ornamental turning

Spinning tops made of Amboyna Burl, African Blackwood, Tagua & Betel Nuts set on a Maple Burl Base. Inspiration for this piece was from the movie Star Wars IV A new Hope. The main stand holds 3 spinning tops on their individual stands. Decorations on their stands were done on the rose engine lathe.

Rose engine turned designs on African Blackwood. Then filled with paint and wiped clean to only show the design cut that was cut..

Made of African Blackwood, Kalimantan Palm Nut, Tagua Nut, Pink Ivory Wood, Bloodwood & Cocus Wood. Decoration on the stand was done with a rose engine lathe.

A group of spinning tops. Made of African Blackwood, Amboyna Burl, Maple Burl, Pink Ivory wood, Acrylics, Acetate, Tagua Nut & Betel Nut. Some have stand decorated on the Rose Engine Lathe. 2.5" to 5" tall. I find a special joy in turning spinning tops, perhaps because my philosophy is that play...

Bread Lames made of African Blackwood, Tagua Nut, Betel Nut & Pink Ivory wood. Decorated on a rose engine lathe. Two views, one with the scoring blades extended, and the other with the blade retracted. Screw fittings are located internally. These are used by bread bakers to score the top of bred...

I have been building a library of useful information for the MDF Rose Engine user. If you have the Nextion/Teensy stepper controller system, the user guide is now there, as are instructions for loading the updates to the system. The user guide is not merely a PDF on the site, but an interactive...

Ornamental Turned spinning top with matching box. Tops sits on the box 2 ways. Made of African Blackwood, Bamboo, Betel Nut & Lignum Vitae wood. 3" in diameter.

Ornamental turned Buttons & Pendants.1" to 2" in size. Various woods, nuts, clay, paper, ceramic & glass.

Castle Bottles made of African Blackwood & Pink Ivory wood These were made on the Holtzapffel Ornamental Lathe and the Rose Engine lathe. 3 & 1/2" to 5" tall.

Pedestal made of African Blackwood, Ornamental turned on a Rose Engine lathe. Size is 2" x 1 & 3/4".