As we seem to be on a roll with demo-pieces, here's another.
Our club (Mid Wales Woodturners) meets monthly, on a Sunday, when we usually have a professional demonstrator for the whole day. However, just to ease the finances, we have a couple of hands-on days, and possibly also a couple of members' days, in which one or two members will provide the demo. Last Sunday was a members' day and I had an all-too-brief slot of just 90 minutes in the afternoon. I decided not to attempt a complete project, rather to demonstrate the technique of turning a split (two-part) hollow form, using a variety of tools to indicate the different systems for hollowing.
I managed to get as far as roughing out the shape of a narrow-necked vase, hollowing it out, cutting a joint and gluing the two pieces back together....then time ran out!
Yesterday, I decided that I might just as well finish the vase off, so I skimmed the outside clean and added the pattern of scorch lines to conceal the join. So here it is, a yew dry-grass vase, just 9" tall (22.5cm) with a wall thickness of a little over 1/8" (3mm). Light as a feather!
C&C always welcome...Les
