How is this done?

[Steve Bullman]

Customer bought this out to show us yesterday.  We were trying to decide what took would have been used to hollow it out?

 

 

[billpierce]

Customer bought this out to show us yesterday.  We were trying to decide what took would have been used to hollow it out?
 
 

What is it? a nice shapes bit of wood or has a function.

[Steve Bullman]

the wood is Yew, and no function, at least nothing the customer used it for.

 

[Rough Hewn]

I would imagine, the inside was cut out first, then the outside was thinned from a large log?
To be sure though I'd ask Steve (7th).
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[Kenty]

It may have been hollowed out using an Arbortech, Proxxon or Dremel with a flexible shaft.

[TheHungrySquirrel]

That will have been tuned on a lathe using hollowing tools and a lot of bottle.

Turning something with that large and void is very difficult.

Have a look on YouTube for hollow form turning

[Graham]

3 hours ago, TheHungrySquirrel said:

That will have been tuned on a lathe using hollowing tools and a lot of bottle.

Turning something with that large and void is very difficult.

Have a look on YouTube for hollow form turning

I'm cringing at the pain just looking at it!

[devon TWiG]

Look on my Facebook page below , I do loads of it , yes specialist tools are used , they are turned on an electric lathe when the wood is unseasoned / green (easier !) I do not have any pics of tools or work in progress I am afraid ...