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My most recent project, I made this Zebrawood hourglass with 3 spindles I designed and turned on the lathe. The hourglass is seated in the base with rubber grommets and was given enough space for the wood to expand/contract.
I finished it with 3 coats of tung oil buffed to a very high gloss. The interior edges of the bases were given an ogee profile, with the outer edges rounded over. It stands just under 9 1/2” tall and 5 1/4” across at the widest points.
As always, thanks for looking!
-- John
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TJ65
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#1 posted 10-08-2010 09:57 PM
Beautiful wood which certainly makes for an interesting piece.
Lovely
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#2 posted 10-08-2010 10:53 PM
Thanks, Theresa!
-- John
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#3 posted 10-08-2010 10:55 PM
Gorgeous work John! That zebra is wonderful!
-- Thomas - there are no problems, there are only solutions.
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#4 posted 10-09-2010 12:50 AM
Yea, page three in my projects. Doesn’t stand out too much.
Guess my edit took out all the stuff I wrote, lol. Well, I said, cool hour glass!!!!!!!!!!!
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
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#5 posted 10-09-2010 01:10 AM
Thank you both!
Jack- Do you have any pictures of the hourglass? I didn’t see it in your projects, but would love to get a look at that.
-- John
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#6 posted 10-09-2010 04:07 AM
We don’t see many hourglasses any more. I guess most people have gone digital. Very striking use of zebrawood. Nice job.
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#7 posted 10-09-2010 03:12 PM
Thank you Robert :)
-- John
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#8 posted 10-09-2010 07:22 PM
Don’t agree with Robert, I DO have a triple hourglass lying around here =p
(and thinking about it, I might well revamp it now that John has led the way ;)
Thing is, these babies don’t chime when empty – maybe something to implement after all.
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#9 posted 10-11-2010 05:26 PM
Nice, I like it !!!
-- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one
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#10 posted 10-15-2010 12:35 AM
Thanks!
-- John
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