Well, when last we met I was working on a small piece of black walnut that Ive had in the shop for a while. Here is the last photo of just the turned blank:
I decided since its such a small piece Id use it to make an another experimental type turning so I began making it into a small vase. The wood turned beautifully and I smoothed the exterior surface just to see what it looked like and here is a preliminary photo:
I rounded the bottom to make it "tippy" and this is what it looked like:
I looked at it for several days and I didnt fancy the way it looked so I put it back on the lathe and re-turned the bottom:
Here it is at this point:
The piece is ok at the moment but theres something about it that just doesnt work for me so Im going to keep it around for a while and let it simmer. Not every piece of work works out initially and sometime the best thing you can do is to put it away for a while. So this goes on the shelf for a bit.
New Tool for the Work Shop
Ive been thinking of making hollow forms for a while now and while you can hollow out a bowl or a platter easily with a bowl gouge, which have a straight shank, there is only so much hollowing you can do with a straight tool on a more narrow, closed-off form. So I decided to purchase the medium-sized Robert Sorby hollowing tool:
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