Way back in December I set up the format for this year's demos and decided to work on two-part vessels. The plan was to rough-out, cut into two and then hollow out the vessel in the first half of each demo, then take it home to glue it together. In the second half of each demo, I'd already have a demo piece hollowed and glued together, which I could then finish off. Thus at each demo, I would start off one and finish another.....and each of them would eventually end up on the shelf of my shop.
So here's the part-2 piece from this week's demo at Merseyside Woodturners. It wasn't without its problems because when I got there, their chuck had only 7mm deep jaws and wasn't really up to the job, but with some creative thinking we got through.
It's a piece of yew cut from a dry log. One minor crack, filled with epoxy and copper-dust. It's 12" tall x 4" diameter, reducing to 1.25" at the neck. Wall thickness 9mm at the flat of the base, 7mm half way up and 3mm at the lip. One of the scorch lines conceals the join, the rest add to the illusion.
C&C always welcome...Les