Yew Goblet

[Derek]

While the Oil finish was drying on the coloured Chestnut burr I made this goblet as I wanted to do a spiral on a stem.

Measures 7" X 3". I did have a catch which wrecked the foot but managed to find a piece of yew and roughly match that to the rest as I had put too much in to the spiral Ok 15 minutes into the spiral. Finished with lemon oil and woodwax22

C & C welcome

[bodrighywood]

I like the overall shape of the bowl but the foot is at least half the diameter it needs to be both aesthetically and for stability. I assume you used a spiralling tool to do the stem?

Pete

[fuzzyturns]

I like the shape of the top bit, but as Pete says, the foot is way too small, especially for a sturdy stem like this one. It just looks out of balance.
With a hard timber like yew, you can make the stem at least 1/3 thinner than it currently is, that would also improve the balance (but the foot would still be too small. Generally it's a good idea to have the foot just slightly smaller than the top.

[bodrighywood]

I like the shape of the top bit, but as Pete says, the foot is way too small, especially for a sturdy stem like this one. It just looks out of balance.
With a hard timber like yew, you can make the stem at least 1/3 thinner than it currently is, that would also improve the balance (but the foot would still be too small. Generally it's a good idea to have the foot just slightly smaller than the top.

The foot needs to be at least the same diameter, sometimes a bit bigger dependng on the shape of the bowl.  Very rare that it is proportionally right if the foot is smaller than the bowl.

[Derek]

Thank you all for the comments. The foot does look very small in the photo but in real life it is larger but still could be even bigger. The rim is 3" where as the foot is 2 1/4".
The reason the stem was left at this thickness is that if the spiral went wrong it gave me a little to play with and as there is quite a bit of side pressure on to it when forming the spiral

[GBF]

Hi Derek

In the botrtom pic you can see tha the top of the spirals are flat not round and very rough.
Must try harder 

Regards George

[Derek]

Hi Derek

In the botrtom pic you can see tha the top of the spirals are flat not round and very rough.
Must try harder 

Regards George

This is one of the problems that I have found when using a spiralling tool. I seem to get a better result when making them by hand

[GBF]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDD0ZQzPNt8

This is the Man to look at

Regards George

[Bryan Milham]

Derek,

If it was glass, it would be a very Georgian shaped wine glass, the spirals would be inside the stem, but poetic licence and all that.

The spiralling tool does round over the tops of the spirals if you let it, but it does need a bit of practice.

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

The match of the foot looks too good to be a seperate piece of wood. But even so there are still sanding marks on it, you need to do a final sand with the grain to remove these. Not a bad attempt though.

[Derek]

Thank you both. It always surprises me at the amount of sanding marks that always show their ugly head when a photo is taken. May have to take a photo before adding a finishing coat