Here's another Festool assisted turning

[Bill Wyko]

This is a staved turning I recently built. You may ask yourself "Self, how could Festool help in a turning?" Well, my HL850e is a huge help. Before you can even go to the table saw you need to have a jointed surface to get started. when segmenting, you have a number of segments which have to be mitered to precise dimensions. If the stick you start cutting segments from is even slightly tapered, you will have an egg for a ring. Therefore it's crucial to begin with true wood. I do have a Grizzly jointer but it always leaves about an inch or 2 of snipe at the end, my hl850e does not have this issue. at the end of the project I, again use my ETS125EQ sander on the vessel while it's spinning. This helps give you a smoother surface w/o getting the lines you get with sandpaper alone.

     Now on to the vessel. It is comprised of Quilted Maple, Bubinga, Hard Maple, Tiger Maple, Bloodwood, a small coral inlace in the center of the knot and Walnut. The staves are cut at compound angles then the stripes are glued in between the staves. The stripes consist of Bubinga, Hard Maple and Walnut. Then 2 segmented rings are applied to the top and bottom of the staves. The next level up is a solid piece of Tiger Maple then a segmented ring of Bloodwood with 24 very small segments and the top ring of Bubinga. At the bottom, a solid piece of Walnut finishes it up. In all there are 113 individual pieces. It's finished with 4 coats of Minwax Tung oil. Here is a pic of it on the lathe and also completed. There's even a pic with it displayed on our tv console. Please enjoy and as always, comments are very welcome.

I appologize, I haven't taken pics with the inside finished. I actually make the inside as nice as the outside. I'll post pics of the inside tomorrow. Thanks.

 

[Scott W.]

Wow Bill!

Another beautiful piece.

Scott W.

BTW if your getting snipe on your jointer, your out feed table is to low...

 

[Bill Wyko]

Thanks, I got it used and never checked that.

 

[dltflt]

Bill you do some amazing work!!

 

[Michael Kellough]

Beautiful work Bill.

I'm curious about your design philosophy. It seems unusual (maybe it isn't, and I'm just not tuned in to turning) to use a piece of wood with a knot in it. Is this by choice or chance?

 

[semenza]

Hi,

    Bill, you really make some amazing stuff !!

Seth

 

[Bill Wyko]

Beautiful work Bill.

I'm curious about your design philosophy. It seems unusual (maybe it isn't, and I'm just not tuned in to turning) to use a piece of wood with a knot in it. Is this by choice or chance?

In this case I thought the piece of wood had such nice figure around it I wanted to use it. It also allows me to use the coral inlace inside the knot. That was my first staved turning turning so it was more practice than anything. I learned how to do this by reading Malcolm Tibbetts book on segmented turning. I thought the knot added some personality.  ;D

 

[Michael Kellough]

In this case I thought the piece of wood had such nice figure around it I wanted to use it. It also allows me to use the coral inlace inside the knot.

Thanks Bill, I was wondering what that was.

 

[Bill Wyko]

Just thought I'd mention, this piece is on e-bay now.

 

[hissatsu]

Bill,

Beautiful vase. Turning is one of those things I'll just never manage living in an apartment.

Just out of curiosity, about how many hours do you think you worked on it? It certainly looks like a lot of work.

Pedro

 

[Bill Wyko]

Thank you. This piece has somewhere around 30 hours into it. It was my first staved turning so I think I could bring that time down a little next time.

 

[tvgordon]

Another amazing piece Bill!  I really like the quilted maple.

About how tall is the piece?  Do you use a commercial miter jig for the tablesaw to cut all the pieces?  Is the oil finish polished or does it just look that glossy after it dries?  For years now my wife has been trying to get me so sell some stuff on Ebay, do items like this sell well?

Everytime you post one of your turnings it makes want to stop turning solid pieces of wood and start cutting and gluing them up first.

Tom.

 

[Bill Wyko]

Thanks TV. This piece is 11" tall and 6" at its widest point. When I use tung oil, I do 4 coats 24 hrs apart then rub them out with 0000 steel wool. Once I've done at leat 4 coats I use Minwax paste wax and do 3 or 4 coats of that, followed by the steel wool again. If I want a glossier coat, I take it to the Beal 3 wheel buffer. As far as e-bay goes, this is the first piece I've ever put on the bay. No bidders yet but i thing i priced it wrong. I should have done it as a reserve instead of a set price.

 

[b_m_hart]

Thanks TV. This piece is 11" tall and 6" at its widest point. When I use tung oil, I do 4 coats 24 hrs apart then rub them out with 0000 steel wool. Once I've done at leat 4 coats I use Minwax paste wax and do 3 or 4 coats of that, followed by the steel wool again. If I want a glossier coat, I take it to the Beal 3 wheel buffer. As far as e-bay goes, this is the first piece I've ever put on the bay. No bidders yet but i thing i priced it wrong. I should have done it as a reserve instead of a set price.

For something like that, I think you'd have better luck listing it on etsy.com

 

[Bill Wyko]

I'll check it out, thanks.

 

[tvgordon]

I looked around on ebay and couldn't find it - what would I search for to find it?  If I remember right, I tried wooden vase, turned vase, art vase, wooden turning and a few others.

Tom.

 

[Bill Wyko]

Try staved vessel or just put my name in. That's probably why it has very few views. :-[

 

[Dave Rudy]

Beautiful piece, Bill.  Aren't you really limited in speed/quality of finish with the Cole jaws?  Is there any other way to chuck a staved vessel?

 

[Bill Wyko]

I don't know. I just grab which ever tool seems like it will work. I never took a class or had any instruction on turning so I just shoot from the hip. :-\ Trust me, I've destroyed some beautiful stuff. I've been trying to get a grip on the skew, NOT. That tool I think has explosive tips. ;D