THE GLOBE ON HIGH GYROSCOPIC STAND

Fantastic project Sam. If I ever get half as talented as you are, I’ll be one happy camper ;-))

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

WOW!!! I have to agree with Topamax.. Beautiful work..

-- Tim, Missouri ....Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the heck happened

Jeez Sam, that is a great creation. Three months well spent but how do you have the patience.
Nice work on the stand, you sure do create wonders from wood. Congrats on a brilliant project.

-- Bob C, Australia. I love sharing as long as it is not my tools

Did you turn the globe as a solid ball, or as a hollow form? Great craftsmanship and patience on the globe
itself, but you forgot to mark the most important spot on the the globe, Sam Shakouri”s workshop.
Wonderful joinery on the stand, still trying to figure out how the legs and strechers were made and
attached, but that is standard with you, you make wood joinery both beautiful and challenging. Thank
you for sharing and making us stretch our imagination once again.

-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter

WOW that is nice. I would real like to know how you turned the globe.
AZMac

as always you make our jaws hiting th floor with a big bang that hurts
and need some attention from a Dr. tomorow .. i´m glad you don´t post more often … LOL

thank´s for sharing
Dennis

Awesome as usual..

-- Drink twice... and don't bother to cut... @ larrysworkshop.wordpress.com For lovers of all things timber...

This is one of the finest projects I’ve seen on LumberJocks. But all of your work is great. Thanks for sharing with us, Sam. I will be sure to show this to my friends, I’m sure it will flip them out.
- JJ

A wondrous piece Sam. Beautiful, difficult and outstanding like all your work.

-- Mike, American in Norway

As usual, a great work of art Sam.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Sam,

This is really beautiful. Three months seems really fast for so much work. Thanks for posting.

L/W

-- Jesus is the ONLY reason for ANY season.

That has to be the most intense thing I’ve seen yet on the site. Holy @#$!!!!! that’s nice

-- life an woodworking is one big experiment

I’d like to thank everyone for their comments on this project.
To Bluepine38, one out of many advantages of segmented turning is you turn an already hollowed objec, well almost. The globe was hollow, however, I did, roughly, turned the inside, when it was two halves, to reduce the weight only. AND, the location of my workshop is Sydney, NSW, Australia.
To Dennis, I’m sorry for the unexpected inconconvenience!! You may need a jaw bra for my next project.
I used a home made calipers to insure the globe was as spherical as possible, but, anyway, after so many years of wood turning, my eye and touching sense are able to detect any hump, no mater how shallow it is.

-- Sam Shakouri / CREATING WONDERS WITH WOOD.....Sydney,Australia....

Great work Sam as always.

-- Dan Wiggins