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  1. Cherry Globe

    Cherry Globe

    Another globe I made a few years ago. This one is made of cherry with dyed oceans and pyrographed country, state, and continental boundaries. Constructed with polyhedral construction as 60 hexagons, and 12 pentagons. It was way too big to fit on my old Rockwell lathe, so I made a special...
  2. Truncated Icosahedron (Soccer Ball)

    Truncated Icosahedron (Soccer Ball)

    A 2.7" diameter 32 piece sphere made with 20 walnut hexagons, and 12 maple pentagons. Each piece was cut on table saw using a jig I designed. It was glued together all at once using long open time glue, stretch-wrap, and then a large rubber band as a clamp. After gluing, I turned it on my...
  3. J

    YouTube video about sphere with holes drilled through it

    A while back I was researching how to turn a sphere and if I needed a jig. I came across a video where a compass was used to draw a bunch of circles and where ever two circles intersected a hole was drilled. Does anyone recall this video? Please send me a link.
  4. Rings Around Neptune

    Rings Around Neptune

    Maple sphere and off axis platter. Figured maple colored with TransTint dyes. Lacquer finish.
  5. Christmas 2010 Box Group

    Christmas 2010 Box Group

    A group of boxes I made for my wife and children. The front and right ones were inspired by the vision of a U.S. sailor wearing a "Dixie Cup" hat and dungarees. The left one is my first attempt at a sphere box and the back my first attempt at a deep box. They vary in size from...
  6. Spheres

    Spheres

    Two of these are cherry with some rings cut with a skew. The other is of spalted River Birch. The bases have concaved so you can give the spheres a little spin. They are about 2 1/2" in diameter.
  7. "Comet"

    "Comet"

    Box Elder 10" dome and 3 1/2 tenticles Photo: Barb Muniak Funnest piece I have ever done Great piece of wood from my friend Ron. Lesson learned from my friend Larry (bleach Box elder it whitens the white and reddens the red). The tenticles where first turned to a 7/8 diam wit a 3/8 post...
  8. Celestron Fun

    Celestron Fun

    The planet and rings are aromatic cedar. The base and polar cap is Cocobolo. It's about 7 inches tall and 6 inches in diameter. This was my first try to turn a sphere, and I wanted to make something for my uncle for getting me hooked on astronomy.
  9. Mulberry Paperweight

    Mulberry Paperweight

    Dimensions: 3.25"diameter From the same log as Mulberry Lace and others. This was a lesson on turning a sphere, which is much harder than you would think. Your eye has a hard time seeing a perfect sphere. This was another webcam project. I left this piece heavy so it could be used...
  10. Rosewood burl sphere

    Rosewood burl sphere

    4" Rosewood burl sphere
  11. Madrone sphere

    Madrone sphere

    6" Madrone burl sphere
  12. Saturn

    Saturn

    Walnut Mullberry Sphere Photo: Arlan Heiser
  13. Arrowhead

    Arrowhead

    24" x 12" x 3" and 4" sphere Photo Arlan Heiser
  14. Amish Bowl

    Amish Bowl

    20" x 12" x 3" and 5" sphere some kind of oak...Great story getting the oak which I now have a lot of...Had to climb a severe slope to get to it...The deer evidently would mark this tree with their urine creating awfull smelling sawdust..Completely destroyed the...
  15. Earth in the Balance  spring 2008 contest

    Earth in the Balance spring 2008 contest

    This multi-axis turning was done on a secret makeshift machine. Made from ash and box-elder. Photo by: Arlan Heiser
  16. Spring 2008 contest

    Spring 2008 contest

    "Gibbous" bottle brush, hollowed, 2 5/8", white gesso, molding paste
  17. Spring 2008 Contest

    Spring 2008 Contest

    Collaboration by Tim Heil and Bob Jensen, members of the Minnesota Woodturners Association. 4 inch White Oaksphere painted with red acrylic and finished with shellac. Handle is Birdseye Maple with a shoelace for the pull cord. Photo by Wade Wendorf.
  18. Sphere with Conical base

    Sphere with Conical base

    Chinese elm, 14 inches tall x 12 inches diameter. Wood recycled/reclaimed from urban tree blown down in Anaheim during big windstorm last Fall.
  19. From the Depths

    From the Depths

    Turned and carved maple, tubing with handmade bronze and copper hardware
  20. Healthy/Ill Detail

    Healthy/Ill Detail

    Detail shot
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