Pumpkin seed vase

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Pumpkin seed shaped vase, Ash with a Wenge spigot, 6" in dameter and about 2" thick. It has a hole drilled down in about 5" for the flowers. This is the first time I've made one of these and if was fun.

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cfuller

Registered: November 2004
Location: North Ogden, Utah
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Date: Fri April 13, 2007
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Keywords: pumpkin seed vase

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Larry Charlot

good job, I enjoy making these, then wife gives them away

#1 Fri April 13, 2007 4:01am

Gil

Curt, this is a cool vase.
Glue blocks on one or both sides??
Gil

#2 Fri April 13, 2007 4:12am

cfuller

Gil, glue blocks would probably be an easier way to do it. I actually started with a piece of wood that was about 3" thick, put it between centers and turned the sides leaving a tenon on each side that was 1" in diameter. I made a jig that is held in my chuck and is shaped like a shallow bowl with a 1" hole in the center and I jam chucked the disk in that to get it shaped. When I got it shaped I removed all but a small post of the tenon, knocked that off with a chisel and sanded it smooth. I know there has to be an easier way, but I learn most things as a certified graduate of the School of Hard Knocks.

#3 Fri April 13, 2007 1:34pm

Gil

Yep, me too.

#4 Fri April 13, 2007 2:47pm

jprosise

I love the way this form shows off the grain.

#5 Fri April 13, 2007 11:49pm

Glyn Buckley

Love the vase and the bluebonnets.

#6 Tue April 17, 2007 7:30pm