Exploring Pedestal forms - Walnut

[Roger Chandler]

I had this piece of walnut log in my shop for a number of months......since last fall when a fellow turner gave me two pieces from a tree he had access to. I have bumped into it 100's of times and moved it nearly as much........so, on the spur of the moment yesterday, I decided to put it between centers and do something with it!

This is an end grain turning from the log section, and the pith is off center [and cracking] , so that dictated I could not turn the pedestal section as thin as I wanted for proportions, but it ain't bad altogether!

This is 8" tall and 7-1/8" wide at the rim..........still have one more coat of satin WOP to put on it after a light sanding back, so it will look even better!

You may remember I have said in the past that I am a fan of pedestal forms........they intrigue me for some reason and somewhere in the deep recesses of my brain this form was resident......nothing new under the sun, so I must have seen something similar somewhere back in time!

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[Richard Madden]

Roger,
I like what you've done. In fact, this form must have been in the deep recesses of my brain also. I finished one very similar to yours about a month ago, end grain with the pith and in walnut. Mine is smaller, like 5"tall and 5-3/4" in diameter and the pedestal is shorter, but if a photo of mine were next to yours you would see a distinct similarity. Soaking the pith with thin CA prevented mine from cracking. Great job!!

[Roger Chandler]

I stabilized the pith on this with CA also, Richard.

[Harry Robinette]

Roger that's some really nice exploration you've done to that piece of walnut.

[Roger Chandler]

[QUOTE=Harry Robinette;2284477]Roger that's some really nice exploration you've done to that piece of walnut.[/QUOTE

Thank you much, Harry!

[robert baccus]

That's just about perfect yeah.

[Roger Chandler]

That's just about perfect yeah.

thanks Robert!