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Terry Achey
07-25-2010, 9:26 PM
The sugar maple is 9 1/2" with a 6" clock face. This beautiful piece of wood is figured nicer than my photo skills demonstarte. It's about 1 1/4" thick. I turned this small piece from a cutoff of some 12/4 lumber I bought at a lumber auction. Finish is Danish oil buffed and then R/wax final.
Just for grins... I turned the jug from a solid red oak log laying on my woodpile. The top is made from an unkown tight grained exotic. Dimensions are about 10" to the top and about 6" across. Makes a very heavy doorstop if nothing else:eek:.
Not the eye-popping turnings so often posted on the Creek, but they are fun to make and share.
Cheers,
Terry
Ken Hill
07-25-2010, 9:29 PM
Oak is all I put my shine in;)
Allen Neighbors
07-25-2010, 9:32 PM
Gorgeous clock, Terry! Great wood and finish, too.
The jug is also great! I love the particle board 'cork'. Question: is this a box? Or is it solid... you did mention, "it makes a very heavy doorstop".... :)
Now that jug is definitely thinking outside of the box.
Baxter Smith
07-25-2010, 9:34 PM
That is a great looking clock with some really nice wood! The jug has a nice down home look as well.
Paul Douglass
07-25-2010, 9:54 PM
I like the jug, and I know what I'd keep in it!!
Terry Achey
07-25-2010, 9:55 PM
Allen,
Thanks for the comments. Actually I glued the top to the oak. I didn't spend a great deal of time becasue I figured it would check some more since the oak is actually a log with the pith in the center. That small log was drying out of the weather for about 3 years and still it continues to check and split after it was completed! BTW- the cork is actually cork from a large sea salt jar.
cheers,
Terry
Wayne Bower
07-25-2010, 10:14 PM
Cool pieces. I really like the jar. Might just have to borrow that.
Tom Sherman
07-25-2010, 10:29 PM
Like em both, great work Terry.
David E Keller
07-25-2010, 10:30 PM
Nicely done on both. I like the clock, and I can see plenty of figure in those photos. The 'shine jug is really cool looking, and it's a pretty creative use for firewood.
James Combs
07-25-2010, 10:36 PM
Beautiful Maple! It almost looks like a dense maple burl. The jug is a nice visual.
Bernie Weishapl
07-25-2010, 10:53 PM
That jug is just way cool. Love the clock.
dennis kranz
07-26-2010, 1:08 AM
Both are great, but love the jug.
Dennis
John Keeton
07-26-2010, 7:58 AM
Nice work on both, Terry! The jug is really cute and whimsical - nice use of some odds and ends. The clock is really eye catching. Beautiful wood, and very nicely proportioned.
David Hullum
07-26-2010, 1:15 PM
Both are very nice!! I am gonna steal the moonshine jug idea, really cool idea!:D
Steve Schlumpf
07-26-2010, 1:21 PM
Terry - nice work on both items!
Really like the clock - the wood is amazing! Did you turn it off center or is that just camera angle?
Jug is a cool idea! Real piece of folk art!
Roland Martin
07-26-2010, 4:56 PM
Nice work on both pieces Terry. That "doorstop" is really neat. I love the figure in that maple, great looking clock!
Terry Achey
07-26-2010, 9:04 PM
Thanks for all the compliments. Steve, your "master" eye is not unlike a camera lens .... it cannot be fooled :D. Actually, it is turned round, but I had to prop up the clock for the photo and I didn't take the time to make sure that it was parallel with the camera lens.
Terry
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