Suggestions please

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RevDoug

>Jorge,

Looks like a great first attempt. A couple of things I believe would help the next one. The stem looks a bit thick for my taste. If it were just a little thinner, I believe it would look more delicate, giving the whole thing a more graceful look. Secondly, the foot seems a bit heavy. Thin it out more and take the hard edges off. That should get you more where you want to be.

As far as the rings go, you'll need a hooked ring tool to get the rings round.

Turn 'em round,

RevDoug

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Ron in Drums PA

>If I where to suggest a change, I'd make the stem and base thinner.

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Keith Tompkins

>Hi Jorge, It's funny, I just did two demos on making goblets. We discussed the golden rectangle, and making the goblet fit into the rectangle.

My suggestions: The goblet "bowl" appears too small in diameter for the overall height. For the diameter of the piece you were working with, you could have possibly gotten two goblets from that same piece of wood.

I suggest hollowing the bowl first, then form the rest of the goblet form while you still have the support of the mass of wood in the chuck. Then, work from the bowl shape towards the chuck, taking cuts down to the final diameter of the stem. That way the cut is always supported by the remaining wood. It's pretty easy to get a 1/4" stem or less with no support on the goblet end.

Leave about two inches of wood near the chuck, this way you will have room to finish the bottom without the tool being in danger of hitting the chuck. I use a detail gouge, rolled over on its side to make the concave bottom, a nice clean cut.

Some turners then make a jam chuck to hold the bowl end to finish off the base. Hope this helps! It helps to draw some goblets on paper, at least to me, just to see how they look.

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Jorge Castaneda ~ Downeast Maine

>Doug,

Thanks for the kind words and the advice.

Jorge

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Jorge Castaneda ~ Downeast Maine

>Ron,

Yes that seemsto be the consensus, next one will have that.

Thanks

Jorge

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Jorge Castaneda ~ Downeast Maine

>Keith,

I wish I attended your demos. When you say:

>We discussed the golden rectangle, and making the goblet fit into the rectangle.<

Do you mean it vertically or horizontally? the results will be very different.

I did follow your procedure more or less, I will practice a couple times without the rings to make it easy to see the shape.

A question: This goblet was made out of a round billet, that means it has the pith on it, so far it has not developed cracks and seems to be drying round not oval.

Thank you, I appreciate your advice.

Jorge

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Keith Tompkins

>Hi Jorge, the rectangle will be placed in the "taller" orientation. You can experiment by stacding the rectangles as well, and then drawing a goblet to fit. hope this helps.

Thanks Keith

Jorge Castaneda ~ Downeast Maine

>Following your advice, I have been drawing a few, before making more shavings.

Thanks

Jorge