katellwood
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I don’t think I have posted in wood turning before and I must confess I tend to concentrate on furniture and joinery as opposed to turning. That being said a few weeks ago I fitted some shelves for a neighbour and was asked to suggest the best way to display some books on the shelves I fitted.
I decided on bookends and following a bit of googling and with inspiration from Chippendales director came up with this
However that’s not what I am asking for your thoughts on
I was given the timber from a full-size snooker table and wanted to consider what to do with the legs
The first thing to come from the legs were the above bookends however today I have had a go at something to go with the bookends and came up with a wooden vase
A picture paints a thousand words so take a look at this short WIP and give me your thoughts positive or negative both on my technique/methods and the finished article
Forgot to take photo’s of the fluting but that was also done on the engineering lathe
If I were to make others I think I would invest in a 3” forstner bit as the boring for the glass got a little bit laborious
I decided on bookends and following a bit of googling and with inspiration from Chippendales director came up with this
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However that’s not what I am asking for your thoughts on
I was given the timber from a full-size snooker table and wanted to consider what to do with the legs
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/dc8/dc806dca4045eb68d3de117e81c34da4.jpg)
The first thing to come from the legs were the above bookends however today I have had a go at something to go with the bookends and came up with a wooden vase
A picture paints a thousand words so take a look at this short WIP and give me your thoughts positive or negative both on my technique/methods and the finished article
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Forgot to take photo’s of the fluting but that was also done on the engineering lathe
If I were to make others I think I would invest in a 3” forstner bit as the boring for the glass got a little bit laborious