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Offline Les Symonds

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Weathered oak burr enclosed form/vase
« on: March 01, 2018, 02:26:00 PM »
I don't normally work pieces of this timber more than 6" (15cm) deep because my stock is well weathered and has lots of cracks in it, but this started off as a 12" (30cm) end-of-baulk, so I decided to make a single vase rather than two small pots.
The finished size is 11" x 5.5" (27.5 x 14cm) with 2.25" (6cm) opening and sitting on a 1.5" (3.5cm) foot. Wall thickness is 0.125" (3mm) at the opening although it had to thicken slightly as it gets deeper, otherwise I'd have lost the whole vase because of a couple of troublesome cracks. I left the bottom 1" (2.5cm) solid to give good bottom-weight to it, as the foot was quite small.

Hollowed with a Simon Hope Easy Arm rig and a Hope 6mm round solid carbide cutter. Finished with microcrystaline.

C&C Always welcome....Les
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Re: Weathered oak burr enclosed form/vase
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2018, 03:35:58 PM »
Looks good to me Les
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Re: Weathered oak burr enclosed form/vase
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2018, 03:45:55 PM »
Nice wood, nicely turned, nicely finished.

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Offline Derek

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Re: Weathered oak burr enclosed form/vase
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2018, 06:10:25 PM »
I like this warts and all as they just add character to the piece

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Re: Weathered oak burr enclosed form/vase
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2018, 07:00:42 PM »

   Must say like the foot it seems to suit even on this large piece .... Nice finish
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Re: Weathered oak burr enclosed form/vase
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2018, 07:59:31 AM »
Beautiful  :)

Offline Tony_a

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Re: Weathered oak burr enclosed form/vase
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2018, 10:30:04 AM »
I like the shape of the vase and the character the weathered piece wood gives it. I think the wax finish suits it. Thanks for sharing.

Tony
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