Plain Walnut "Bowl" With a Purpose...

[David DeCristoforo]

Finally got a chance to get out to my new "summer shop". I really needed one of these:

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But what's it used for?!?!

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It's a candle holder! Then there's this little thingie. It's actually got a use. A free something if you can guess what...

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No big deal but I really had a good time. Beautiful day and with both ends of my "shop" open, it''s like working outside.

[David E Keller]

Nice looking turnings.

I'll take a stab at the latter item's purpose... It's used to press the wax flat when sealing an envelope.:D

[John Keeton]

David, glad you are getting to use the new "open air shop!!" Nice work on both. High style on the candle holder, and I don't have a clue what the other thingie is - but it looks padded on top and hard on bottom, so I am going to guess it gets pounded with your hand for some purpose??!??!:confused:

[David DeCristoforo]

"...it gets pounded with your hand for some purpose??!??!"

Not exactly "pounded". But close. That's a hint...

[David E Keller]

I think Mr. Keeton's description is an eloquent way of saying "bonker".:D

Now that I look at it, it could be used as a nut cracker(among other things).

[David DeCristoforo]

s'not a nut cracker...

[CW McClellan]

Could be a short grinder for salt or pepper :D

[Maria Alvarado]

espresso tamper?

[David DeCristoforo]

"...espresso tamper?"

Si. OK... a free something. How about a nice caffe mocha? OK, I admit it. I have both a caffeine jones and a chocolate jones.

[Maria Alvarado]

Shoot, and I was just in the neighborhood. What a tease! Can you fedex a mocha? Nice tamper and candle holder Dave.

[David DeCristoforo]

"Can you fedex a mocha?"

Sure ya can. Just might choke on the next day shipping charge tho... Tell ya what. Next time you are in town, hit me up. My wife and I have a cafe here and I'll whip you up a deadly mocha...

[John Hart]

Nice pieces David... Ya know...since you have a cafe...maybe you could take a picture of the tamper next to some beans and chocolate at the cafe?

Sorry...just being a long-distance shutterbug.:)

[John Keeton]

Just for the record, I was gettin' purty close with MY answer!! That oughta be good for a $.50 discount next time I stop in the cafe!!:D

But, being as I ain't never consumed nuthin' more expensive than Folgers, the term "espresso tamper" really wasn't in my vocabulary - but it had to be what I was thinkin' when I answered!:p

[David DeCristoforo]

"That oughta be good for a $.50 discount..."

You got it. Fifty cents off a mocha. I'll even let you try my espresso machine. I'll "turn" you into a barista. But I warn you... it's an addiction. Trying to make the "perfect espresso" will become the dominant force in your life...

[John Beaver]

I love the espresso tamper. Might have to make me one myself.

[Mike Minto]

"...espresso tamper?"

Si. OK... a free something. How about a nice caffe mocha? OK, I admit it. I have both a caffeine jones and a chocolate jones.


Do you have a Mrs....Mrs Jones? :rolleyes:

[David DeCristoforo]

"Do you have a ....Mrs Jones?"

Well... yes... actually I do. And here's the deal. Every morning I get up and make two "double" caffe mochas. I bring them to the bedroom and then we sit in bed and drink them together. So I get to indulge my three greatest passions all at the same time. This is beyond an addiction... it's an obsession. The best time of the day.

[John Beaver]

David, great idea on the tamper. Never thought of that. I might have to make one myself one day.