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Another lidded something

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:08:43 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: I am not too sure how I feel about the finial on this one. Hey I was up at 3:00 AM doing this okay!!! Bottom is Acacia, the lid is Mesquite and the finial is lychee. Honest critiques please on this. It is still possible to modify the lid a small bit and the finial too.

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Lidded something

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:54:09 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Started off as a bowl but a design opportunity presented itself. Yeah that's right, got a catch and broke what I had, this is the salvage. not as big as I had planned but still, I think it came out okay. It is made of Mesquite (bottom) Narra (lid) and a piece of acacia (finial). one coat of oil and urathane finish then Beal buffed. Big problem is the white diamond got into some pores and now there is a white shadow over parts of it. Do you think if I hit it again with the tripoly and then the carnuba wax it will get the white diamond out? 5" D X 4" tall to the top of the finial

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Hat

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:13:43 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Yet another photo of my hat. ROn said my other pic wasn't big enough so I had to retake it. No comments are necessary I am only posting for calendar voting.

C&T goblet

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:16:51 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Another view of goblet I hope you like it Toni.

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C&T goblet

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:14:09 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: I could not resist. I have gotten so into trying to make hats lately that I thought why not make the goblet a hat. It is two seperate pieces, the hat being one piece and the stem being another. I tried to make it all one piece but the endgrain brims just could ot get thin enough and kepot shattering.

7 comments

Saved?

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:43:42 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: From the front. Oh FYI, the stand is a cookie jar and it is full of Oreos.

6 comments

Hat I made

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:35:56 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Made this one Tuesday night. It was supposed to fit my older daughter but after shrinking and shaping, it ended up fitting my youngest. As you can see, she is quite the ham.

11 comments

Me wearing my hat in Johannas Michelsen's shop in VT

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:56:14 +0000

by: Philip Peak

5 comments

Secret project

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:00:35 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Now you know what I needed the 17/32" drill bit for. Turns out it was still usta hair too small but, some 180 grit gouge around a dowel rod helped for just the mircon if an inch that was needed. IT didn't turn out just like IPlanned but then what ever does. What happened was I was given one of those screwdrivers that you can pull the haft out of the handle and each end has a removable tip with a cross tip and a flat blade on each end but of different sizes. Well, I broke the plastic handle doing something that I should not have been doing. I had seen ina mag somewhere that one of the supply companieswas selling screwdriver kits and it looked pretty much like what I had after I broke mine so I thought I would try and do a wood handle and here is what I got.

3 comments

Oage Orange Cube Challenge piece

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:26:38 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: I can't believe I am the first to post. I guess you could call this a hollow form, I cut my 5 "cube and using a jig cut two opposing corners of the cube to give me somplace to mount between centers. Then I turned the bottom to shape and placed an tenon to grab on to. Then flopped it over cut it to shape and then hollowed it out. I had thought about making the wings thinner but was having some problems with chipping out on the end grain and said to heck with it.

9 comments

Osage Orange Natural edge

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:18:02 +0000

by: Philip Peak

6 comments

Redbud Natural Edge

Tue, 20 May 2008 21:27:17 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Thsi started out as a crotch piece but one arm was semi-rotted kept having problems keeping things together butafter a while Isad to hell withit and decided the flaws are what makes the pieces interesting.

8 comments

New Pens

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:13:52 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: I know I haven't posted any new pics in while but here are some pens I managed to make recently. from left to right: Osage orange, somekind of rosewood and Corn cob.

3 comments

Unidentified turned object

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 07:46:13 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: It just occurred to me tha I never poste a totally completed pic of this piece. I am also submitting it for WR 2007 calendar

4 comments

Second ornament

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:13:07 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Managed a second one today. Made of Osage orange, chinaberry and ambrosia'd maple. No time to make another. GOtta clean the shop up real good to get ready for company on Wednesday so we can mess it up real bad.

5 comments

Walnut and walnut ornament

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:51:42 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Yes, it is two different walnuts. The bottom is a piece that Ugly Duck sent me a long time ago, there is a small diameter of dark brown in the center, the rest is sapwood obviously. The top is Walnut heartwood. The bottom was longer by about two inches but I dropped it while taking it off the lathe. It is my first ewver ornament and my 6th or 7th try. Two tries since this one have resulted in the same as the previous 5 or 6.

