Horse Chestnut

Chas Jones

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_______________Horse Chestnut with Walnut Collar.___(195mm D X 90mm H)___Melamine laquer finish
 
I saw the collar, but where's the horse????? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Neigh Lad your laughing up the wrong tree.


I do not have the patience for something like that, but really envy those of you with those talents.

Don't often venture into this sort of display thing I'm afraid but I felt the wood was a little too soft for a practical use piece, which is my usual output.

As far as patience is concerned it took no longer than 4 hrs total, that included preparing the pictures for this little sequence yesterday to help a new starter to bore a hole in a vase. Finishing was about an hour this morning, mostly waiting for sealer/lacquer to dry.

 
Chas thanks for the link to the "little sequence." It gave me an idea for trying a HF myself. I always thought you needed some sort of hollowing rig to tackle one.:dunno:
 
Chas thanks for the link to the "little sequence." It gave me an idea for trying a HF myself. I always thought you needed some sort of hollowing rig to tackle one.:dunno:

Depends on how thin you wish to go, especially immediately behind the neck. For your first attempts pick a forgiving wood with even grain like Sycamore (or whatever your local woods are) before you takle anything harder. Most Important, if using the basic tools, (scrapers) is good tool support as near to the cutting face as possible.

I don't do a great deal of 'hollow forms' as such so do not have a big selection of specialist hollowing tools.

If I was to go into them more I think I would go via the green wood route and use the Munro hollowing tool with which it is virtually impossible to get a catch. Recently had the opportunity to play with one, but can't justify the £ ($)tag.
 
Very nice, Chas. I've not seen a lot of chestnut wood over here. Is it common in the UK?

The wood in this piece is:
Horse chestnut which is a wood similar in appearance to Sycamore/Plane/Maple but somewhat softer in my experience.

This is very common in parks and gardens as an ornamental and dotted about the farms as shade trees.

We also have Sweet chestnut which is a much harder wood not dissimilar to Ash in appearance, often with curly grain as seen in Elms, a beautiful wood to use but rather scarce in the UK as mature trees due to poor forestry management in the recent past.
 
Chas, I have a tool rest that my grandpa made which I've never used. After seeing yours that is flat and goes into the HF I know what he made it for. I will be at my parents this weekend and my dad has promised to help me make an Oland tool that I think will work well at hollowing. I have some very green (throws water at me) maple that I think I will try for the first one. Thanks again. I will also post pics of my first family woodworking get together;)
 
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