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 Woodturning Vases for beginners

Woodturning Vases are perfect for Beginners:

A wood vase is probably the most common project for a wood-turning enthusiast. If you have basic lathe skills and a suitable piece of wood, the right tools and the time it's quite simple. Try any hardwood; the harder the wood the slower you can cut so there is less chance for a big mistake. Pine is soft, so it cuts faster and requires a lighter touch. To start off with an easily shaped vase, try a simple vase without handles. A straight sided vase is far easier to turn. Another good vase to make is bud vase with it bulbous bottom.

1 Select wood several centimeters larger in diameter than the diameter vase you wish to turn. Set the block into the lathe chuck by opening the jaws and locking one end into the chuck. Center the other end on the dead center point in the lathe.

2 Turn on lathe. Set to a slow speed of between 2000 to 5000 rpm or a speed you are comfortable with.

3 Rough out the basic shape of the lathe using a gouge chisel. Cut a general shape that follows the same basic contours of the vase. Use a 25mm chisel for blocks larger than 30cm in diameter, and a 15mm gouging chisel for smaller blocks.

4 Switch to a shaping chisel and begin to cut the final shape of the vase from the roughed out form. Follow the general form, moving the blade deeper into the block at the throat of the vase and then drawing it out away from the center as you move toward the bottom of the vase.

5 Continue to shape the vase with the shaping chisel until your vase's shape is complete.

6 Set the lathe to 1000 rpm and apply sand paper to the surface. Sand away all rough spots.

7 Cut the vase from the block at each end with a hand saw. Apply a stain of your choice with a paint brush or paper towel

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Arts and Crafts - Willow Vase woodturning, woodturnings, turning, turnings, turnery, turner, turners, woodturner, woodturners, lathe, lathes, wood, woodwork, woodworking, workshop, workshops, creative, creativity, trees

 WTV1 £15.00

Willow Vase
 WTV1
Artsand Crafts - Oak Vase woodturning, woodturnings, turning, turnings, turnery, turner, turners, woodturner, woodturners, lathe, lathes, wood, woodwork, woodworking, workshop, workshops, creative, creativity, trees

 WTV2 £18.00

Oak Vase
 WTV2
 
Arts and Crafts - Sycamore Vase woodturning, woodturnings, turning, turnings, turnery, turner, turners, woodturner, woodturners, lathe, lathes, wood, woodwork, woodworking, workshop, workshops, creative, creativity, trees

 WTV3 £20.00

Sycamore Vase
 WTV3
A tulip shaped vase which has been hand turned and carved from beautifully patterned Willow

Measures approx 17cm x 12cm
A nice vase which has been hand turned from Spalted Oak and finished with an Ebony inset collar
 
Measures approx 18cm x 9cm
A beautiful hollow form vase with a raised patination around the top turned from Spalted Sycamore

Measures approx
19cm x 12cm 
Turned Sycamore Vase

  WTV4 £14.00

Sycamore Vase
 WTV4
 
Laburnum Vase Turned in Laburnum

SOLD  WTV5 £15.50

Laburnum Vase WTV5  Spalted Ash Vase

 WTV6 £14.00

Ash Vase
 WTV6
A vase which has been hand turned from Spalted Sycamore

Measures approx 18cm x10cm
 A lovely little vase turned from Laburnum

Measures approx
9cm x 8cm
Another nice vase which has been hand turned from Spalted Ash

Measures approx
13cm x 8cm

Sycamore Vase

 WTV7 £14.50

Sycamore Vase WTV7 woodturned Sycamore Vase

 WTV8 £25.50

Sycamore Vase
WTV8
Spalted Beach Vase

  WTV9 £12.00

Beach Vase
WTV9
Another very nice shaped hollow form vase hand turned from Spalted Sycamore

Measures approx   16cm x 10cm
Another beautiful hollow form vase with a raised patination around the top turned from Spalted Sycamore

 Measures approx 22cm x 13cm
A Rose bud ornamental hollow form vase turned from nicely figured Spalted Beach
 

Measures approx
17cm x 5.5cm
Apple Rose Bud Vase woodturning, woodturnings, turning, turnings, turnery, turner, turners, woodturner, woodturners, lathe, lathes, wood, woodwork, woodworking, workshop, workshops, creative, creativity, trees

WTV10  £10.00

Apple Vase
 WTV10
Ash Hollow Form Vase woodturning, woodturnings, turning, turnings, turnery, turner, turners, woodturner, woodturners, lathe, lathes, wood, woodwork, woodworking, workshop, workshops, creative, creativity, trees

 SOLD  WTV11 £22.00

Ash Vase
 WTV11
 
Spalted Beach Vase woodturning, woodturnings, turning, turnings, turnery, turner, turners, woodturner, woodturners, lathe, lathes, wood, woodwork, woodworking, workshop, workshops, creative, creativity, trees

WTV12 £31.00

Beach Vase
 WTV12
A rose bud vase which has been hand turned from old polished Apple wood

Measures approx 17cm x 12cm
A nice roman shaped hollow form vase which has been hand turned from Ash and finished with raised pattern textured inlay
 
Measures approx 18cm x 9cm
A beautiful hollow form vase with a raised pattern around the top turned from Spalted Beach and finished with a Bubinga inset neck

Measures approx
19cm x 12cm 
Cherry Hollow Form Vase

 SOLD WTV13 £22.00

Cherry Vase
 WTV13
Cherry turned Vase

 SOLD WTV14 £22.00

Cherry Vase WTV14 Roman Vase turned from Cherry 

 SOLD WTV15 £22.00

Cherry Vase
 WTV15
A vase which has been hand turned from old polished Cherry wood

Measures approx 18cm x10cm
 A lovely trumpet vase turned from old polished Cherry wood

Measures approx
9cm x 8cm
A roman shaped hollow form vase which has been hand turned from Old polished Cherry wood and finished with raised pattern collar to the neck

Measures approx
13cm x 8cm
wood turned Vase

SOLD  WTV16 £15.00 

Cherry Vase
WTV16
woodturned Vase

SOLD 

 WTV17 £16.00

Spalted Beach Vase WTV17 woodturned Vase

SOON WTV18

Spalted Beach Vase WTV17
A very nice Rose Bud vase with a captured ring which has been hand turned from old polished Cherry wood



Measures approx   20cm x 7.5cm
A roman shaped hollow form vase which has been hand turned from Spalted Beach and finished with raised collar to the neck

Measures approx
16cm x 11cm
A roman shaped hollow form vase which has been hand turned from Spalted Beach and finished with raised collar to the neck

Measures approx
16cm x 11cm

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