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Project by Roper posted 1317 days ago 1710 views 2 times favorited 12 comments Add to Favorites Watch

this goblet is a piece of white oak it is 7 inchs tall by 3 1/2 inchs across the stem is about 1/4 thick. after turning the goblet i placed it in a plastic box with a cap full of ammonia and let the wood darken, once i got the color i like i sprayed about 4 or 5 coats of laquer on it to seal the whole piece.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-www.coloradocustomworks.com




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SwedishIron

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#1 posted 1317 days ago

Roper,
Amazing form.. really like the piece.

-- Scott, Colorado

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#2 posted 1317 days ago

cool goblet unique for sure

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

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#3 posted 1317 days ago

Roper,

that looks so delicate i like this must of been a joy to make

-- cut it saw it scrap it SKPE: ANDREW.CARTER69

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#4 posted 1317 days ago

Well done.

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Scott

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#5 posted 1317 days ago

Nice job. I like the delicate stem. If I tried to turn that it would end up accross the shop for shure!

-- Scott, South Carolina

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scrappy

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#6 posted 1317 days ago

Great design and turning. Never heard of “Fumeing” before. Gives it a nice color, and brings out the grain.

Just one thought, The foot looks a little too big around for the top. Almost the same. Do you think it would look more proportional if the foot were only about 2/3 the top? JMHO

Keep up the great work.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

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toyguy

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#7 posted 1317 days ago

Nice turning…....... But OAK…. too porous a wood for a goblet….but it still looks nice….
Scrappy, I had the same thought. Foot looks a bit large for the goblet.

-- Brian, Ontario Canada,

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#8 posted 1317 days ago

Lovely turning but I fail to see the difference between it being “fumed” and the natural look of white oak?

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso

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Roper

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#9 posted 1316 days ago

thanks guys, glad you like the goblet. the foot on this one is a little big, the new ones i’m doing have a large cup and a smaller foot. roman if i can i will take a pic of the fumed oak next to a piece of natural, it is much darker.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-www.coloradocustomworks.com

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huff

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#10 posted 1316 days ago

Roper, Great turning. I like the look of the fumed oak. I’m doing a quarter sawn white oak gun cabinet right now, but I don’t think I have a large enough plastic box. lol. Great look.

-- John @ http://www.thehuffordfurnituregroup.com

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#11 posted 1313 days ago

Beautiful, just beautiful. Nice turniing.

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

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#12 posted 1113 days ago

I like your work, but have grown away from my oak fascination, however this piece has an incredible shape and the medullary rays with the fumed oak are just breath taking. Would like to see you make a set of these oak goblets (if you’re willing to deal with turning oak for that long of a period)

-- Will in Boulder, CO

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