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Nino G. Cocchiarella

Large Hard Maple Hollow Form

Still working on that hard maple that fell across my neighbors driveway. This is some hard wood! Hence the name I guess. My plans for this one, other than large, changed several times during the initial turning. Spout, no spout, hart wood down, up? Agh... I'm not in love with the shape. It's almost the same top to bottom. The grain is pretty but I think I'm proudest of process. While it took a couple days to empty the inside to the shop floor the process went without any whoopsies. Hard Maple 14" x 9" finished with Mahoney's Finishes Walnut Oil Wax.
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Nino G. Cocchiarella
Bill, thanks! I did indeed get tired of pulling/blowing shavings every two to three seconds but it was a 2” hole on the bottom that I hollowed from. Yes, I back hollowed otherwise known as cheating. Don’t tell! 🤫

There’s a whole tree of this stuff if you want to make the journey up north. 😂
 
Bill Boehme
Nino G. Cocchiarella said:
Oh now you can’t just put that out there and leave us hanging 🤷🏼‍♂️
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OK. I was turning a small hollowform and my wife asked me, "Why are you hollowing it from the bottom?" I said, "That's the top." She replied, "No, that's the bottom." So I took it off the lathe and looked at it both ways. I had to agree that she was right. So, I used the tenon to plug the top, which is now the bottom. And I finished hollowing from what was the bottom, but now it is the top. The form isn't all that good because I ran out of "meat" to give it a nice flowing curve. The wall thickness in the neck is almost paper-thin.
 
Nino G. Cocchiarella
Bill Boehme said:
OK. I was turning a small hollowform and my wife asked me, "Why are you hollowing it from the bottom?" I said, "That's the top." She replied, "No, that's the bottom." So I took it off the lathe and looked at it both ways. I had to agree that she was right. So, I used the tenon to plug the top, which is now the bottom. And I finished hollowing from what was the bottom, but now it is the top. The form isn't all that good because I ran out of "meat" to give it a nice flowing curve. The wall thickness in the neck is almost paper-thin.
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I’m dizzy 😵‍💫🤣
 

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