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  1. Ornamental Honduras Rosewood Box

    Ornamental Honduras Rosewood Box

    Ornamental turned box made on the rose engine lathe. Size is 3" in diameter x 4 &1/2" tall. Box is made of Honduras Rosewood, African Blackwood & Pink Ivory wood.
    • Jon Sauer
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    • Comments: 1
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  2. Ornamental Mopane Wood Box

    Ornamental Mopane Wood Box

    Ornamental turned box made on the rose engine lathe. Size is 3" in diameter x 4 &1/4" tall. Box is made of Mopane wood, African Blackwood, Betel Nut & Pink Ivory wood.
    • Jon Sauer
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    • africanblackwood ornamental turning rose engine
    • Comments: 2
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  3. Spinning Tops on Tatooine III

    Spinning Tops on Tatooine III

    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.
    • Jon Sauer
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    • ornamental turning rose engine spinning tops toys
    • Comments: 5
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  4. Christmas Tree Ornaments

    Christmas Tree Ornaments

    Rose engine turned designs on African Blackwood. Then filled with paint and wiped clean to only show the design cut that was cut..
    • Jon Sauer
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    • christmas ornament oranament ornamental turning rose engine
    • Comments: 3
    • Album: Jon Sauer Turnings
  5. Kalimantan Parlor Top

    Kalimantan Parlor Top

    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.
    • Jon Sauer
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    • africanblackwood ornamental turning rose engine spin top
    • Comments: 4
    • Album: Jon Sauer Turnings
  6. Tops x Seven

    Tops x Seven

    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...
    • Jon Sauer
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    • ornamental turning rose engine spin top spinning tops tops
    • Comments: 6
    • Album: Jon Sauer Turnings
  7. 3 Bread Lames

    3 Bread Lames

    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...
    • Jon Sauer
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    • africanblackwood kitchen kitchen tools ornamental turning rose engine
    • Comments: 4
    • Album: Jon Sauer Turnings
  8. Spin Top Box

    Spin Top Box

    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.
    • Jon Sauer
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    • boxes ornamental turning rose engine spin top
    • Comments: 1
    • Album: Jon Sauer Turnings
  9. Ornamental Buttons / Pendants

    Ornamental Buttons / Pendants

    Ornamental turned Buttons & Pendants.1" to 2" in size. Various woods, nuts, clay, paper, ceramic & glass.
    • Jon Sauer
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    • Comments: 3
    • Album: Jon Sauer Turnings
  10. Marble Pedestal

    Marble Pedestal

    Pedestal made of African Blackwood, Ornamental turned on a Rose Engine lathe. Size is 2" x 1 & 3/4".
    • Jon Sauer
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    • africanblackwood ornamental turning rose engine
    • Comments: 1
    • Album: Jon Sauer Turnings
  11. RichColvin

    Ornamental Turners in Central Ohio

    I am a getting ready to embark into Ornamental Turning & am looking for people in the Columbus / central Ohio area willing to share knowledge. I am looking to build my own system and looking for advice. Rich
  12. billooms

    Rose Engine Simulator

    At the request of a number of people at the Ornamental Turning Symposium, I've made my 3D Rose Engine Surface simulator software available. This software enables the user to visualize a 3D view of the surface cut by an ornamental lathe. Whether you have an inexpensive MDF Rose Engine or a...
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