Hollowform by Alan Edwards
Tonights demo was due to be held by Geoff Davies but unfortunately he was too unwell to hold it. Everyone at the club wishes you a speedy recovery Geoff.
So Alan stepped up with only a few hours notice to undertake this interesting hollowing demo. Using a 3″ Zebrano disk he began by rounding it and putting a spigot on either end – one of which would later serve as the foot.
Having roughly shaped the outside Alan then offered us an alternative that he had previously made – the same vessel with circular insets using his home made jig to house the Forstner bit and utilising the lathe’s indexing.
Time now to part the vessel in half and hollow leaving a lip in order to rejoin the two halves later. Once glued with Superglue he set about the final shaping including finishing the foot and applying a thinned down coat of melamine (3-2)
The foot now served as the spigot to reverse the vessel, complete the opening with his spindle gouge, and finish.
A really good and interesting project, especially considering the short notice he had. All our thanks go to Alan.
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