Hollow Forms

Very nicely cut. Love the wood.

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

Thanks. I probably also should have added information about the wall thickness. They are 3/8” thick.

-- Robert --- making toothpicks one 3x3x12 blank at a time!

Inspiring!

-- Kelly, woodworker under construction

Love the forms. Well done.

Nice work! I’m a nervous wreck when I do something like that, just knowing something awful is coming.

-- My reality check bounced...

Very nice. When will you start on the next one.

-- You will throw the ball

They look great Robert. Well done.

very nice..I like the 2nd one best, as I like the neck

Wow! with bowls like these, I just keep drooling for a lathe! Great job!

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

Really nice work! Would you post what kind of tools you used to do the hollowing? I would love to try this kind of hollow form, but I can’t even imagine how you worked through those tiny openings.

-- Jim, Maryland

hi great piece of turning those are not ease to turn you did a very nice job
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great work—i thought that was my line—-AT THE VERY END I HAD A CATCH—-that’s what fun about turning the mistakes can usualy be fixed.enjoyed the post.

-- dean2336,nebr.

Thanks all, they are definitely fun, and can be a challenge at times. The biggest challenge I have had with holes this size is not “hooking” the tool on the inside as I remove it from the piece. There are times I have even stopped the lathe before taking it out as I was not 100% certain where the cutter was in relation to how I was removing it.

RoodyJ, they are just standard swan neck hollowing tools. Nothing fancy, or any of the new “specialty tools” that are available. I am headed to the shop now and will snap a picture to post later.

-- Robert --- making toothpicks one 3x3x12 blank at a time!

RoodyJ, below are the tools I use for hollowing. I primarily use the yellow one (from Gladstone Tools) as it has a longer handle than the Sorby, and is easier to control. Which shaft I use depends on what I am doing. If I recall I used the smaller one (currently attached) for the maple form, and the larger one for the ambrosia maple form.

I also have a set of micro hollowing tools from Gladstone, but I only use those for ornaments, although I have been known to use the Sorby on those if they are too large for the micro tools.

-- Robert --- making toothpicks one 3x3x12 blank at a time!