Choke cherry hollow form (PIC)

Mike, you're on to something....

TDaniel

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Lee Weed

>Great job Mike,

I've been trying to turn a form similiar to that all day....and it's not easy!

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Keith Tompkins

>Wally Jr.? Nice Mike!

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Chuck Ludwigsen

>You nailed it in my eyes, Mike. Looks good. Do my eyes deceive me or do I also see a detail ring just outside the edge of the collar?

Chuck in Memphis, TN.

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Lee Weed

>Mike,

I'm curious, do you use a curved tool rest? I'm thinking of getting the curved tool rest from Bestwoods.

Thanks,

Lee

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Mike Schwing from Maryland

>Thanks Lee. I do have the large Best Wood Tools adjustable curved toolrest, but I only use it on interiors of big bowls. I'm not thrilled with it, BTW, it chatters very much when extended more than half way. I love the ease of it but the chatter drives me nuts when removing large bits of material. Sometimes even with finishing cuts. I suspect the shorter one would do this less.

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John Lucas

>Lee

I agree with Mike. I have the adjustable one and the adjuster part gets in the way on some projects. They have a new solid curved tool rest that is larger. I'm drooling over it.

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Lee Weed

>Mike,John

Thanks, I thought that the adjuster might be a problem being above the bar. I remember seeing a curved rest that had th post welded to it.

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Ron in Drums PA

>I'd say this is your nicest peice to date.

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Bert Smith

>Very nice form, Mike!

I was wondering, what method do you use to clear out the shavings as you turn?

Bert

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Mike Schwing from Maryland

>Thanks everybody!

Bert, I blow them out with compressed air. My air compressor is a 5 gallon pancake Bostitch model I use for my nail gun. I use that and point the nozzle inside the opening, and the shavings are blown out. Its nearly totally effective, so far.

Re: Mike, you're on to something....

Mike Schwing from Maryland

>Thanks Terry, I think. My wife thinks I must be ON something in order to spend all day in the basement watching wood spin 'round and 'round.

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Doug Trembath

>Mike, since we all know you're a clean nut, I'll share a tip. Put the hose from your wet / dry shopvac up to the opening, and blow the shavings directly into the vacuum. Simplifies cleanup immensely.

Doug Trembath

Studio in the Woods

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Mike Rubes, Apex, NC

>Hi Mike,

Very nice!! I like the contrasting colors. Even as the cherry ages, I think it will look very nice. What method did you use to attach the collar and how did you remove the piece from the lathe? That is, did you part it off from a waste block or reverse chuck it to turn off a foot?

I'm just curious how other people do it.

Great work, thanks for the pics.

Mike

Soccer, soccer and no shop time in Apex, NC...

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Mike Schwing from Maryland

>Thanks Mike. This cherry won't darken like black cherry does. In fact, it'll hardly darken at all.

This was the very first collar I ever turned. I found an article by Art Liestman describing his process and I muddled my way through from memory. It seems to have worked out OK. I mounted a waste block, double stick taped a 3/4" thick circle of bloodwood to it, and then shaped the tenon to fit the opening. After shaping the outer diameter, I drilled a hole part way through the center. As it was only taped to the block I didn't want to go all the way through and decrease the sticking surface just yet. After seeing the hole, I was able to finish turn the curve, then I finished drilling, and parted it off after sanding and applying a friction polish.

Don't know if thats how its supposed to be done but it worked well enough that I'll do it that way again.

Art L. mentions reverse turning the interior but I had no real way to hold it in that fashion, so I passed.

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Barry Turner

>I like the shape. I also like the pairing of the deep red of the bloodwood collar with the cherry's pink color. Very nice!