Craters

[Eric Harvey]

My latest piece,this is called Craters,I started with a 4" cube of Oak,then I mounted it between centres and put 35 mm chucking points on all 8 corners,then the same on the 6 flat sides left,I now had 14 chucking points to hollow the cube from.I hollowed in from chucking points on one side(7 points) to approx 30 mm then using using my Sorby pin jaws which have a dovetail on the end and with a block of scrap turned to fit the outside dimensions of the craters to support the turning so it wouldn`t explode like the first attempt  I had at it,I then hollowed the other 7 chucking points,hope you like,cheers Eric.

[Les Symonds]

Now that's something I've never seen before! To me it looks distinctly industrial....like a scaffold clamp, perhaps. it's got a fascinating range of shapes and textures. Great!

Les

[GwilymF]

This is an excellent piece that I can fully appreciate, the turning and the textured finish.
Gwilym

[Graham]

Never seen anything like that before, its quite intriguing. 

[bodrighywood]

Clever and different. Agree with Les that it is very industrial looking.

Pete

[woodndesign]

Eric, you've created one incredible pieces here .. just what it is .. very well thought out and painstakingly executed.

Can envisage George Lucas at your door after you to construct parts/scenes/planets for Series Seven of his latest Star wars episode.

Well done and thank you for sharing.

Cheers   David

[edbanger]

Very clever Eric I agree with some of the other comments it looks very industrial to me too.

Ed

[georg]

    Very intriguing Eric    I bet that past a few hours
            Tony and Di

[Bryan Milham]

I agree, it steps well outside the norm.

Trying to see if I can spot a Clanger or the Soup Dragon.

[Eric Harvey]

Aha,Clangers and Soup Dragon was what I was aiming for,I think the others will have to go on youtube and research Clangers.Thanks for the comments,the main aim really was to see if it could be done without expensive special tools,the jig I made wasn`t quite good enough, and it came off a couple or three times,but didn`t explode like the sapele first attempt,so there`s some brass powder and superglue to build up 2-3 edges of the craters,I had to stop on numerous occasions to as its a bit of 40yr old Oak fence post and was riddled with cracks and it made lots of dire noises,ie;pops bangs,loud cracking noises,so next attempt will have ply angle guides and a deep jig and a shallow jig for the long and short craters with a 4 piece wedge and bolt/washer arrangement to hold it while turning instead of the pin jaws,cheers,

Eric.

[edbanger]

Eric

If you are going to make more of these you could leave a solid top and bottom crater then you could plant it up as an alternative hanging basket

Ed

[Nick Arnull]

This reminds me of work by Paul Hedman.

[Eric Harvey]

Blimey,and there`s me thinking I have an original idea,oh well,like they say,no new ideas in woodturning,just different ways of interpreting them,cheers,

Eric.

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Eric lovely piece, I particularly like that not only have you turned a complex(looking) piece but you have gone to the trouble of texturing it too. If it was mine I would now pierce the edges of some of the craters and thread some wires through (as per Henry Moore).

[Paul Disdle]

Another inspiring piece Eric, keep up the good work.

Paul