Sugar Maple clock & moonshine jug !

[Terry Achey]

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]

Oak is all I put my shine in;)

[Allen Neighbors]

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]

That is a great looking clock with some really nice wood! The jug has a nice down home look as well.

[Paul Douglass]

I like the jug, and I know what I'd keep in it!!

[Terry Achey]

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]

Cool pieces. I really like the jar. Might just have to borrow that.

[Tom Sherman]

Like em both, great work Terry.

[David E Keller]

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]

Beautiful Maple! It almost looks like a dense maple burl. The jug is a nice visual.

[Bernie Weishapl]

That jug is just way cool. Love the clock.

[dennis kranz]

Both are great, but love the jug.
Dennis

[John Keeton]

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]

Both are very nice!! I am gonna steal the moonshine jug idea, really cool idea!:D

[Steve Schlumpf]

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]

Nice work on both pieces Terry. That "doorstop" is really neat. I love the figure in that maple, great looking clock!

[Terry Achey]

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