the best options. I originally rough turned this vase about a year ago. At […]

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From Green Firewood to Vase – Deep Hollowing Wet Wood

This video is also posted to YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right here! This black locust wood came from my brother in Idaho. It was freshly cut. I took it home and promptly rough turned it to a cylinder, then a rough shape for a vase, then parted it in two. Each end was […]

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Atomic Christmas Ornament For 2016 Ornament Challenge

May also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. But, Best Right Here.   This Christmas season I’ve largely avoided hollowing through small holes. This ornament is another such project where I prefer to hollow through the largest opening possible. In this case the largest opening equals the diameter of the ornament. For accent the […]

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Woodturning Christmas Ornament From Pen Blanks

Also viewable on YouTube For this ornament I wanted to try a variety of wood in a simple globe. Rather than scrounge for the wood, I chose nine pen blanks I purchased at a holiday sale. The pen blanks, though nice, would have blended together. To avoid this, I milled thin strips of walnut to […]

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