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Curt Fuller
08-08-2006, 9:45 PM
After making a few of these and giving them away as wedding goblets I had someone track me down and ask me to make one for them. Now that I've got it done I'm not sure I want to part with it. It was a really nice piece of cocobolo with a little bit of yellow sapwood. It's 7" tall and 1.75" diameter with interlocked captive rings.
Corey Hallagan
08-08-2006, 9:49 PM
Curt, that is very pretty. Beautiful coco for sure and a great goblet!
Corey
John Timberlake
08-08-2006, 10:01 PM
Great job on a fantastic piece of wood. Love the weight of the stem, small without making it look like that was the object of the piece.
Andy Hoyt
08-08-2006, 10:17 PM
That looks great, Curt.
Can we see a straight on close up?
Jerry Vander Till
08-08-2006, 10:26 PM
Curt,
I can see why you don't want to give it away, it's beauteous!
How thin is the cup section, and did you have to use a steady rest or some other type of support when turning the stem?
Travis Stinson
08-08-2006, 10:42 PM
I'm with you Curt. It's a beautiful turning, with everything just right.
Bernie Weishapl
08-08-2006, 10:47 PM
That is a beauty Curt. I don't think I would let it go either. That is sure some pretty cocobola. Fantastic job.
Ken Fitzgerald
08-08-2006, 10:57 PM
Curt.........that is stunning! I've got one in the making and hope it turns out 1/10th that good! Absolutely beautiful!
Raymond Overman
08-08-2006, 11:35 PM
Wow, look at the figure in that. Excellent precision work there Curt. It's definitely a beauty.
Bruce Shiverdecker
08-09-2006, 12:17 AM
That is beautiful!
Bruce
Dennis Peacock
08-09-2006, 1:38 AM
Curt,
I'd love to see a tutorial on just how you do that. You got time to put up a tutorial on how to make one of these?
Very pretty and I love the form. Very elligant.
Dick Parr
08-09-2006, 1:40 AM
Very nice Curt, you did a great job on it and I love double rings.
Vaughn McMillan
08-09-2006, 1:43 AM
Great job, Curt. Ever since the zebrawood one you did a while back, I've admired your goblets. No wonder people are wanting to own them.
- Vaughn
Horst Hohoff
08-09-2006, 2:47 AM
Beautiful piece of work, Curt. I specially like, that you kept the captive rings to a good size in comparison to the goblet. I too often saw captive rings being too thick and too large in diameter. Great job!
Horst
Barry Stratton
08-09-2006, 3:00 AM
You did that impressive piece of cocobolo proud. Perfectly proportioned in everyway. Nicely done, sir!
Barry Stratton
08-09-2006, 3:01 AM
You did that impressive piece of cocobolo proud. Perfectly proportioned in everyway. Nicely done, sir!
Michael Stafford
08-09-2006, 6:39 AM
Curt, that is just beautiful. Nuff said....:D
Keith Burns
08-09-2006, 9:05 AM
Curt, I really liked the Zebrawood one you did awhile back but this one has it beat !! Great job:) :) :)
Mark Cothren
08-09-2006, 9:12 AM
Curt, that is slick as a whistle! Very elegant looking!
Travis White
08-09-2006, 10:20 AM
Stupid question:
Can you use it to drink out of?
Henry C. Gernhardt, III
08-09-2006, 7:31 PM
Wow, Curt. I can see why you don't want to part with it. That is absolutely gorgeous!
Curt Fuller
08-09-2006, 10:22 PM
Thanks everyone.
Andy, here's a straight on shot. I don't have a photo booth so I usually take my pictures on the kitchen countertop and the straight on shots show all the household clutter.
Jerry, here's a top view that shows the cup thickness (and the flash really shows the dimple in the bottom). I turn the cup first without any support. After I get it finished I stuff some paper towel into it tight and bring up the tailstock into the wad of towel for support. Then I just work my way back towards the base.
Thanks again everyone.
Gary Herrmann
08-09-2006, 10:42 PM
Wow. Thats beautiful. Uh, wow.
Did I say wow?
Henry C. Gernhardt, III
08-10-2006, 2:45 AM
Hay, Curt, looks like I'm not the only one who looked to the Woodcraft website for how-to's! :) Seriously, though, with a stem that long and thin, do you have a steady, or do you just use your fingers?
Andy Hoyt
08-10-2006, 7:50 AM
Thanks for the close ups, Curt. Just what was needed to confirm my original assessment as to the cool-factor on this one.
Nice crisp detailing. Very well done!
Ernie Nyvall
08-10-2006, 10:42 PM
That is a very special goblet Curt. Nice job.
Ernie
Dick Strauss
08-11-2006, 2:12 AM
Holy smokes what a beauty Curt!!!!!!!!!!
enough said...
Take care,
Dick
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