Camphor Natural Edge Fluted Vase

[Bill in Buena Park]

This is Part 1 of 2. I wanted to turn a vase from a camphor branch, and now the shop is smelling lovely with camphor shavings Viedo link below - Thanks for watching!

[poolhound]

Nice bill, interested to see how you do the hollowing. Do you do anything special to the base that will still have the pith in there to prevent future cracking?

[Bill in Buena Park]

Thanks Jon. For the hollowing, I'm going to try that long carbide hollowing tool I made in video 33, captive in the tool rests I fabbed in video 36, and see how that works. The nice thing about camphor is that it is not prone to splitting/cracking for some reason, likely the low water content and high oil content. This branch was pretty dry to start with, so I don't believe I'll need to do anything to the base to prevent splitting.

[Two Much]

Nice the first things I though of was lamp base.
I bet you could turn some nice pedestal cake stands.

[Bill in Buena Park]

Part 2 of the natural edge vase, in which I hollow and finish the vase. Youtube Link below. Thanks for watching