Dumb hollowing ?

Re: Dumb hollowing ?

John Lucas

>This is just me but I hollow through the big hole and when the piece is done carefully cut a rebate in the top and true up the hole. Then I put the contrasting wood in and turn it.

On really fragile pieces I turn the contrasting piece on a seperate waste block and then glue it onto the piece afterwords. This has also saved me when the piece warped too much while hollowing.

Re: Dumb hollowing ?

William-Bethlehem

>Thanks John.

So it's kinda like a doing a lidded box except it's a permanent lid with a hole.

William

Re: Dumb hollowing ?

GeeSeaWhy

>I posted photos of one of my pieces in early May. Search for "Box Elder form - take 2 *PIC*". Much as John said, I hollowed the box elder and the rosewood collar separately. Afte drying the box elder, I turned a recess to fit the collar and glued it in. Advantages of this approach include having a bigger hole to hollow through and not having to be careful about messing up the opening. And the final opening can be small enough to prevent anyone getting a finger inside to find out how sloppy I was with the finishing cuts :-)

About the only drawback is you have to be careful not to make the recess too big for the collar.

Graeme