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Randy Rhine Tops For Sale


Randy Rhine started woodworking as a creative outlet about 25 years ago. He's done a bit of furniture making, and has dabbled in other hobbies like stained glass and pottery...but always comes back to woodturning because it's so enjoyable.

Over the years he has come to specialize in ornamental and segmented woodturning. Ornamental turning is the process of taking a plain turned object and using a specialized “ornamental turning lathe”, or rose engine lathe, to add decorative effects to the turning. Segmented turning is the process of using multiple pieces of wood, hundreds in many cases, to build an object. In segmented turning, most of the work is done off the lathe, with the object only taking shape on the lathe in the final stages of the process. The rose engine lathe is a wonder in itself, can do a LOT, and takes quite a while to master. The results are mind-blowing though, and it you love beautiful wood at all, you will be hooked on these.

When Randy incorporates all of this expertise and woodturning creativity into tops, they become beautiful works of art....that also spin! It is functional art that looks amazing whether sitting still, or in motion. These tops don't spin as long as precision metal tops of course, but they are fun to spin regardless and you see beautiful magic happen in the process! There are only a couple of other rose engine lathe artists in the world that I know of who are at the same level as Randy. Truly amazing work!

Please click on a gallery to see more images of each top and to purchase available tops. I ship worldwide.

#1: Player's Delight  Size: 3.79H x 2.61W  Price: $190
:: #1: "Player's Delight" Size: 3.79"H x 2.61"W Price: $190 ::