Bought some Kelton hollowers off Graham this week,and a handle to go with them from The Toolpost.Decided to make a small end for the handle just to make it a bit more comfortable :-
from an offcut of maple - it's now warmer to hold,better balanced,and has a bit more leverage.
Managed to liberate some timber from the chainsaw fairies when they were out near work this week :-
And made this yesterday,from the timber left over from rebasing the mongoose last year :-
Silver birch,bowl part is 100mm diameter,55mm high,wings are 140mm x 240mm,finished in lemon oil.Slight bit of spalting in the middle (nice colour,but not started to soften yet) - so either I've been lucky with the birch I've had,or it spalts very easily.
Off out shortly,to G&S Timbers show at Penrith (yes,it's currently 0 degrees outside,snow is forecast,and I'm going to drive over the top of the pennines.. :lol: )
Andrew