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mike fuson
10-24-2009, 4:47 PM
Made these to sets today. The first is walnut and about 5'' high. The other set is spalted maple and about 4'' high. Both have mylands friction polish finish. I turned these with the intent that they would be enough alike to look like a set but enough different to tell which is which.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/MikeFuson/bowls/walnutshakerset.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/MikeFuson/bowls/mapleshakerset.jpg
Ted Calver
10-24-2009, 4:50 PM
Nice ones Mike. I really like the shapes on both, but the the maple set is my favorite.
Steve Schlumpf
10-24-2009, 5:00 PM
Very nice work Mike! Beautiful woods but the spalted Maple sure grabs your attention! Do these fill through the top or do they use a stopper? Thanks for sharing!
gary Zimmel
10-24-2009, 5:15 PM
Great job on the shaker sets Mike.

The spalted maple is my favorite also.
John Keeton
10-24-2009, 6:17 PM
As much as I love walnut, I would have to agree that the maple ones are the pick! I think you did right by making them more simple with that much grain happening. Not sure I would feel the same way if they had beads, etc.
Bill Bulloch
10-24-2009, 6:26 PM
"I turned these with the intent that they would be enough alike to look like a set but enough different to tell which is which."

You accomplished your objective in the Walnut, the differents really stands out...but the Maple is a little more subtle. It's going to take a keen eye to distinguish bewteen these two. You can put a red stopper in the pepper shaker and a whitle stopper in the salt shaker.

I like em both.
mike fuson
10-24-2009, 7:01 PM
Very nice work Mike! Beautiful woods but the spalted Maple sure grabs your attention! Do these fill through the top or do they use a stopper? Thanks for sharing!


Stopper. Thanks for the comments.
Bernie Weishapl
10-24-2009, 7:06 PM
Mike those are beautiful shakers. Really nice wood and form.
alex carey
10-24-2009, 8:58 PM
Both are beautiful, definitely prefer the maple though.
Alan Tolchinsky
10-24-2009, 9:07 PM
Real nice Mike!
John Converse
11-04-2009, 7:10 PM
Question: Where do you find inserts for salt and pepper shakers?
Mike Minto
11-04-2009, 8:57 PM
mike, very nice - particularly the spalted set (i'm partial to such). did you use beall's treen mandrel or a similar tool? mike
mike fuson
11-04-2009, 10:48 PM
I got the caps and bungs from craft supply. I used a home made jam chuck.