Flat sided vase

[Sparkey]

I have been wanting to make one of these for a while and finally got around to it.

[OCtoolguy]

Very nice! Now, show us how you did it.

 

[scrollerpete]

That is fantastic real nice

[Dak0ta52]

I'm guessing a piece of wood with flat sides on the lathe??? Turned out really nice! What is the wood?

[Dan]

2 hours ago, Sparkey said:

I have been wanting to make one of these for a while and finally got around to it.

 

 

I don't know Sparky...I'd call it a FLAT tuit. Great vase!

[oldhudson]

Very nice proportion and the grain is very pleasing. In addition to sharing if the flats were there from the beginning or cut after turning it would be great to give us the size or put something in the pic as a reference. Thanks for sharing.

[Scrappile]

Very well done.. First look I thought it was round... great work.

[Sparkey]

I started with a 4” by 6” by 10” piece of cherry. Turn it between centers until the 4” sides are rounded then made a tenon on the bottom. Then start to curve top to bottom until you get the flats where you want them. It is 3.5” by 5” by 8” tall. The shorter you make it the more round the flats will be.

This is not mine but will give you an idea of how it will look if width and height are close to the same.

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by Sparkey

[meflick]

Beautiful piece (yours and the other you show).  I will have to see if hubby, the more experienced turner, understands what you mean on how to do it.  As a newbie turner who hasn't turned much yet, its a little muddling to me how you get two sides flat! 

[Sparkey]

On 12/7/2022 at 2:09 PM, meflick said:

Beautiful piece (yours and the other you show).  I will have to see if hubby, the more experienced turner, understands what you mean on how to do it.  As a newbie turner who hasn't turned much yet, its a little muddling to me how you get two sides flat! 

Go on YouTube and type Tim Yoder in the search. He shows how to turn one in one of his videos. His is the picture of the one I said wasn’t mine.

[Ron Johnson]

Awesome Rusty.