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Some problems with my first vase
I found an unidentified root in the road (it is light colored, but turns
yellow brown about a day after being cut; anything jump to mind?) and decided to make my first vase. It is about 4" diameter and 8" high. I ran into three problems. 1) I could only manage to hollow out about 5.5". And even then I left a little uvula in the middle that I couldn't get out noway. I don't think I can go deeper than 5.5", but how do you get the center part out? 2) I had to leave most of it rough inside because I couldn't manipulate a tool in there, and certainly couldn't get sandpaper in. Any tricks here? 3) I nearly lost it because the bottom became extremely uneven when it dried. I did the best I could to get it back on the chuck square, but it wobbled and I had to take more off the outside to get it round than anticipated. I almost ran out of material. How does one handle that properly? I am not sure a chuck (if I had one) would have helped, because the top probably wasn't square either. On the whole it turned out nicely though. http://www.frontiernet.net/~toller/vase.jpg |
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