breif guide to a goblet

[cornucopia]

hello all as requested here is a goblet i did today in spalted beech.

This paticular piece of wood came from the very edge of a large log, the genral rule of thumb is the further away from the pith the more stable the blank will be, there is nothing worse than making a lovely goblet for it to dry like the leaning tower!!
here it is between centers

knocked into the round

pop a dovetail spigot on one or both ends in this case

this blank is a bit too long for just a goblet so the far left will be the goblet and the right will be for a box later

heres the goblet blank mounted in my chuck

its important to have the dovetail like this, firmly seated againt the jaws

here it is marked out for bowl stem and base

i rough shape the outside of the bowl making sure to leave plenty of wood for strength whilist hollowing.

hollowed out using a spindle gouge on its side, the deeper you go the more difficult it becomes so for learning i would only go 2" ish deep.

a bit more shaping now on the outside

sand and finish the bowl now as you cannot go back once you start on the stem

slowly work your way down the stem working in short sections

sand and finish the stem and base now

part of and hand finish the base making sure to cut it concave

there you go a simple goblet
i left this stem quite thick as spalted beech is not very strong.

 

[stevebuk]

=D> well done indeed, this is very easy to follow and i thank you for putting this together, i know it takes a lot of time.
Love the wood choice too, spalted beech is one of my favourite woods. What size would the goblet be please, and if i wanted to make more than one, how easy is it to copy the first?
once again, many thanks.

 

[Bodrighy]

Nice one Corny.

If I am doing goblets that are thinner in the stem I also stuff the bowl with tissue and bring up the tailstock. Be very careful if you do this though as you must only have it as a support. Turn until the revolving centre is just beginning to spin or you will make the stem bend as you cut.

Pete

 

[cornucopia]

=D> well done indeed, this is very easy to follow and i thank you for putting this together, i know it takes a lot of time.
Love the wood choice too, spalted beech is one of my favourite woods. What size would the goblet be please, and if i wanted to make more than one, how easy is it to copy the first?
once again, many thanks.

no problem at all, a box will be up in a minute or two!!
this goblet is about 9" tall by 2 1/2" diameter
i'm not very good at copying so i dont even try- but with patience and carfull marking out they can be copied succesfully.

 

[cornucopia]

Nice one Corny.

If I am doing goblets that are thinner in the stem I also stuff the bowl with tissue and bring up the tailstock. Be very careful if you do this though as you must only have it as a support. Turn until the revolving centre is just beginning to spin or you will make the stem bend as you cut.

Pete

allot of people use tailstock support, for me though i prefer not to as i had more accidents using it. also i had no choice for quite a while as i had no tailstock. everyone must do what they feel comftable with.

 

[cornucopia]

heres the rest of todays efforts

 

[PowerTool]

Again,excellent pictures and finished article - thanks for taking the time

Andrew

 

[shedhead]

Well done. And thanks for your time to show us how it's done.
I think you will need to keep a bucket of water next to you to put out the flames, :lol: you turn fast. It would take me a day just to half make the goblet. Hours of thought and hours of plucking up courage just to start. =D>