Hollow Vase.

Dang your good! Love it!

It's a beauty Jim.The wood combo looks great in the locust. Hahaha, never blew one apart sanding. That must of taken you by surprise.

great workJim
Who care it is not perfect?
You enjoy to made itthat is important
Have a nice day

Yah! What everyone above said and it has a story to go with it now! Nice job Jim! When I look into the top I think "black hole" LOL!

Jim, just fill the crack with colored epoxy… and turn it around where it can be seen! LOL

Awesome work! I'm surprised it didn't break into a million pieces earlier with it being SO THIN…
... you must have Super Sharp tools to get it so thin without exploding…

I rekon you have some fun Play time with this one Jim,
pete

Sweet little vase!

After that much work it's hard to give it a pitch!

Very neat; and a good save too.

Nice vase, and wood.

Beautiful little vase.

Realy beautiful shape of it. I'm always amaized how you solve all those problems which appear on the way.

Thank you all for the nice comments . The top is cut with a 1" radius in it and it was supposed to have a 2" sphere sitting on top. Maybe the next one will have one. I have more honey locust from trimming last night. My wife wants a bunch of new yard mushrooms so I'll get to play for a while. The deer knock the old ones over all the time!!

Hi Joe. I tried filling the crack but there is nothing there to adhere to. It is literally paper thin in that spot. The wall is about 1/8 " thick on the other side and that is what keeps it from breaking in half. It is very light.

Hi Ivan. I think a big part of woodworking is finding workable solutions to problems when they occur (remember Murphy's law). I think Murphy is located somewhere in the shop!! Gordon B. Hinckley once said you have not failed, until you quit! I try not to fail too often.

Cheers, Jim

Jim, this is a very nice vessel and I love the wood that you used.

helluvawreck aka Charles
http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

Thanks, Charles . I have more if you want some..have to pick it up, though!

Cheers, Jim

Being open and honest about events where "oppurtunity for enhancements is desirable" is one of the great things about Lumberjocks! If you learn from it, its not a waste! Beside, it still looks nice from 3 sides (well really 4 sides)....most great furniture is designed exactly to those specifications!

Thanks, Al. I had too much into it not to finish it
.

Jim

For all the hassle you had Jim it turned out well.

Nice work Jim….That Wood has nice characteristics to it as well. I like the shape of the lip area of the top of the vase. I am amazed at the contrast in colour…..What is the blue spot? Is it a filler?
Great Project!!!!

Regards,

Cliff.

Thanks Tony and Cliff.

Hi Cliff. This piece had a bit of bend to it I centered the ends and then it cleaned up unevenly. The light wood is sap wood . The blue is turquoise inlay. From the shape you can see that the sap wood had a sink in the middle and that is how it cleaned up after doing that fatal finishing cut!! I should have left it out of round. No one would see it when it was off the lathe!! Live and learn, I guess. I have more of it and might give a bit of a go again!!

Cheers, mates…..............Jim

I never stop being impressed by your pace and skills Jim!
Fine work.
Best thoughts,
Mads