Phil Holtan demonstrated hollow vessel turning at our April 11, 2002 meeting.

Here Phil is starting to rough the outside of the vessel.  A chunk was bandsawn off of the side of the blank to show the inside as the piece was being cut.

Using a forstner bit to start the hollowing process. 
The forstner bit is nearly to its depth.

One of our new tools with a Sorby armrest handle

Using a hollowing tool. (video - 200k bytes)

Continuing to hollow:

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• image 07  This is a view of the inside of the vessel

Following are images of everyone gathered around as Phil completed the vessel

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Thanks, Phil, for showing us the methods to use the tools we created during our toolday!

Updated - July 22^nd, 2005

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