Fluted ash vessel

[George Watkins]

A fluted ash vessel that I have made recently, the top 2/3rds are cut using a router on the lathe the bottom 1/3rd is done by hand using rasps and lots of sanding.

6" wide by 9" tall finished with woodoc 5

 

[Walter]

That is a beautifully figured piece of ash George and the fluting enhances the figure.

A finely designed and executed piece.

 

[chas_41_uk]

Lovely figuration in that piece George

 

[GeordieB]

Was there any calculations George or did it just workout spot on with indexer ???Stunning piece alot of work and well worth it

 

[Baldy]

Looks absolutely stunning..

 

[George Watkins]

thank you for your comments

I don't really do calculations GeordieB, i had made a smaller piece with 24 flutes using a 12mm round nose cutter so I knew this larger diameter would need a larger cutter or have larger flat areas between the cuts. At first I tried a 15mm cutter but it was not quite what i wanted so i used a 19mm cutter and that worked better.

 

[GeordieB]

Thanks George

 

[Terry]

Beautiful piece George. Thanks for showing!!!!

 

[Vic Perrin]

Very nice George superb craftsmanship

Vic

 

[Jed Baxter]

What a wonderful piece of art this must inspire every turner thanks for sharing such a wonderful case.

 

[bassethound]

Lovely work George, I hate to think how long that would take if ever I got to that stage in turning!

 

[paulm]

Thanks for sharing that George, its an absolutely amazing piece of work.

 

[bluntchisel]

"Pot-making" taken to a higher level! It's lovely, George!

Bob.

 

[George Watkins]

thank you for all of your comments

I have just finished editing a YouTube video showing how I cut the flutes on this piece

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NawVMXjnxo

 

[Chilprufe]

Very nice ... thats very special

 

[Dalboy]

A spectacular piece George. Not too much decoration as to take away from the beautiful grain

Have you ever thought about making a false base for the router so that you plunge the router bit through it just a fraction deeper than needed and the back off to the correct depth, This will leave a smaller gap around the cutter and reducing the chance of the flat raised pieces tapering as you pointed out in the video.
I have thought of something similar but with the set up that you described what Richard has as I have two of the small routers with the collar.

 

[Dalboy]

By the way great Video

 

[Grump]

Sure is a stunner George, love the patterning in the wood.

 

[Penpal]

Thanks George for your rendition of the Magic Flute it was informative and very stimulating for me, the end result another masterpiece mate.

Peter.

 

[brody2123]

Beautifully turned and fluted George. Just spectacular :bravo: just watched your YouTube demo for the fluting. Very good