Just drilled, pretty sure I would instantly snap any hollowing tool small enough to fit in there. Larger one has 1/32" opening and I think the smaller is around 1/64".

2 miniature wood vases above a ruler showing 1/64 inch scale.

2 miniature wood vases above a ruler showing 1/64 inch scale.

What is this, a pair of vases for ants?

2 micro sized vases from pink ivory. I bought one of those magnifying visors over a year ago and decided to see how small I could go. Hard to get good photos with my phone.

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Two miniature vases with a pencil eraser for scale

Two tiny turnings

Pink ivory hollow form. 1/2" by 1/2"
Lychee pit hollow form. 5/8" by 3/8"

Both hollowed through a 1/8" hole.

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Need and want are 2 different numbers.

A wooden vase made of mahogany. Cross stitch style hearts are engraved around the middle.

Full Hearts
Mahogany hollow form with laser engraved hearts. Reminded me of smashing containers in a video game looking for hearts.3.25" tall, 2.75" wide

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A miniature bowl from an avocado pit. Sides are bent with blue string wrapped around it.

A miniature hollow form from half an avocado pit with a pencil eraser for scale. As it dried it warped.

Another hollow form made with an avocado pit. The top was originally domed but it collapsed as it dried. Pencil eraser for scale.

A miniature bowl from an avocado pit. Folded in on itself like a tri-corner hat. Pencil eraser for scale.

Millennial Retirement Plan

Another set of turnings from avocado pits. Turned green and then dried.

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Miniature wooden bottle gourd made in ash with lignum vitae stopper and leather cord.

Miniature Bottle Gourd
Small ash hollow form with lignum vitae stopper and leather. 2.25" tall, 1.25" wide

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A tall and skinny minimalist Christmas tree made from an old Christmas tree

One of the last few things I made in 2025, a minimalist Christmas tree made from an old Christmas tree. Approximately 3" wide and 9" tall.

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A miniature bowl made from an avocado pit. The sides are squished to make a square shape at the top. A pencil is laying beside it for scale. The bowl is barely taller than the pencil.

The Littlest Candy Dish
Avocado pit with shellac finish. Approximately 0.5" x 0.25"

A gag gift for my local turning club's year end swap. I included some mini M&Ms with the bowl. I used some scrap wood and rubber bands to form it into a square as it dried.
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Wood candy dish with a post in the middle and a spinning top on the post. The post has the question "One more?" engraved on it.

Candy dish with a top on a post. The post has the question "One more?". The top has fallen over revealing 4 outcomes: 2 yes, 1 no, and 1 spin again.

Fortune Teller Candy Dish
A bowl with a catch spin top in cherry. Made for my local turning club's year end swap. Spin the top to see if you should have another piece of candy!

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Thanks! Maybe some day I will get good enough to start at 120 instead of 80 grit! That should knock an hour off.

Thanks!

A multi-axis twig pot made with cherry with lavender

Inside Out Twig Pot
A multi-axis twig pot made with cherry. 2" x 3" x 5"

The fourth of these I have made. It's getting easier to turn but sanding will always take forever.

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Next Saturday I have a couple pieces in Works in Wood at New Hope Arts!

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A turned box with long finial. Made from African Blackwood and tagua nut

Alternate view with the lid off.

A Cindy Drozda style finial box. African Blackwood with inlaid Tagua nut. 3" x 1.5"

Working with tagua nuts can be a pain since they have random cracks in the middle. I had to make the foot twice since the first one got too small once I got rid of the cracks.

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A vase with a small opening made from cherry wood

A cherry hollow form, 5" by 3". Pushing the limits of how big of a hollow form I can do with my current tools. Hollowed through the bottom and then plugged.

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Most of these I used boiled linseed oil, one has CA glue as the finish. I can't say how water resistant it is though. I've only done a small amount of these over the past 6 months or so.

A side view of a small hollow form made from an avocado pit with a pencil eraser for scale.

A top view of small hollow form made from an avocado pit with a pencil eraser for scale

Another avocado pit!
1" by 0.5"

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A miniature hollow form with a pencil eraser next to it for scale

Avocado pit hollow form with lignum vitae finial. 1" wide, 1.25" tall

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A multi Axis turned weed pot with a chamomile flower

Multi Axis Weed Pot
Ash 5.5" x 2.5" x 1.75"
Chamomile flower

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The show started on Showtime and then got picked up by SyFy or something. I was wondering why there was a TV-MA rating in the opening credits.

Reminds me of when I first rewatched Stargate on Netflix after watching reruns for years on SyFy. Didn't expect nudity in the first episode.

Depends on what platform I see it on first but I try to like it on both. I think you might need to throw some hashtags into the posts

I use cheap home made tools to hollow. A bunch of old hex wrenches that I know don't go to anything important. For this one I used the smallest one, about 1/8" wide. Cut with a hacksaw or angle grinder and sharpened like a scraper. Stuck in a quick and dirty handle.

A small hollow form made from an avocado with a pencil eraser for scale

A small hollow form made from an avocado with a pencil eraser for scale, rotated to see other side

A miniature hollow form from an avocado pit, 3/4" wide and 7/8" tall. Finished with CA glue. Pencil for scale.

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Paul Hedman: Hollowing from the bottom - part 1 YouTube video by Roy Jacobsen

You start with the wood turned around and hollow through a bigger hole in what will eventually be the bottom. Then it gets plugged and you can flip it around and do the top. For the top, I just drilled with a 1/4" bit.

Here is a video of someone else demonstrating
youtu.be/WnMSsAh-p5E?...

A wooden vase with a long neck and a flared top. Made out of cherry with a glossy shellac finish.

A long neck vase in cherry. The bottom was hollowed and plugged before turning the top half. 7" x 2.25"

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There can be only ONE! (Christmas list)

A wand made from maple with a banksia pod and resin handle.

A wand with banksia pod and resin handle, and a curly maple finial.

I wanted a simple look but it looked too much like a conductor's batton. Added a ball, carved a spiral, torched it, cleaned it up, and turned back to a smaller ball. 😅

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Love it! It's a great way to show off different styles of spindle work.