question about monster hollowing system

[Bob Hovde]

[QUOTE=Steve Schlumpf;1412777]Patrick - I have both of the Monster systems (love them!) but, in my opinion, were not designed to go that deep.

Patrick, I agree with Steve about the Monster system. I have the articulated system and find it starts chattering badly beyond about a foot.

I've turned several deep vessels using the technique shown on Jack de Vos' website. (Perth, Australia - jackdevos.com - "the making of..." link.) You hollow from both ends, saving the "plug" from the bottom to make it solid again when you're finished. It requires the use of a steady-rest, but most deep vessels do, anyway.

[Don Geiger]

Here are some photos I scanned of the late-great Frank Sudol using the Sudol hollowing system a a demo in Georgia.

[Bob Haverstock]

I have a Nova 1624. The captured rig that I made works well within the capacity limits of the Nova. To do deeper work, I need to install the bed extention and make a beefer bar.

The photo is of an oak urn that I turned this month, the finish is Mylands friction finish. I burnished the oak with oak curlies. The urn was just about max depth on Nova at about 14 inches.

Bob Haverstock

[Jeff Nicol]

There is a turner in Hawaii Named Elmer Adams that has lots of stuff on Youtube. He uses some huge tools and it is the length that is very important. Here is a link to one of his YouTube videos



http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/vid...28-68652892667

It is very cool!

Jeff