A friend gave me several pieces of exotic timber last summer, among them were two lumps of Grass Tree root, odd looking things, and even stranger to turn, no shavings, dust from the off, or rather very very short fibres, but dust like enough to absolutely demand a breathing filter, I usually do anyway, but here it was vital.
All went well until the final stages of hollowing when I got a small catch and the thing flew into 5 separate pieces, I was not happy. But once I recovered the bits I found that they knitted together prety well, so, much CA later, it was back in one piece, I finished hollowing it out and tidied up the outside to blend the small ridges where the joins were, and finished it with shellac.
It is about 7 inches wide and 4 inches or so tall.
Just a couple of pics.
All went well until the final stages of hollowing when I got a small catch and the thing flew into 5 separate pieces, I was not happy. But once I recovered the bits I found that they knitted together prety well, so, much CA later, it was back in one piece, I finished hollowing it out and tidied up the outside to blend the small ridges where the joins were, and finished it with shellac.
It is about 7 inches wide and 4 inches or so tall.
Just a couple of pics.
