Ornamental Oval wood Turning by Foster Giesmann

My Grandfather was a great master of
ornamenting oval pieces was the American Foster Giesmann (1915 2001). He has used a
special lathe and refined mechanical devices for different ornamenting processes, all designed
and made by himself [1] Years ago he sent me the small lidded bowl in figure 1, a nice
example of an ornamented oval piece.

http://ornamentalturning.net/articles/volmer-oval_indexer.pdf
Dwight Giesmann - dgiesmann@sbcglobal.net

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[pumkinvine]

That's awesome



[mrbluenun]

I it really nice to see suck a wonderful Craftsman. This is the first time I have seen these turned elliptical pieces, and I have to say, it begs believe how this can be done?

Thank you for uploading and, though I never knew him it is a shame when such a craftsman can ever make anything more, sorry.

Take care,

mrbluenun

[curtgeorge]

I am sorry to hear about your grandfathers death. by any chance can you take a few pictures of your Grandfathers tools? that he made and used?

I wish I could have meet the man, his work is One of a kind.

thank you in advance.

C.A.G.

[paloarteinc]

Priceless!

What a beautiful couple!

Thank you @mixmaster167 for posting this great video record.

[Hendrix92TheUniverse]

very beautiful work

[tahoeturner]

Thank you for posting this. I remember your grand dad well. As a member of the NorCal club, I remember him bringing his creations to club meetings to share with everyone. He and I actually discussed partnering to do a "segmented" oval piece. We never did I'm sorry to say His work was one of a kind and will outlast us all.

[watch4david]

Man that's some very nice work. Thanks for showing your work.