Hollow Vessel from Limb

Re: Hollow Vessel from Limb

John Lucas

>Steve

It is possible to leave the pith but your chances of it cracking are really likely. If you turn it so the pith area is shaped like a cone and thin you will decrease the chance of cracking.

One good technique is to turn the piece and bore a hole where the pith is. Let the piece dry and warp. Then true up the hole and plug it.

Re: Hollow Vessel from Limb

Brad Vietje

>I agree with John. If you leave the pith in there, make sure the entire vessel, and particularly the bottom, is quite thin. I've gotten away with rough turning a hollow form with the pith right in the center of the foot, but I dried it REAL slowly, and coated the entire piece with paste wax, then bag it or double bag it.

Another thing to keep in mind with branch wood is that if the branch is at a significant angle (from the vertical plane), the pith will be well off center, and you might be able to have the pith come out the side somewhere. You'll have better luck if there is a branch, or snall crotch in the foot area -- the curved grain seems to strengthen the wood, and they seem to split less often and less dramatically.

Best of Luck and safe Spinning,

Brad Vietje

Thetford, VT

Re: Hollow Vessel from Limb

Eduardo Sarmiento Hall-Lima Peru

>Hi I usually coat or fill the rith with cracy glue and the turn the whole piece in one shot and bag the for aboutone week then return the piece if you use a face plate do not take it out until finnish will post pict of one turning later