My latest nerve wracker

Wow, that's really dramatic.

Garrett in Victoria

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Tom in Red Deer

>Very Nice indeed. I like the shape and the collar fits in very well.

Tom in Red Deer

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JL work

>You have complaints?? The piece is beautiful! The grain swirls and the color variations in the burl make the piece. The "solidity" of the ebony collar tie the piece together. A fine piece of art from your "studio":).

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Bruce in N.B. Canada

>Travis, what can I say "BEAUTIFUL"...

Bruce in SAint John, N.B.

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john Lucas

>Travis

Absolutely beautiful. One trick I use is to cover the outside with straping tape when I think it might explode. This helps hold it together and also reduces the vibration while hollowing the inside. John

Nice!

Jennifer@Indy.USA

>Ooooooo...Travis, me likey this one!

Very pretty.....and a lovely finish to boot!

I think Buckeye Burl may be becoming my most favourite wood! It's amazing!

Too bad I don't have a ton of it laying around....oh, with a few bd.ft. of ebony for collars too!

Thanks for posting your picture.

Jennifer

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JamieDonaldson

>Travis- Rude Osolnik showed me the best safety trick for pieces like this. As John suggested, the filament wrapping tape is strong, but first wrap with a layer of masking tape to keep the adhesive of the shipping tape from sticking to the wood.

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Travis Stinson

>Thanks guys. The tape did cross my mind, but I guess I was too stubborn to listen to myself. At what stage of hollowing would have been best to tape it? The voids did help to keep it cleared out though!

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john Lucas

>I put the tape on as soon as I get nervous about the piece. I'm glad Jamie remembered to tell you about the tape. I have heard of people using blue painter tape first and then strapping tape. I'm usually hand sanding pieces like that as a final finishing effort so I don't worry about putting the other tape on first but this is an excellent idea if you've already sanded and finished the outside.

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Travis Stinson

>Thanks again John, and Jamie for the tip. I do keep a roll of the blue painters tape on the wall (it works really well for plugging bug holes on a piece to be vacuum chucked).

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Lyn J. Mangiameli

>Better than the adhesive tapes is the cling wrapping tape (think of Sarran Wrap) that comes in 3-4 inch wide rolls and is used industrially for securing odd sized packages. If I remember correctly , it is available through Lee Valley. This stuff will only cling to itself (which it will do tenaciously with a couple of wraps) and is easily removable. More than just the absence of adhesive, is its much better ability to mold itself to the the shape of your form, offering consistent restraint. Not only will it work very well to secure forms that might otherwise disintegrate, but it is also great for sealing pin holes and cracks in pieces you are trying to vacuum mount.

Be careful with this

Mike Schwing from Md.

>As Lyn stated, it is good stuff for this kind of application (and others - I submitted it as an AAW tip for securing items on cole jaws and got paid for it).

BUT, if you are working with forms that do not have fully captured tips - as in a hollow form with a broken/natural rim - like the one in this thread, the wrap has to be done very carefully, to prevent disaster.

If you wrap it good and tight when the form is thick the wrap will continue to clamp down on the form as you thin the walls, which can cause an implosion and resulting crack/break. Even if it doesn't break the sudden change in shape can cause you to crack it with your tool. Alternatively, maybe even worse (but maybe neater) when you unwrap it the thinned walls can spring apart. I've had both things happen, but the implosion is more likely.

I tried a time or two to use this tendancy to achieve a cool looking "flower opening" form but was never successful.

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Mike Rubes, Apex, NC

>Hi Travis,

Looks like there's about as much space as wood in that one! Very nicely done. I'm with you, I would have been nervous about that one coming apart!

The collar also really fits that one well.

Thanks for the pics,

Too cold for the shop in Apex, NC

where do you find it?

Frank Nicholoa

>mike:

where do you find your wrapping material?

lee valley no longer carries the 20" wide stuff ...

Office Depot, Staples, U-Haul

Russ Fairfield

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