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Ent Works THE HERALD 14 creations in wood By TAYLOR Herald lair writer The most enjoyable part woodworking Is going out and cutting down the trees cording to Gray Is one of the two people behind Works an en devoted to creating wooden ornaments which also serve a useful purpose The name Works comes from J Tolkiens Trilogy Lord of the Rings In which are magical trees The other person involved In the operation is Bob Harrington who has been full time tool maker for years Bob designed and set up the tooling for the ornaments which are made on a lathe The line of ornaments now includes sets of candle holders hurricane lamps spice racks electric lamps and wine goblets Works went into production this spring alter a lady approached Bob to moke some spindles for a chair on the lathe in his workshop He and became enthusiastic about working with the lathe and came up with a design for the candleholders They have gradually added items to their inventory and Ihey will be expanding again after Christmas The path has not been en smooth For example because wood Is so expensive and Bob cut down their own trees last spring Then we discovered that the wood has to be for a year before can use it so we had to buy the wood anyway said All the Items arc mode of Canadian wood It required a certain amount or ex to find out which woods would be best for each ornament In the case of the wine goblets only cherry wood Is suitable But for the other Items such woods as black walnut black cherry birch and elm ore used The goblets are really a prestige item said It takes hours to turn a 4inch square block of wood Into a which sells Tor The wood is placed on the lathe and three cuts arc made Firs the wood is shaped from square to round Then the goblet shape is carved out and then the interior cuts are made Then the goblet muat be sanded finished and waxed with beeswax to protect the It took a while to learn Just how much pressure to use when you re sanding the goblets said The lip Is so think that just a little too much pressure and itll break In your hand Normally they endup with finished goblets out of a batch of Russ said the difference between commercially made wooden ornaments and the work done by Works is the effort put into the finish on the wood He said the finish on their work is much smoother than the finish on mass manufactured Items As a result they have trouble keeping up with the demand for their work particularly with the goblets It takes five hours to put together an electric lamp said that the wood should be kllndricd before it is used but soft wood tends to spilt during the process The lamps sell for We went to the Bay and Simpson and other large stores and compared the price of our lamps with said Our price amounts to about a wholesale price for those stores He added that it Is almost impossible to get a matched set of lamps since every lamp turns out dif ferent One of the problems which affects the number of Items made out of a particular piece of wood is the Invisible flaws which don t show up until after some of the cuts have been made In view some of ihse flaws add interest to the items He pointed out a black walnut lamp with large splits In It and said that some people loved the splits In the lamp and others hated them The Works workshop Is in the upper half of the building which was the original home on the property To get to the workshop visitors must climb a flight of stairs and go through a trap door The workshop which Is relatively smalt contains four lathes In the summer with the windows open you can hear con SAVE SAVE RECORDS WINTER COATS I TOYS I HOOTS BOOK J HAND KNIT SWEATERS PARTY DRESSES i MIIIStrMt wbavehs versations in an ordinary level of speech from as far as a block away said I really enjoy working on my own he added I would never go back to working for anybody again After Christmas Works will be expanding to offer two new items and Bob will be making beds and couches The de sign for the beds is complete on paper and the templet the tool for cutting the shape is being designed now The bed will sell for Its hard to come across a piece of cherry wood that big said holding his hands to Indicate the size of the can they will be making for the bed posts All the products made by Ent Works are for sale in Harrington Hand Crafts owned by Pat Harrington Bobs wife The store which is located on Prince Street in Glen Williams sella Items made by professional Canadian craftsmen including Jewelry pottery hand made toys stained glass hangings and quilts The store will be open for browsing every day from now until Dec Works took part in an exhibition in Bra ma lea last weekend and at the time the Herald talked with Russ he and Bob had just finished a large number of candle holders for the exhibition We stayed up working until am getting those ready said waving his hand toward a shelf weighted down with sets of dieholders I get turned on by people admiring work and I know 1 made it he added It lakes an awful long time from cutting down the trees to the finished product It s worth It though concluded Gray who works fullt time at Works demonstrates the lathe which Is used to shape blocks of wood into goblets candleholders hurricane lamps and electric lamps WHEN A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY WOULD MAKE CHRISTMAS A LOT MERRIER COME ON IN At Household Finance weve been helping people have merrier Chnstmases or almost years So come on in when you could use a Utile extra money to take care everyone on your list or to buy a really special present for who really deserves It During the Holiday season or any season come on in to HFC Where people use our money to get trie most of life HOUSEHOLD FINANCE GEORGETOWN 43 Main SI South place your personal greetings to friends neighbors relatives in The Herald Call our friendly ad takers and your message will appear in the December 21st issue CALL 8772201 Keep It Under Your Hat Spread the Word Want Ads Really Work HERES HOW TO MAKE A PRINTERS HATI Place a fullsized 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