High winged natural edge vases

[Breck Whitworth]

Hello fellow wood turners I hope and pray all is well with you and yours. I am working on my first high winged natural edge vase. I am short on knowledge of a few things that only experience can give me. This is so much fun because it is a first for me. I have already turned it for the final shape and drilled the center for hollowing. But before I treat this like a regular hollow form. I figured I need to get some advice. I believe this piece will be used as a hopefully beautiful free standing vase in someones house one day, but what should the opening size be to hold flowers or stuff, (example) 2" opening then hollow following the contours of the piece like all hollow forms or what? I intend to sell this piece if it makes it, so how do those of you do this and what works best from your experiences. This one is about is about 16 or 17" tall with the natural irregular edge wings about 6" or 7" deep. where the funnel shaped wings meet the body of the vase is where I want to know the opening size. This is a fairly thick piece so if I follow the natural contour for the opening it would make the opening quite wide.
Thanks

 

[hockenbery]

The opening that seems natural is the one I go with.
Not sure what you mean by winged opening.

I do lots of natural edge openings Some I shape as a pitcher lips (wing?)

These are all hollowed through the face grain with large openings.
Maybe some ideas to consider.


Maple 14” diameter bleached maple 14” tall
10” diameter Beech 12” diameter
Maple 15” diameter

 

[Gerald Lawrence]

The opening that seems natural is the one I go with.
Not sure what you mean by winged opening.

I do lots of natural edge openings Some I shape as a pitcher lips (wing?)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVNVnE

Al I think Breck is talking about hollowing a crotch from the vertical top. At least that is my interpretation. I know I have seen a picture in the last week but could not find so here is a video.

 

[robo hippy]

Hmm..... I don't think I have seen the trick about using a small tenon to center some thing on a face plate. Good idea, and probably older than dirt since it makes so much sense.... Also, I don't think I have seen that type of mount for the forstner bits. I haven't really considered that type of turning though...

robo hippy

 

[Lars Hansen]

Reed, if I'm not mistaken, that is a a Colt MaxiCut forstner bit. Very nice performance and locks in an oval (sort of) hole in the extension part. No slipping!

Lars

 

[Breck Whitworth]

Hey guys this is the piece I have been working on it is a 13" x 13" vase made from pear. I called it a winged piece because the irregular length of the natural edge mouth made it seem to me to be like doing a high winged natural edge piece it sounded like a propeller when up to speed. It is a first piece of this type for me and I saw many things I probably need to do to improve form. That's the fun of a first piece of any type, you're not really sure how to do it. I guess that's what makes them exciting.

 

[John Jordan]

Hmm..... I don't think I have seen the trick about using a small tenon to center some thing on a face plate. Good idea, and probably older than dirt since it makes so much sense.... Also, I don't think I have seen that type of mount for the forstner bits. I haven't really considered that type of turning though...

robo hippy

I always do that when I use a faceplate on larger pieces. I leave it a little bigger with a slight taper and actually thread the faceplate onto the tenon.

John

 

[robo hippy]

Hmm, maybe next you will be hand chasing threads to thread it onto the face plate........ Sorry, couldn't resist that one...

robo hippy

 

[John Jordan]

Hmm, maybe next you will be hand chasing threads to thread it onto the face plate........ Sorry, couldn't resist that one...

robo hippy

Ha-haven't thought about it, but maybe I'll try it.

John

 

[Charlie Knighton]

It's getting deep....sounds like a youth indian going on a quest

 

[Dennis J Gooding]

It's getting deep....sounds like a youth indian going on a quest

Seems to me we are soon going to run out of threads to screw onto the lathe spindle!