In this episode, host David Marks demonstrates a hollowing technique for creating a wooden vessel on the lathe. Using a set of tools especially customized for hollowing, he fashions a vessel out of black walnut. A fixture on the lathe called a steady rest is used to hold the solid walnut block, while a special hand-tool is used to bore and hollow out the inside of the block. To give the vessel a refined look and highlight the grain pattern, it is finished with tung oil.
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