Olive wood cone with spirals - Woodturning and carving

 

Tools and materials I propose:

Longneck Angle Grinder

Flat file

Lathe

Wood turning tools set

Chuck kit

Rotary tool

Carving bits

Cordless Chainsaw

Vacuum chamber kit

In this video I make a wood sculpture out of olive wood. It is a cone with three carved spirals. I also used epoxy resin to fill the cracks and give my piece a bit more character. 

I begun by shaping an olive wood log to fit my lathe. I used my small cordless chainsaw and an axe for this job. 

I then turned the piece true and created a tenon to fit my chuck. 

I turned the piece to a cone shape. 

I then made a mold out of a plastic cup and vinyl film. I mixed some epoxy with black dye and poured it into the mold. I then degassed the resin in the vacuum chamber. 

I then rechucked the piece and turned it true again. 

I had some gaps on the resin so I refilled them.

I used a homemade divider to divide my cone into 6 parts. I then drew my spiral forms.

I used my small angle grinder to remove as much material as possible.

Then I used my rotary tool and a ball shaped bit to hollow my spirals. I worked little by little on each spiral and at some point I was done. 

I sued the rotary tool and files to do the final shaping. I sanded until 320grit. 

I reversed the piece on the lathe and used a spindle gouge to clean the bottom.

I finished the piece with mineral oil.

It was a really interesting project for me and I learned a lot of stuff.

But that was it, see you soon with a new project video.

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