Size Matters

[George Clark]

My very talented friend, John Taliaferro, thinks size matters. Our local turning club, Woodturners of Southwest Missouri, has a monthly project contest. The following photos show John's entries for the honey dipper and goblet projects. The honey dipper is oak and the goblet is hackberry. To top it all off, he turned them on a lathe he built himself.

John recently acquired an Oliver lathe of 1960's vintage that makes my Robust American Beauty look like a mini-lathe. No large tree will be safe when he gets Oliver operational. It's so big he has to build a new wing on his shop just to get it under roof.

George

[Bill Bolen]

I can hear the forest trembling from St. Louis!...Bill...

[Steve Mawson]

Now that is a turning!!!!

[John Fricke]

Pooh bear would be most impressed.

[Matt Ranum]

HOLY CRAP:eek:

[Steve Schlumpf]

Impressive! First you have to have the imagination, then the lathe, then a source of wood to fit the dream! Pretty cool work!

[Dewey Torres]

Ok that's overboard:D

[alex carey]

I love it, I hope I get to do that turning one day. Very cool.

[Dave Halter]

I'd like to order a goblet of wine! Great stuff.

Dave

[Bernie Weishapl]

Now that is some turning. Holy cow.

[Jim Kountz]

So if I tell the wife I only want one glass of wine per day can I use this goblet??
Thats awesome!!

[George Clark]

Here's some shots of the lathe John fabricated to turn these monstrous projects. :eek:

George

[Bill Bolen]

Looks as if John is not a stranger to huge turnings. I think that is the biggest NE bowl I have ever seen! Should hold a years worth of production of M&M's...Bill..