Woodturning a Birch Hollow Form @emgiwoodworks

Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago

My first ever hollow form, made from a pretty punky crotchpiece of Birch, with really fantastic spalting. To stabilize the wood, I used Polycryl Wood Fortifier. That worked quite well as far as strengthening the wood is concerned but if there is one thing I learned from this project, it is that you should apply the Polycryl only after doing all the sanding & finishing. Let me know what you think!

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Camera: Nikon D3400
Video Editor: OpenShot 2.5.1 (old, I know but the new version is unstable)
Music: YouTube Audio Library

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