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  1. All Cracked Up

    All Cracked Up

    Cherry hollow form with ornamental cherry opening and copper inserts, 5” wide by 5 3/4” tall. The pyrography appearance was done with a dental drill. The copper inserts are punch outs. Satin lacquer finish.
    • William Rogers
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    • hollow form metal pyro-engraved
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Member Galleries
  2. Bowl

    Bowl

    Poplar and steel bowl. Collaboration w/ Mark Gardner and David Clemons. I hammered and planished the steel bowl, Mark turned the poplar, I textured and he painted. David did the etching on the steel. Sold at the Penland Auction a few years ago. 15" X 7"
    • John Jordan
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    • bowl metal texture
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Member Galleries
  3. Bowl

    Bowl

    Poplar and steel bowl. Collaboration w/ Mark Gardner and David Clemons. I hammered and planished the steel bowl, Mark turned the poplar, I textured and he painted. David did the etching on the steel. Sold at the Penland Auction a few years ago. 15" x 7"
    • John Jordan
    • Media item
    • bowl metal texture
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Member Galleries
  4. John Torchick

    DIY turning tools

    I would like to try my hand at making some simple tools in addition to the basic ones I have. What type of metal is recommended? Where can I get it? Thanks.
  5. John Torchick

    Metal spinning on a wood lathe

    While looking at several websites for info in lathes, I ran across this on the Penn State Industries website. Thought it was interesting on what can be done on a plain ol' wood lathe. Not endorsing but merely for the info. http://www.pennstateind.com/store/metal-spinning.html
  6. ExperiMetal

    ExperiMetal

    ExperiMetal- A play with words describing my continued experiments with hand-turning metals on my wood lathe. I've turned these 3 metals using a normal setup on my PM 3520 (no special tool rests or fixed cutters), and the EWT Mini Series Carbide Tools (Ci2m, Ci3m, and Ci4m). From left to...
    • Leo Frilot
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    • aluminum brass bronze metal
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Member Galleries
  7. Say Cheese!

    Say Cheese!

    Sycamore, pyrography, metal leaf 10.25x 3.375 Cheesecake, quirky like most cats, favored napping in the bathroom sink. A bit different for me, this simple vessel design was selected to allow emphasis to be on the pyrographic image of Cheesecake rather than the bowl.
    • S. Clark
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    • leaf metal pyrography sycamore
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Member Galleries
  8. Mostly Maple

    Mostly Maple

    13" x 5.875" Silver maple, dye, & metal leaf (silver, copper, composition gold)
    • S. Clark
    • Media item
    • guilding leaf maple metal
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Member Galleries
  9. From the Depths

    From the Depths

    Turned and carved maple, tubing with handmade bronze and copper hardware
    • Gareth Griffith
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    • bronze copper metal round sphere
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Member Galleries
  10. Heavy Metal Group

    Heavy Metal Group

    This shot has four of the pieces from this series, which utilizes layers of gold leaf paste mixed with black acrylic paint, applied with a tooth brush and burnished. The ridges are achieved with a hacksaw blade held in a vise grips. Not OSHA approved.
    • Scott Regenbogen
    • Media item
    • gold metal
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Member Galleries
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