Wine Bottle Pepper Mills
What could be more fun than a premium pepper mill styled after a wine bottle? Ted patterned his design for a 12″ mill on a Bogle wine bottle, reducing it to 7/8 scale to accommodate the pepper mill mechanism. Ted turns the bottle mills out a single piece of wood chosen for its elegant figuring or […]
Norfolk Island Pine Bowl
From his winter home in Florida, our friend Sam sent Ted a large waxed block of Norfolk Island Pine. This coniferous tree (Araucaria heterophylla) is native to the southern hemisphere, specifically to Australia and the Norfolk Islands of the South Pacific. South Florida’s climate and growing conditions are suitable for this tree, although hurricanes often […]
Working with SpectraPly
We have our favorite woods. Ted’s is cherry (although he might identify his favorite wood as whatever is on the lathe at the moment.) Mine is tulipwood. But for the “fun and surprise” element, nothing tops SpectraPly. SpectraPly is a hardwood composite made from layers of pigmented birch veneer. Ted has been using it for […]