Turning a large oak bowl
By Curtis Turner
Round Rock, TX
A friend recently asked for my assistance in turning a large bowl. He knew he had a unique piece of wood, and wanted some advice on how to proceed. Even though the rough chainsaw marks obscured the real beauty, we could tell this was a very unusual blank.
Over the past year, Pete cut and stored the blank to dry, and filled a few voids with epoxy.The blank was still very heavy, but had dried without any issues...or so we thought.
Ed Hernandez' Holtzapffel Lathe
By Tom Frazer
At ten paces, E.C. "Ed" Hernandez' Victorian-era Holtzapffel ornamental lathe doesn't appear terribly impressive. Frankly, it looks somewhat like an oversized but spindly treadle-powered sewing machine connected by looping belts to an overhead dentist's drill.
Yet, this "ultimate Rube Goldberg contraption" crafted 110 years ago in London by John Jacob Holtzapffel enables Hernandez to create exquisite works of art and to continue a hobby once pursued in their leisure time by Louis XVI of France and Peter the Great of Russia.
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Hollow Forms and Urns: a DVD by Mike Mahoney
Mike leads you step-by-step on how to create beautiful, well-crafted hollow forms and lidded urns. He demonstrates the basic hollow-form turning process with a section of the workpiece removed, allowing you to see inside the hollow form as the cutter is doing its work. He also covers some of the fundamentals of hollow form design.
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Easy Wood Tools Easy Hollower
As with the other popular new Easy Wood Tools turning tools, the full-size Easy Hollower allows turners of any skill level to achieve success without a long and time-consuming climb up the learning curve. It's great for hollowing vessels up to 5" in diameter.
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