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Bradford pear UTO*

Sat, 03 Jun 2006 19:21:07 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: * Unidentified Turned Object. I don't know what else to call it. It isn't going quite as I had planned. The reason it is sitting on a roll of masing tape is because it still has a tenon on it because I am not real happy with it the way it is. I got the brilliant idea to ask you all what you would change if yo were given this and was told to fix it. Keep in mind that the walls are right around 1/4" thick and so are the wings. You know, that would make an interesting challenge wouldn't it? To be given a trading partner and each person send the other an unfinished piece that they have laying around (we all have them I'm sure, you know the ones you have half done andare not sure what or if you even want to do something with) do something with it and send it back finished/fixed. Also, this thing has been a bugger to sand especailly where the upswept wings meet the form.

12 comments

SkyJ's Challenge piece

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:46:52 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: He was having trouble with his computer so he sent it to me to upload, I'll let him describe it.

11 comments

Cottonwood and walnut

Wed, 31 May 2006 06:02:00 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: SHows pedatal better

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Cottonwood and Walnut

Wed, 31 May 2006 06:00:29 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Not sure of the measurements but I know they are close. Finished with danish oil and beal buffed on the outside, just a coating of danish oil inside. My beal buffers are not small enough to get inside. Hope you like it Paul Porter I'll send it as son as I get your address

2 comments

Spalted Elm bowl (another view)

Tue, 30 May 2006 21:49:27 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Turned around and looking more inside, Really has some nice color to it.

4 comments

Spalted Elm bowl

Tue, 30 May 2006 21:47:28 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Measures 10 3/4"D X 5 1/4"H. This was a piece of old ugly looking elm I got from Hillbillyred. It was a piece that was laying in his shop behind his lathe covered in grit and old shavings. Don't know if you remember it or not Hillbillyred but this was what was inside it. Thick walled and has a hefty feel to it.

All 4 lighthouse birdhouse

Fri, 05 May 2006 18:22:40 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Well they are complete just waiting to be delivered to the teachers on Monday. from left to right: Beech; Cottonwood, Cherry, Mulberry and Camphor; Cedar, Cottonwood; Sycamore, Walnut and Mulberry.

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Sycamore, walnut and mulberry birdhouse

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:39:09 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: This was the first one I did. The cedar was the second. this one is a bit smaller. 12" tall and 3 1/4" across the base. the hole does not go all the way through and it too will have a dowel inserted just below the hole

2 comments

Ambrosia'd maple spiral stem goblet

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:21:43 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: It was hard to get a good view of this one without it looking awkward. You will notice a bit of a dark ring around the inside towards the top. No matter what I did I could not get rid of that ring. Again liek I said I hope you like it Ken. If you PM me your address I'll get it mailed in a couple of days.

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Ambrosia'd maple spiral stem goblet

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:17:03 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Well here it is. I told you I wasn't gonna be meeting the stem requirements but this design got in my head and I had to do it. It stands about 6 1/2" tall the cup part is 3 3/4 diameter and about 2 1/4" or so to the top of the flutes. The flutes are about 3 1/2" long. I hope you lke it Ken, cause it's yours.

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Spalted magnolia Hollow Form

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:50:54 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Other side of same form

Spalted Magnolia hollow form

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:49:31 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: This piece has been sitting around my shop for about a year. Started out, what is now the bottom was supposed to be the top. Approx 9" tal and 6" wide. the hole was casue by a flat spot in the wood. I did wash the insides with Danish oil but it looks liek it need it some more. Finish is watrco Danish oil and Beal buffed.

5 comments

This is not my challenge piece

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:55:16 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: As a matter of fact my challenge piece will look nothing like this, I had some time to kill this mornign before I had to awaken children for school and I had this failed piece tha I had intended to be my challenge piece I thought I would see if I could do one of those thin stemmed things. The stem is just over 1/8" thick. The cup is 3"d and 2 1/4" deep I didn't sand or finish it well because it has lots of flaws that are not visible, mainly the cup is not even in thickness and the base...

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Rogue's gallery

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:48:30 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Someone used that term recently to describe their collection of Challenge pieces, well here is mine. Someof you might recognize your work. I got to say, it is amazing what you don't think about sometimes when you take a picture. I wasn't thinking about the mirrored back of the china cabinet reflecting everything, including me taking the picture.

