Project by Porchfish | posted 11-15-2019 08:37 PM | 264 views | 0 times favorited | 5 comments | ![]() |
![]() |
Live oak crotch vase with epoxy reinforcement this piece was salvaged from an older tree downed by hurricane Michael. The blank was allowed to spalt on my shop floor for 1 year before turning. It ended up 5” wide by 10” tall.
-- The pig caught under the fence is always the one doing all the squealing !
5 comments so far
hairy
home | projects | blog
3004 posts in 4094 days
#1 posted 11-15-2019 09:14 PM
Nice work!! I can’t hollow that deep, maybe someday…
-- Genghis Khan and his brother Don, couldn't keep on keeping on...
recycle1943
home | projects | blog
3464 posts in 2184 days
#2 posted 11-15-2019 09:56 PM
that’s quite a sight – hard to believe spalting could be so prevalent, hardly any room for solid wood
-- Dick, Malvern Ohio - my biggest fear is that when I die, my wife sells my toys for what I told her I paid for them
pottz
home | projects | blog
7046 posts in 1547 days
#3 posted 11-16-2019 12:42 AM
just beautiful….........
-- sawdust the bigger the pile the bigger my smile-larry,so cal.
Porchfish
home | projects | blog
858 posts in 3095 days
#4 posted 11-16-2019 01:45 PM
Hairy, this is the last time I do something this large end grain or otherwise…just too deep for an old dude to wrestle. I had the blank and thought it would be a waste to not get as much out of it as possible….never again ! It is more the size of a small bucket than a vase ! limits should be followed. This was too much work for a 75+ year old dude. Hope you are well and happy.
Don S. “Porchfish” Havana Fl.
Just always remember (in politics too) that :
-- The pig caught under the fence is always the one doing all the squealing !
Porchfish
home | projects | blog
858 posts in 3095 days
#5 posted 11-18-2019 07:21 PM
To Mr. Malvern, the vase does contain some spalting. Maybe as much as ten %....The wild figure, color, and patterning is natural, and due to the fact that this is a live oak crotch, turned end grain. This is the largest of three turned in this fashion. Thanks, Don S. Havana Florida.
-- The pig caught under the fence is always the one doing all the squealing !
Have your say...