My neighbor had some limbs cut and I picked up some of the pieces thinking firewood, but decided to turn some. Started doing hollowforms and then went on to try dye. It does not show well in the pic but there is violet sanded off and then yellow and then red. Used Chestnut spirit Stains and finished with lacquer. I turned this piece all the way to finish in one sitting and got no movement out of round and this is one of the smallest entry holes I have done so far.

Awesome work!

 

A long time ago, I followed a turner (Joe Landon- aka Trifern). He did hollow forms, mostly. His philosophy was exactly what you did- turn all in one setting to a thin wall and the stresses are pretty much eliminated. 

Nice form Gerald!

 

Steve

Very nice Gerald.  I like the color and the finish too.

Thanks fellas. I may try the multicolor again while it is still on the lathe and start with black we'll see.

great little hollowform

 

Very nice Gerald. Which hollowing tool do you use to hollow?

Thanks. I use the Elbo system by Tim Yoder for initial hollowing and use a scraper on a Don Pencil curved bar for finals . But those are only about a third of the hollowing tools I use periodically.

On 8/6/2018 at 8:05 PM, Gerald said:

Thanks fellas. I may try the multicolor again while it is still on the lathe and start with black we'll see.

Gerald, I really like what you have turned. How tall is it and what kind of wood is it? I have always wanted to learn to turn but...

About 8 inches tall and 6 wide. In Live oak