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Advanced Woodturning Project - Two Raised Arm Birch Vase - Page 9

Finish the bottom and take a look at the final vase.

using a 5" sanding disc on the bowl lathe

The base is sanded with a slight cove using a 5" sanding disc on the bowl lathe.

bottom is sanded

The bottom is sanded and my name, the type of wood and the year are burned into the base before finishing.

finished wood vase finished wood vase rotated sixty degrees finished wood vase rotated one hundred twenty degrees

The piece changes dramatically with the viewing angle. Very much it appears as praise lifted up.