Woodturning an end grain vase out of almond and apricot wood

 

Tools and materials I propose:

Pyrography Wood Burning Tips

Pyrography Pen Wood Burning Kit

Alcohol based markers

Lathe

Wood turning tools set

Chuck kit

Tormek T8 Sharpening System

Tormek Woodturner’s Kit

Buffing kit

Forstner bit set

In this video I make an end grain vase / box out of almond wood. The cap is made out of apricot. I also drew some decorative leaves using my wood burner. 

I begun by turning the almond between centres. I also created the tenon for my chuck. 

I then chucked the piece and shaped the exterior first. Then I used a forstner bit to establish my depth. This was end grain so I mostly used my hook tool to hollow it. 

Then using my divider, I divided the cylinder and drew my decorative leaves. 

Using a cone on my chuck, I reversed the piece to clean the bottom. 

Then I added a coat of sealer. I coloured the leaves with alcohol based markers and buffed the piece with carnauba wax. 

Then I made the cap out of apricot. Apricot tends to crack, so I used sawdust and glue to fill my cracks. I kind of liked the cracks in this piece.

And that was it. My vase was ready. It came out really nice. But that was it, see you soon with a new project video. 

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