Wood turning - Silver birch hollow form.

Hello and welcome to my first video of 2022 and quite possibly my favourite finished piece of all time. A hollow form with feet from a beautiful chunk of spalted silver birch.

Initially mounted to the lathe using a faceplate but I flipped it around on tenons a couple of times during the turn to get the desired orientation.

Shaped, sanded to 400, sealed with shellac and polished with Yorkshire grit.

The feet were shaped using a belt sander then hand sanded and finished with shellac.

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00:00 - Intro
00:09 - Rounding off the blank
02:05 - Refining the shape and forming a tenon
02:32 - Mounting to the tenon to flatten base
03:30 - Shaping a ring for the feet, forming a tenon and flip
03:45 - Forstner bit removal and a tidy with a scraper
03:59 - Hollowing
05:07 - Sanding, shellac and sanding
06:43 - Yorkshire grit polish
08:09 - Shaping the feet
08:21 - Removing the final tenon
09:29 - Applying makers mark
10:07 - Thanks for watching!

*These videos are meant for the purposes of entertainment. Any attempt to imitate or copy what I do must be done at your own risk, my practices may not always be correct or the safest. You are responsible for your own safety while woodworking. Read and understand the operation and safety manuals supplied with your tools and machinery to ensure you are safe while using such equipment.

[AllenOxendine]

Nice, thanks for sharing. Full View and Like 👍

[RadioFaceWoodWorks]

Nice work Tim...I like the shape and feet...stay safe...press on 😎 Joe

[mpart_woodlathe-stuff]

Love the tiny piggies' feet Pog ! Thanks for sharing🙏 Take care. -Mike

[WoodyWood]

Nice one Tim love the feet idea and Im going to have to try it at some point

[maxfli]

I like it I always like the carved feet but I haven’t done it yet 👍🏻👍🏻

[Poor_Mans_DIY]

I have never seen legs made like that. So cool. We are just in awe of how you figure these things out! Great job as always.

[emgiwoodworks]

That's really a nice job you did there. Seems like Birch is going to be the wood of the year and I would be OK with that. 😎

[niktriestomake]

Beautiful piece Tim and the grain's absolutely gorgeous!! You should be proud for that one, great job!!

[IanMacWoodturning]

Beautiful job Tim, like the feet on this one, goes really nice with the shape.

[JiggsysShed]

Beautiful piece. Great work Tim. I still have to try the feet idea some point. Thanks for sharing

[denisvienat]

La forme j’adore aussi la vidéo bravo Tim 👍👏🇨🇭

[harveygoodman]

Interesting way to brand your work!! Great job!!

[AndysCornishCreations]

Hi Pog...
Great job and great video...
I really like the feet... just makes it look a bit different...
Nice one...
Take care...All the

[jefflabrosse]

I like the shape and on the fence with the "feet" I think I would have gone with a

[judethboard]

I love the subtle grey hues in the wood. Have you ever considered adding a few drops of black india ink to the sealing medium to highlight this feature? Would like to see someone try this.