Lattice box

[Pierre---]

Bonjour à tous.

This is to show you my last turning, a box full of holes, worms are working hard those days...
Four main spheres plus one for the finial, between 78 mm and 15 mm OD, all of them 3 mm thick where the little circles cross each other. The interior spaces intercommunicate. The lid is threaded. Boxwood and ebonized pearwood.

Thanks for your critics and comments.



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[bluntchisel]

Beautiful, Pierre!!!

Bob.

 

[woodhacker]

FANTASTIC. beautiful piece

 

[bassethound]

That is a real beauty Pierre, must have been a job turning all those holes all the same size.. looks great to me, well above my capability!

 

[fortress]

Wow! That is a beautiful piece, excellent work Pierre.

 

[chas_41_uk]

Absolutely stunning Pierre

 

[Dalboy]

A job well done Pierre a fantastic piece of work I could imagine this being a very delicate piece to turn

 

[Freck Fraser]

Amazing work of art, beautiful.

 

[Penpal]

Very Eastern Mystical to dream of quality and precision Pierre . One of the masterpieces ever on the forum. Carrying the Lattice theme so far and well brings it to the intricate the like of I have seldom seen. All of this securely set on a lovely base. It takes forever to follow the patterns created and established. A monument to skill and aspiration. If we had a front page intro this would be it for me. Where have you been hiding this skill?

Peter.

 

[Phil Dart]

Superb Pierre. And what patience you must have! Would you care to share a little about how you set about making it?

 

[Pierre---]

Thanks for your nice words mates.

Would you care to share a little about how you set about making it?

Basically, I turn two hollowed half-spheres 3 mm thick, and I make grooves inside, a wee bit deeper than half the thickness :
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Then I glue them together to make a whole sphere, and I make the grooves on the outside, perpendicularly to the inside grooves. Holes appear, all at the same time in a perfect word. The main problem I faced was not fragility, but lack of precision in diameter, roundness, thickness, depth of the grooves. If measurements or turning is imprecise, the piece is usefulness. Here is one of my best pieces, I almost did not had to clean the holes:
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And one of my numerous issues:
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Then I opened the main sphere to make the lid. The threading of the lid was made on a shop-made threading machine I use for the pens. I made the holes for connecting the spheres, with some additional wood pieces for connection and for widening the glueing area. Turning finials, base and legs was peanuts then...

I have to pay tribute to Hans Weissflog, a master in lattice work. I worked two days under him, he showed us lattice on a flat thin piece. I felt like going a bit ahead on this way.

 

[Bammer]

Incredible

 

[Scots Bill]

You have excelled there Pierre, absolutely top class work. Great!

 

[Terry]

Beautiful work !!!

 

[Dalboy]

Like you Pierre I have done the flat work but now need to be brave enough to take it that next step like you have done and try a ball.

 

[Phil Dart]

Brilliant. Thanks for giving us an insight Pierre.

 

[Terry Q]

Very impressive work.

 

[webby962]

Wow.

 

[Twin Oaks]

That is an excellent piece of art.

 

[Winemaker]

WOW that's brilliant