Mark Supik welcomes MCW and describes the business and equipment.
Nancy administrates.
Joe puts the size of those Oliver pulleys into perspective.
A bottle form, fresh off the lathe for a tapper handle.
After finishing but before the label goes on. Note those in the rack to the rear.
...and not a drop to drink.
To set the speed, you adjust this belt here...
Rock and roll...
Mark demo's the German copy lathe.
The copy lathe In action with one blade -- making a small cedar ball for a deck. The order is for 1000.
Cutting merrily along...
A completed spine roller in front of set of cutter heads on a stack of raw blanks. Thanks goodness for a copy lathe!
Wouldn't you like to have one of these at home?
Now that's what I call a band saw -- an 1876 Atlantic with a 3-foot throat and 12-inch cutting height.
Lathes here...
Lathes here too...
Lathes there...
Lathes everywhere!
Now that's what I call a faceplate!
Tools and samples of the trade.
Bob and Mike look on as Joe sets up a spindle demo.
Joe gets to work on a carving mallet.
Skew work.
Putting on a finishing touch. This mallet felt great in the hand.
Stan Sherman gets into the action, left handed.
Lets make a turning blank for Tom Ankrum to play with.
This lathe is bigger than the room Tom turns in at home.
After hours, some artistic fun -- an end-grain hornbeam winged bowl with the roots.
Pine is fine -- check out the translucent knots.
Just playing around.
