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Segmented Leopardwood Hollow Form
4 commentsThis segmented form contains 217 pieces of Leopardwood plus the lid and Ebony Finial. It measures 6" dia. x 11-1/2" tall. I turned this as a Christmas gift for my wife.
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One Piece Yo-Yo
Yo-Yo's make great gifts! These are turned on a lathe and are all variations of the "One Piece (no glue) design" by Yo Yo Spin. Finished with salad bowl finish or Danish oil.
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Salad Bowls and Rolling Pin
2 commentsI have been turning seriously one year. For Christmas I produced 5 salad bowls of stay-segmented walls and a solid bottom from walnut. There are 16 segments in the walls. I also...
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Wine Bottle Pepper Mill and Salt Shaker
I have made several of these for gifts using various combinations of wood species. They are very well received. They are turned by hand and personalized at the localnbsplaser...
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"Click-Clack" Push Toy
1 commentThis toy is a noise-making push "lawnmower". I call it a "Click-Clack". The curved upright strips were formed with thin laminations of oak. The handles were turned on a lathe.
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Walnut pen for soldier in Afghanistan
1 commentPhoto taken of one of my pens sent to a Soldier in Afghanistan.
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Pair of JJ Candle sticks
Pair of candlsticks made from Beech and stained greenish/bluish (hard to see in picture)
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Coffee Mug
I've turned a number of these for Christmas gifts. You can use solid blocks or assemble scraps left over from other projects. I turned a seqmented mug entirely from cutoffs of pen blanks.
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Cocobolo Shaving Brush
4 commentsThis is a shaving brush that I turned for my Father. The handle is cocobolo. It is finished with Renaissance Wax and the brush knot is attached with epoxy. The brush is a luxurious...
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auto aristocracy #1
This is another piece I completed in my undergratuate years. I was trying to fuse classic furniture styles with classic automobile forms. It is constructed of solid poplar, and mahogony accents, then...
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18th Century tilt-top (elliptical) candlestand
This 18th Century tilt-top candlestand has an elliptical top. In order to save space, the candlestand's top could be tilted and and the entire piece moved against the wall.
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Fantail Bench
This was an interesting project in the restoration of a yacht from 1930. Slight modifications were made from the original blueprint. All exposed parts are made entirely from teak. The...
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Connecticut highboy
In cherry, finished with oil and shellac. Two drawers have fan carvings. The sides of the lower case are single boards. The dovetails are hand cut and the piece has 158 dovetails in total. The upper...
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Platter and Bowl, Commission for Marine Biological Association(UK) conference
Two turned pieces commissioned by Aberystwyth University (Wales) for their Marine Biological Association Conference. Platter approx 14" diam x 1 1/2" deep. Bowl approx 7" diam x 4" deep.
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Natural Edge Laburnum Bowl
Thick walled Laburnum Bowl with Natural Edge. Inlay work in brass / resin. Sold through a local Art Gallery. Really enjoyed turning this - the grain was amazing and well worth the three year...
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Hatta in Prison
4 comments'Hatta in Prison' based on the illustration by Sir John Tenniel of Lewis Carrol's 'Alice Through the Looking Glass' and following the work of Ian Norbury. Carved in limewood, walnut and ebony. Plinth...
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woodturning in the Cook Islands
Woodturning done while teaching in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. The boxes are inlaid in the rim - this gives the person opening them a surprise and preserves the colour of the inlays. Timbers and shells...
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Cherry Fireplace Mantle
This was a modified replica of a friend's antique mantle. Took a lot of photos of the original and scaled it to fit my fireplace and ceiling height. Got talked out of hand carving a concave Newport...
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Antique Glass Insulators Project
I wanted to experiment with some old glass insulators and see if i could make them into some shelf accent lights. I think the project was a great success. See the link on the main page to see all the...
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New office furniture
My wife told me my "stuff" was creeping out into the living room so I built the cabinets and desk table.
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Walnut Pub Table
Walnut Table built on commission. 42"h x 68" x 32". Legs are 4 1/4" made from 12/4 stock glued up in two pieces and then milled to final dimension. The legs had to made in two pieces as they were...
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Credenza
3 commentsthis is my third commision and i am staying busy so i cant complain. however i must say that woodworking for a living just isnt as much fun as woodworking as a hobyist. on this most recent job i...
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Windsor Chair
4 commentsThis is one of six Windsor chairs I built completely out of red oak. I got the plan from Drew Langsner's book The ChairMaker's Workshop. Not a true Windsor in the purest sense because the...
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Boggs side chair
3 commentsThis turned out to be an extremely difficult chair to build, requiring some serious jigs for the steambent parts. The legs bend in two directions, and the back slats are bent progressively to fit the...
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Shaker rocking chair
This chair was based on a FWW article by Ernie Conover. It was first attempt at making a chair, and the learning curve was incredibly steep. I opted for back splats rather than a taped back, and I...
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Pine Wall Cupboard
2 commentsThis Colonial style pine wall cupboard was based on an FWW article by Mike Dunbar. The piece includes custom cornice and base moldings, floating tongue and groove back panels, awrought iron...
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Mahogany bowl
I wanted the bowl to be reminiscent of work by Bob Stocksdale, one of the mid-20th century turners who helped reinvigorate the craft. It's made from mahogany and measured 7 in. in dia. and 2 in. high...
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Expanding Dining Table
I made this table from my own design, but it's clearly Shaker influenced. In these photos, both leaves are in. I made the slides too (they're like big sliding dovetails). The base was my first...
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