Little pierced HF

[Scott Hackler]

A small little maple hollow form that I did a little pyro and piercing on for my end of the WoW (World of Woodturners) swap at SWAT 2016. About 3" tall and finished with tung oil finish.

Comments and complaints are always welcome.

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[daryl moses]

No complaints from me Scott. Beautiful piece!!!!

[Curtis Myers]

Vey nice. What are you using to pierce?

[Glen Cowan]

Very nice, great detail. Random yet connected

[Scott Hackler]

Vey nice. What are you using to pierce?

Thanks. I use a NSK Presto, ultra high speed rotary hand piece.

[John K Jordan]

A small little maple hollow form that I did a little pyro and piercing on for my end of the WoW (World of Woodturners) swap at SWAT 2016. About 3" tall and finished with tung oil finish.

I like the tendrils coming down from the top. Nice job! (When are you going to get some good wood that is not full of holes? )

JKJ

[Robert Willing]

Great HF Scott. Did you create the design or did you use a pattern? I also like the tendrils at the top.

[William C Rogers]

Like it a lot. Very nice work.

[Scott Hackler]

Great HF Scott. Did you create the design or did you use a pattern? I also like the tendrils at the top.

Robert, I don't use a pattern or pre-determined pattern when I do the piercings that encompass the entire piece. I just pierce on the fly and try like heck to keep it random and keep the line spacing between the holes even. On this one and ones that have a line pattern or specific border, the part I do not want pierced are planned out or completed (like the pyro work on the top and bottom of this piece) prior to beginning piercing so that I have a border to pierce up to. Thanks

[Prashun Patel]

Complaint: I wish I could do that.

[Brian Kent]

I think you should try a large one, like 36" x 36".

[Grant Wilkinson]

Beautifully done, Scott.

[Scott Hackler]

I think you should try a large one, like 36" x 36".

Believe it or not, a large scale form fully pierced is on my list for down the road. Maybe not quite that large though! My lathe will only swing 23"!

[john taliaferro]

WOW is right . How thick of pice can you pierce . your close i live in springfield and have a 24 " 5 '11'' maple that's needing something .It's 1/2 to 3/4'' thick .

[Scott Hackler]

WOW is right . How thick of pice can you pierce . your close i live in springfield and have a 24 " 5 '11'' maple that's needing something .It's 1/2 to 3/4'' thick .

John, I can't really pierce over 1/4" thick and won't consider piercing a 1/4" wall unless I have to. That thick would force 3-4 passes to cut through and that 4x the time involved. It already takes forever!

This one was about 1/8" thick and even at the small size, I had about 3 hours of just piercing with 1 pass per opening. I like 1/8" thick or just slightly thicker for a piece with a large amount of piercing. I have done 1/16" but its not real practical if folks start handling it (too fragile).