Look good enough to eat

[John TenEyck]

Hi folks,

Haven't been here in awhile because I don't turn that often. My wife asked me (for years) to make some wooden fruit. I had some free time and enough inspiration the other day to go try making some, and here's what I got for my effort. I have to say, they were a lot of fun to make. All but one of the pears were mahagony, dyed with Transtint and sprayed with lacquer; the one pear was English walnut with Arm-R-Seal. Thanks for looking. Have a great Holiday season. John


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[Dennis Ford]

The fruit looks great as does the bowl. I particualary like the stems on the fruit.
The bowl looks like Osage with a (Mahagony?) rim.

[John TenEyck]

Thanks. The bowl is red mullberry with a black walnut rim.

[Larry Marley]

Very nice!

[John Keeton]

Very nice work on both the fruit and the bowl, John!

[Scott Hackler]

Very nice work. That would make a wonderful table center piece.

[David E Keller]

Beautiful work! It doesn't seem the paucity of turning time has effected your skills at all!

[Von Bickley]

The bowl & fruit look GREAT.....

[Rich Aldrich]

Great job. You might want to put a note by them stating they are not real......some one might make the mistake.

[Jim Burr]

For someone who doesn't turn often...you have some explaining to do sir! Very well done and kudo's for keeping the boss happy!

[Steve Schlumpf]

John - that is some very impressive work! Great looking fruit and bowl!! I hope you start sharing some more of your work with us!

[Jon McElwain]

Wow, those look great. I really like the stem detail. I have not seen very many stems as effective as those! The bowl looks thin and crisp too.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Both the bowl and fruit look great. Really well done.

[John M. Smith]

Great......now I'm hungry for a pear. Guess I better go to the store. LOL . The fruit looks great. Good enough to eat !!!!

[John TenEyck]

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. I'm not used to such praise on some of the other forums, so I guess I should turn more stuff so I can hang out here more often ! You all definitely made my day.

Glad you liked the stems. They were actually very easy to make. I took a piece of 1/4" dia. dowel rod (one is 3/8", but I thought it looked a little large) and tapered it down to a little less than 1/8" dia. with a chisel over about 1-1/4" to 1-1/2" in length. I sanded it a little, then cut it off on an angle at the bandsaw and sanded that surface and slightly rounded the edge. I drilled a 1/8" hole into the top of the fruit at an angle of 10 - 15 deg. so that the stem would look natural. I stained them with GF's Java wiping stain, then glued them into the fruit before I shot them with lacquer.

thanks,
John

[Hayes Rutherford]

John, great fruit and bowl as well. at first glance I thought the one pear looked a little more ripe than the other.

[Joe Watson]

I love it, nicely done. For some reason i like novelty stuff like this.

[Baxter Smith]

For not turning often, they sure look edible John. The bowl will still look good when they are gone too!;):)