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Not a yo-yo...3" x 2.5" Amboyna burl box

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I don't think I have ever had a favorite piece. Mostly because I can't wait to see what is in the next piece of wood...

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My favorite turned object isn't one of great beauty or skill, but of meaning. When my first son was born, my father surprised us with a cherry rattle, made from wood off the old family farm in Ferrum, VA.

My dad wasn't really a turner, but he somehow managed to use a homemade-from-screwdriver captive ring tool, and presented my son with this.
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which still has teething marks on it from more than a quarter century ago ;-)
 
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Being a curler, I came up with this delivery aid. It combines the nostalgia of an old curling corn broom with a bit of modern technology (stainless steel sliders). I turned the broom handle from walnut and then had a broom maker apply the corn. The supporting structure is turned from apple. There’s a bit of precision drilling and fitting required so the sliders are all level and in the same plane. I’ve made several of these as they impart a degree of style to the game!
 

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@ mr. Weir: Sir, that is one stylish piece of sports equipment. You wouldn't by chance be the artisan behind the world famous Nimbus 2000?
Lars
 
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My favorite turned object isn't one of great beauty or skill, but of meaning. When my first son was born, my father surprised us with a cherry rattle, made from wood off the old family farm in Ferrum, VA.

My dad wasn't really a turner, but he somehow managed to use a homemade-from-screwdriver captive ring tool, and presented my son with this.
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which still has teething marks on it from more than a quarter century ago ;-)
Very nice!
 
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