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Candelabra. First of two images.

Pear with poplar legs

All except the legs and holder of the pine straw are turned from spalted oak and sycamore.

The King's Road The foot (shown) is slightly concave and composed of thirty-two pie shaped wedges. The surface of this open form exposes the end grain of white oak that was sequentially sliced on an alternating bias. This ring-staved turning exhibits a chatoyant illusory effect amongst the...

The King's Road The surface of this open form exposes the end grain of white oak that was sequentially sliced on an alternating bias. This ring-staved turning exhibits a chatoyant illusory effect amongst the staves. The foot is composed of thirty-two pie shaped wedges. The King's Road has...

Dinosaur Egg Dinosaur Egg was turned green from Canyon Oak with its wavy rays and sweet fragrance. Canyon Oak is an extraordinary wood with such high density that it was used to make splitting wedges to split railroad ties in early California history. Dinosaur Egg only required two light...

This is a snowman stool. The bottoms of the legs are snowmen with a tapered tenon at the top. The legs are cherry, the stool top is oak and the wedges are purple heart. I made the tapered mortises with a spade bit that I reground to a six degree angle. The stool is 13 inches in diameter and 8...

This is a snowman stool. The bottoms of the legs are snowmen with a tapered tenon at the top. The legs are cherry, the stool top is oak and the wedges are purple heart. I made the tapered mortises with a spade bit that I reground to a six degree angle. The stool is 13 inches in diameter and 8...

Texas Ironwood 7" x 5" x 4"

Texas Ironwood 7" x 5" x 4"

Cut a 5 point star from a 7" square slab of Florida Rosewood and mounted it between centers to turn the profiles. Used a 1-3/8 forstner bit to drill the cavity for the Clock Mechanism. Finished with shellac. This is the front view, shot at a slight angle to show the turned profiles. Ed

An Arendal inspired clock

The inspiration for this came from an Arendal Mantle clock. Black walnut was turned, a portion was cut off for clock face insertion and pendulum detail. Clock cavity was drilled out with forstner bit. The pendulum area cavity was routed out and ebonized with no finish (to create illusion of...

This clock was named by my wife, " Leap Second Whirl " My inspiration for this piece was the leap second added to 2008. This extra second was needed to keep the world's clocks in time with the rotation of the planet. The round clock piece is turned from Jarrah and the off centre...

This clock was named by my wife, " Leap Second Whirl " My inspiration for this piece was the leap second added to 2008. This extra second was needed to keep the world's clocks in time with the rotation of the planet. The round clock piece is turned from Jarrah and the off centre...

This is a pocket clock 2-1/2 inches in diameter with a fitted lid. The clock fitting is mounted in a piece of rosewood. The lid is laminated from Birdseye Maple, Brazilian Cherry, Cherry, Purpleheart, Walnut, and Maple. The finish is lacquer. This view shows the pocket clock with the lid in...

This is a pocket clock 2-1/2 inches in diameter with a fitted lid. The clock fitting is mounted in a piece of rosewood. The lid is laminated from Birdseye Maple, Brazilian Cherry, Cherry, Purpleheart, Walnut, and Maple. The finish is lacquer. This view shows the inside of the lid.

I decided to make a reversible clock to give the user an option to change his decor. The clock movement and stand can be easily interchanged. This photo shows the front and side view of the same clock in the next photo. It was produced entirely from Red Mallee Burl (approximately 9" at...

I decided to make a reversible clock to give the user an option to change his decor. The clock movement and stand can be easily interchanged. This photo shows the rear and side view of the same clock previously posted. It was produced entirely from Red Mallee Burl (approximately 9" at...

Maple, purple heart, mahongony electric guitar glue up scraps. 3.5 inch diameter, 4.5 inches high