Strange maybe? But something I�d like to see.

Re: Strange maybe? But something I�d like to see.

Ron in Drums PA

>Dave, take a look at the upper left hand corner of your screen. You'll see our grinds library.

Re: Strange maybe? But something I�d like to see.

David Sophusson, Custer Wa.

>Hi Ron,

Yeah I�m familiar with the library but that mostly just covers bowl gouges. I�d like to see more stuff on hollowing tools, scrapers, skews, and even homemade tools. Say for instance one of the most used tools that I use is a plain old plane iron for scraping. Well maybe more than just a plain old iron since I got it years ago from Link Van Cleave that he made when I went to visit him, was supposed to make a plane for it but...Anyway I needed a wide scraper one day and for some reason I picked it up and never looked back.

No, more of what I was after is what tools you used to make the object you are showing us. Don�t need a description of the process you use with step by step instructions just a picture of the tools you used to get from point A to point B. And maybe if I see something that looks out of the ordinary or can�t figure out what you did with it and why then I could ask and maybe learn something. I can�t believe we all do the same thing exactly the same way. For instance I know a local guy here that mainly makes bowls that he sells all over the world. Pretty much his only tool from start to finish is a scraper that can only be described as a chunk of industrial planner blade attached to a 3 foot piece of row boat oar. For finishing he wet sands with 4 right angle grinders each fitted with a different grade of sandpaper. Another fellow that I know that I bought a house from does mostly hollow forms and invented and patented an articulating tool that is really cool but for 800 bucks that is one tool I don�t have in my arsenal! BTW the last piece of his that I saw sold for $34,000 but that is a whole 'nother story.

So anyway I hope you see what I�m getting at.

Sophie, looking forward to some shop time this weekend.

Re: Strange maybe? But something I�d like to see. *LINK*

Paul Porter in Phoenix, AZ

>No photos of my current work. But here is a link to a photo of the hollowing tools I use on my smaller vessels. I can turn a vessel to about eight inches in diameter and five inches deep with these tools.


hollowing tools

Re: Strange maybe? But something I�d like to see.

Sam Dean

>I would like to see the $800 tool and the $34k piece!!

Ok gotta make this quick *LINK*

David Sophusson, Custer Wa.

>Almost time to go home so this will be brief. Hugh Mckay is his name and all of his work starts out as hollow forms made out of wood then some of his pieces he will use that form to cast identical pieces out of glass and brass. He also holds the patent for his glass casting process. The last piece I saw was the blue and white piece in the left column.

He has one big honker of a lathe that was custom built for him and must be about 10 feet long. His off center hollow form turning is really ingenious and not the least to say scary looking but it�s really cool how he figured it out! I really want to give it a try when I get the time. Some people argue that his work is not turning but carving. Trust me everything he makes starts out on the lathe as a hollow form. I don�t have a pic of the tool that he made but maybe next time I go down there he�ll let me take one. Oh, and the only wood he uses is burl.

Well gotta go this is cutting into my weekend time.

Sophie, have a good weekend all!


Hugh's work

Now see thats cool!

David Sophusson, Custer Wa.

>Thanks!

Heck I can make some of those easy!

Sophie, gotta run be back on Monday.

Sophie, It's easy

Jim Shaver Oakville, Ont.

>I turn every thing on my Jet...wanna picture??

Take care,

Jim