Alder vase

[Ad de Crom]

This alder vase is made for silk flowers as requested.
Made it heavy, with a wallthickness at the top of 8mm, up till 15mm down.
Learned my lesson, made a few years ago a simular vase with a thin wallthickness, was needed to fill it with marbles to keep that thing upright.
Cheers, Ad

 

[CHJ]

How tall AdC? I guess 150-200 mm. good to see practical "made for purpose" design being considered, no point in spending a lot of time showing off hollowing skills if the thing won't stand up when in use.

 

[Ad de Crom]

How tall AdC? I guess 150-200 mm. good to see practical "made for purpose" design being considered, no point in spending a lot of time showing off hollowing skills if the thing won't stand up when in use.

Chas, never do something in a hurry, else you forget the dimensions
DxH dimensions, 135mm x 200mm.
Cheers, Ad

 

[johnny.t.]

Nice vase Ad 8) The curves from the neck into the main body flow really well

JT

 

[Bodrighy]

Very nice, You have managed to keep it looking good and still be practical. For some reason the two often seem to be exclusive as Chas hints at. Never turned alder, what's it like? Looks as though it might be soft

Pete

 

[Jonzjob]

Lovely shape Ad. I don't think that good looking should mean impractible and that vase looks both good and practicle!

I'm another example of that I ain't either good looking or practicle, or so I've bin told! Put enough Flowers in me and I fall over too! ccasion5: ccasion5:

Ad, Flowers Original was, when I moved over here, a good traditional English beer!! Just so you aren't confused?

 

[Paul.J]

Lovely looking vase Ad

 

[Ad de Crom]

Very nice, You have managed to keep it looking good and still be practical. For some reason the two often seem to be exclusive as Chas hints at. Never turned alder, what's it like? Looks as though it might be soft

Pete

Pete, alder is very nice wood for your turnings, not too soft.
Has four chuncks of that stuff, each with a weight of approx.120kg in my wood store.
So you can expect to see more in the future.
Ad

 

[Ad de Crom]

Lovely shape Ad. I don't think that good looking should mean impractible and that vase looks both good and practicle!

I'm another example of that I ain't either good looking or practicle, or so I've bin told! Put enough Flowers in me and I fall over too! ccasion5: ccasion5:

Ad, Flowers Original was, when I moved over here, a good traditional English beer!! Just so you aren't confused?

John, I know Flowers Original is an English beer, never tasted it.
Last year I was in an English pub, and asked for a really good English beer. The waiter told me, Oh well, take a Tetley's, the best beer in the UK, each glass is good for two sandwiches. Was he a liar or not.
Cheers, Ad ccasion5:

 

[big soft moose]

[ Oh well, take a Tetley's, the best beer in the UK, each glass is good for two sandwiches. Was he a liar or not.
Cheers, Ad ccasion5:

tetleys is okay - but is a mainstream beer certainly no the "best in the uk" - imo - personally i'd go for something like one of the badger breweries products like "tanglefoot" or "poachers choice" - but you probably dont get them in holland

 

[Ad de Crom]

[ Oh well, take a Tetley's, the best beer in the UK, each glass is good for two sandwiches. Was he a liar or not.
Cheers, Ad ccasion5:

tetleys is okay - but is a mainstream beer certainly no the "best in the uk" - imo - personally i'd go for something like one of the badger breweries products like "tanglefoot" or "poachers choice" - but you probably dont get them in holland

Well, feel the need for another holiday in the UK

 

[OldWood]

Ad
I admire your eye for shape - that is nice. I don't know anything about Alder apart from the fact that quite a lot of it grows here in Scotland. I take it that's turned end grain - was the wood very dry or do you do something to stop the pith splitting ?

Beer - now we all know something about that ! Try to locate beer coming from a small or preferably a local brewery. Fortunately the UK has got out of the disasters of the '60s and 70s when all the small breweries were absorbed by the big boys and beer, particularly in England IMO, became almost undrinkable - Goscinny's Asterix had English beer well castigated. If you like good beer come to Scotland !

Rob

 

[Ad de Crom]

Ad
I admire your eye for shape - that is nice. I don't know anything about Alder apart from the fact that quite a lot of it grows here in Scotland. I take it that's turned end grain - was the wood very dry or do you do something to stop the pith splitting ?

Beer - now we all know something about that ! Try to locate beer coming from a small or preferably a local brewery. Fortunately the UK has got out of the disasters of the '60s and 70s when all the small breweries were absorbed by the big boys and beer, particularly in England IMO, became almost undrinkable - Goscinny's Asterix had English beer well castigated. If you like good beer come to Scotland !

Rob

Thanks Rob, the alder lay in a shed for many years, so pretty dry.
Got it from the neighbours of the parents of my future son-in-law.
5 big chunks with a diameter of 50cm and 80cm tall. All full with cracks.
Yeah everywhere the same with small breweries, also in the Netherlands.
But anyway one survived, a small brewery, ''the Schelde brewery'', specialized in dark beer which is very good and very tasteful.
Cheers, Ad

 

[OldWood]

We're going drifting again - I must stop having conversations with people on Off Topic subjects !! ](*,) .

Britain has a healthy population now of small breweries, even some micro breweries which serve only one pub. Pubs in general are tied to a main brewery but the better ones will carry 'guest' beers from one or more of the smaller ones. If you are interested and are coming to Britain again have a look at the website for CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale).

Rob

 

[Jonzjob]

Lovely shape Ad. I don't think that good looking should mean impractible and that vase looks both good and practicle!

I'm another example of that I ain't either good looking or practicle, or so I've bin told! Put enough Flowers in me and I fall over too! ccasion5: ccasion5:

Ad, Flowers Original was, when I moved over here, a good traditional English beer!! Just so you aren't confused?

John, I know Flowers Original is an English beer, never tasted it.
Last year I was in an English pub, and asked for a really good English beer. The waiter told me, Oh well, take a Tetley's, the best beer in the UK, each glass is good for two sandwiches. Was he a liar or not.
Cheers, Ad ccasion5:

About Tetleys Ad. There are 2 of them. Josh Tetleys, brewed in Yorkshire and quite a nice beer. Walker Tetleys brewed in Warrington, Lancashire and one removed from knats wee, in my opinion of course. Tetley also make tea, but that's another matter?

You don't have to go North of the border to get good beer, although they have their fair share, you don't even have to go to to North of England either. here are some cracking beers al over. Where I used to live is a small brewery called Uley Brewery (pronounced Youley). Chas Wright, the owner/brewer has always tried to nane his beers after the Gloucester Old Spot pig. One being Old Spot.. Each Christmas he brews a special strong beer, 'Pigamortis' was one and 'Oil of Uley' another. That caused a hell of a stir with a certain other company with NO sense of humour!

Here's some of the old names. Note the prices!!

http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/beer_names.pdf

Going back to the thread. If you are ever down this way on yer holls as a lot of Dutch people do. Then if you have ay of that alder that is orphaned and need a good home I might be able to help you out? :shock:

 

[John. B]

talking of 'Tetleys' I like everything about the vase with the exception of the tea stain spilt down the side. :lol: :lol: :? :shock:

John. B

 

[mark sanger]

Hi Ad

Nice work.

 

[dennisk]

I like the shape as well,Ad. I have built several kitchens with alder and it does look very nice with just lacquer finish, or with stain and lacquer. Quite soft though, at least the stuff we get over here. Hope to have some pics of round things on soon. The BL150 is up and running and I have started to finish some of the blanks I harvested several months ago.