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Burr elm bowl
This is a small Elm burr bowl with a natural edge that is 10cm in diameter and 8cm tall. It was a part turned item from a deceased turners estate donated to my local club. We were allowed to take these rough turned items and complete them. Once completed they will be returned to the club and offered for sale at the annual club show on 16th October in Leasingham.
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Ornamental Cherry and Sycamore box
Cherry & Sycamore ornamental box This Cherry box is 70mm tall and 85mm in diameter. It has a basket weave type of pattern on the outside created with my Rose Engine lathe. The lid is enhanced with a 65mm diameter Sycamore cabochon that has also been decorated using a different rosette on the Rose Engine lathe. It is finished with two coats of satin lacquer.
Close up of the lid decoration 
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Almond natural edge bowl
This natural edged Almond bowl is 18cm in diameter. There were some cracks and worm holes in this piece of wood which I filled with green glitter epoxy resin. Even though I glued the bark on with some CA glue part of it became detached during turning, as a result, I removed the remainder of the bark. I then scorched the edge where I had removed the bark. The bowl is finished in satin lacquer and then buffed with wax.
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Laser engraved Beech bowl
This is a small, 15cm in diameter, Beech bowl finished in satin lacquer and then buffed and waxed. It was put onto the Rose Engine when complete and with a 16 bump rosette I used the laser engraver to burn three lines 2mm apart around the rim. The laser made two passes to engrave the lines a little deeper.
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Bubinga box
This Bubinga box is 70mm tall and 70mm in diameter. The rim of the lid and the base of the box are scalloped on my Rose Engine lathe after turning on a conventional lathe. The lid was engraved with a “puffy” pentagon rosette and double bumper to a depth of 1.2mm on my Rose Engine lathe. Finished with buffed satin lacquer.
Bubinga box 
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Bubinga box
This Bubinga box is 9cm tall and 7.5cm in diameter. Once I had finished turning it I put it on my Rose Engine lathe and decorated the top of the lid and the inside of the lid. This box is the first piece that I have embellished on the Rose Engine and I need to do some more practice. However, it has been given to Jeff who helped me make the Rose Engine.
Bubinga box 
Bubinga box lid 
Bubinga box lid inside -
Laser engraving
I have recently built a Rose Engine lathe as detailed in this page and one of the options that I built into it was the ability to use the laser engraving attachment from my 3D printer. I mounted the laser on the bracket that normally holds the Dremel cutter with the magnets that come with the laser attachment.
Laser mount I cut a small piece of end grain Sycamore and mounted this on the rose engine. Using one of the rosettes I burnt this pattern into the wood. The centre flower is burnt with the laser one side of centre along with the next outer shape. The outer two shapes were burnt using the laser the other side of centre.
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Some more gnomes
These gnomes are quick and fun to make. The first has a spalted beech body padauk hat and ebony nose. The second has a cherry body, acacia natural edge hat and a walnut nose. The first is currently available the second is sold.
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Three gnomes
These gnomes are made in various woods and stand about 11cm high. These all went to my family but I do have others in stock should anyone want some.
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Stained Beech octagonal bowl
This is a 20cm in diameter octagonal beech bowl that is about 3mm in thickness. The inside of the bowl is stained with blue spirit stain. It is finished with satin acrylic lacquer. It was intended to be a square bowl when I started but a design opportunity arose when one of the wings was too thin and so I cut the four corners off and turned it into an unequal octagon.
Octagonal stained beech bowl
