A goblet for this month's TOTY.

Phil Pascoe · 17 Mar 2018

Birch and laburnum, finished with TruOil and home made carnauba with turpentine.

monkeybiter · 17 Mar 2018

Nice bowl shape, must have been quite difficult to with spalting of varying hardness.
Personally I think the foot's a little thick at the edge, but of course that's subjective.

Phil Pascoe · 17 Mar 2018

It actually doesn't look as heavy in reality as it does in photos possibly because it's got a little more shape than is apparent. I couldn't have gone too much lighter - it was like turning cork.

I debated using blackwood for the stem, but I think the laburnum worked better. I couldn't do it in one piece as for one he log wasn't long enough and in any case the birch was too weak - there was a bad streak of rot running down one side that was hidden in the log but fortunately I saw a little hole, looked at the end and guessed where it was.

Robbo3 · 18 Mar 2018

Very nice Phil. I was half expecting to see a box wood stem but 38mm might be a bit thick.

Dalboy · 18 Mar 2018

A nice goblet. That is the problem with photo's some pieces just don't look the same as they do in reality.

The only thing with the goblet that may help in the future is to sand the little piece off on the base in the centre and blend it to the rest of the foot. You will feel better about the piece as well, I know I do when I clean up the little bits and pieces. What I use is a small disc like the Sinon Hope ones from his sanders and fit that into a drill press and then clean any little stubs off, you could just use a drill with the press it eaves both hands free to hold the piece with

Phil Pascoe · 18 Mar 2018

No, that was left deliberately. It's turned rounded and left proud of the well concave foot. As you say, things look different in reality -it doesn't look at all unfinished or out of place.