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3rd attempt 1st semi-success hat making

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:25:06 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: My young beautiful model agreed to pose with my newest creation. It made of Cherry and is 3/32" thick all the way through except on area that you will see in another pic. I call it semi successful because it was not sanded real well and doesn't have a real good finish, I was just trying to get it off the lathe in one piece which with these things is easier said than done. It does fit my head fairly well except the top of the crown rest on the top of my head. It did crack a bit which I also will show in a different pic.

6 comments

Cottonwood Bowl

Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:30:33 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: 11"D x 4 3/4"H Danish oil finish. Will eventually use the Beal Buff on it.

1 comment

Hollow ASH cube with collars

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:29:07 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: There are 7 different woods involved here: Narra, purpleheart, brazilian cherrywood, Jatoba and a couple others I am not real sure about and will try to remember and post later. All six sides have collars each of a different wood. Like I said my wife went "yuk" and my son's reaction was "what is that" Curt I hope you like it because it's yours :). Send me your address and I will get it in the mail.

12 comments

Bradford Pear winged bowl

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:30:37 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: I have always wanted to do something like this ever since I did that smaller one out of Osage Orange. This one is about 11" across the wing length and about 6"wide and 3 3/4" high. Yes I still have all my fingers and no I did not have to go get an xray this time.

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Ash Hollow form

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:20:02 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: This is what is known as the result of an unexpected design opportunity. In other words the original piece got a catch and busted all over the place and here is what I was able to do with what was left. The wife loves it. It is 6 3/4" high and 4" across the flats. it is finished with Beal buff system and then a coat of Renaissance wax.

6 comments

maple crotch hollow form

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:21:43 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: This is the piece I mentioned in the forum that I managed to do yesterday without hurting myself. Did have one problem with it. While hollowing, the tenon broke off. Still had enough dimple from initial turning between centers to allow me to remount between centers and turn another tenon. Notice the figure running beside the whole. This piece is from the same log as the large 18" bowl. It is sitting on rag to keep it upright as the tenon is still in place. Want to do more inside finish work. It will eventually be 6 3/4"D x 3 1/4"H

5 comments

Mimosa Bowl side view

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:12:46 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Same bowl different angle

2 comments

Mimosa Bowl

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:07:17 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: This is the Mimosa bowl I kept mentioning in the forum. Sorry it has take so long to post but it has been a really rough week for me. This bowl is about 7 1/2" in diameter x 2" high and is as light as a feather. This wood has about the same density as cedar. This is a top view.

7 comments

Bradford pear natural edge

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:58:03 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: one of my sumissions for the calendar

2 comments

Maple Burl natural edge

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:25:17 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Last one for testing

1 comment

Osage winged bowl

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:22:29 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Another example with new phot tent set up trying for a better more professional looking pic to submit for the calendar

7 comments

natural edge pecan

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:20:27 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: I don't know if I posted this before. What I am actually looking for here is commentary on the actual photo itself. As you knwo I have been having trouble getting a fully in focus pic lately. Also I have been fooling around with a new "photo tent" set up. OKay let er rip, both barrels.

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Bradford Pear Natural Edge (form the side)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:18:27 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: I don't normally post multiple pics of the same piece but this one was difficult if not impossible to get it's true form in one pic. I may have to keep this one for me.

9 comments

Bradford Pear natural edge (top view)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:16:28 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Oil and Urethane topcoat finish. A crotch piece. Approx 8 1/2"D X 3"H.

2 comments

Catalpa natural edge

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 23:19:32 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: put a foot on this one, like the way it looks on this piece. Approx 6 1/2"x4 3/4" x 3 1/4" high on highest point.

3 comments

Osage orange natural edge

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 23:16:41 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: 5 1/4"H 8" across wides dimension and 6 inches across narrowest. Another one of those place the whole log on sidewayslike I showed that pieces of walnut before, only this was a fairly large piece of Osage Orange. Wasn't real easy because of a split down its side but managed to get it down the way I wanted it.

2 comments

Catalpa winged bowl

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:25:07 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: 6 1/2" acrossthe wings, 4" wide and 3 inches tall. I am really getting into these things can you tell.

1 comment

crabapple lidded box

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 07:01:25 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Wood I got from Gil, Thanks Gil. This one gave me a bad time but I managed to salvage it.

4 comments

Osage Orange natural edge

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 07:00:10 +0000

by: Philip Peak

4 comments

pecan (whatever you want to call it)

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 06:58:08 +0000

by: Philip Peak

Description}: Well it is not a bowl and not really a dish so I don't knwo what you would call it. Measures approx 7"x3"

6 comments