Thanks to all for the kind comments. I had a lot of fun making these, and I can see myself doing some more in the near future... time permitting.
...Any pics of the Aussie stuff...???
PS: Now I understand what you meant with "small blanks..!"
Cheers
George
Thanks, George. I haven't completed any of the forms from the gorgeous wood you sent, but I'm getting close with the she-oak blank... I just need to figure out what style of finial to put on it. It's killer looking wood.
What did you use as a hollowing tool?
I used a variety of things to hollow these, but they're all homemade. For the center part of the forms, I use a drill bit hollowing tool that I copied from a guy named Jeff Nicol. There's a youtube video of him using the tool... I think if you search for 'wooden nicol' you'll come up with his site. He's a good guy, and there are several good videos on his page. He also makes a really nice steady rest among other things if you're in the market.
The other tools I use are modified allen wrenches. I just grind a scraper profile on the short end, and that's what I use to get into the shoulders of the form. I've got some in homemade handles, but a lot of them I just hold in a jacobs chuck. There's not a lot of torque on a two inch hollow form.
Thanks again to everybody who commented.
