Name:
Dennis Peacock

DOB/Age:
12 June 1959 - 46 years young

Physical description (G-rated, please):
5' 9" tall, standing up or laying down

Location (for how long, previous locations, etc):
Conway, AR - 6 Years
Hazel Green, AL - 7 Years
Huntsville, AL - 11 Years

Family information (brag on your spouse, kids, grandkids, dog, etc): The LOML - Tracy
4 Kids - Samuel - 15, Amanda - 14, Joseph - 11, and Daniel - 8
No Dawgs or cats...just a Guinea pig for Amanda

Vocation (what do you do for a living, and what have you done previously):
Unix Systems Engineer since 1985

Equipment Overview (lathe, tools, etc):
Lathe - Powermatic 3520A and a Jet 1236
Tablesaw - Jet 10" Left Tilt Cabinet Saw
12" DeWalt CMS
Robland X-31 Euro Combo Machine - now sold
2 Floor type Drill Presses
EZ Guiderail setup
Festool Guiderail system with vac
Festool Sanders - I love those things
Performax 16/32 - to be upgraded to a Woodmaster 38" drum sander PC,
Hitachi, Makita routers Laguna LT16HD Bandsaw Bill Pentz Design 5HP Cyclone setup
Way too many other items to list here

How many lathes have (or do) you own? Tell us about 'em.
2 Lathes
My starter lathe Jet 1236. Very good starter type lathe.
My "serious" lathe, PM 3520A. This baby ROCKS!!!!!

How many turning tools do you have?
I have about 14 turning tools.

Tell us about your shop:
My shop is a metal building. 30' by 60' and I really could use another 1,200
sq ft. It's heated via natural gas heater, cooled via two window A/C units. Inside bathroom, phone and dual garage doors.

Website? If so, what's the url?
I have a personal web site: www.beautifulwood.net

How long turning?
Been turning for almost 3 years now...off and on.

What got you into turning?
Ken Salisbury got me started in turning for just making pens. The rest is
"history".

What do you enjoy most about turning?
Freedom of form. Relaxing at the quiet hum of the lathe and the sweet sound of wood under my gouges.

What was your first completed turned project?
I made a bowl, my very first with dull turning tools and NO Bowl Gouge out
of a laminated Pine blank from my BIL's house that he was having built. They still have it today, almost 10 years later.

What is your favorite form that you turn?
Round!!!!! Other than that? Bowls and Platters

What is your favorite form someone else turns/has turned?
Hollow Forms that I don't have money for the HF tools. Maybe in the next 2 years I can get them.

What is your favorite wood to work with and why?
Maple and Pecan. Turns very nice and finishes like a dream.

Have you met or hung out with any turnin' Creekers? Tell us about it.
Yes.
Mark Cothren - Very good friend of mine.
Joe Meazle - Another very good friend of mine.
Terry Quiram - Excellent turner and friend.
Bill Grumbine - The best I've ever seen.

What is your favorite individual piece that you have turned, and why?
Maple Burl shallow bowl/platter. Just because it is highly figured and the
LOML really likes it.

What is your favorite piece someone else has turned, and why?
I highly value any turned piece or not sent to me of any of my fellow
woodworkers. To me, no amount of money can take the place of a handcrafted item by those your fellowship with.

What do you not turn now that you want to - or plan to - in the future?
Hollow forms. Like everything else in the world, it takes money to purchase the tools and with 4 kids and 3 sets of braces, who has money for turning tools any more.

What brought you to SMC?
I came to SMC when Badger Pond closed it's doors. I've been here ever since.

Got any nicknames? How'd you get it?
Termite is a current nickname, because my kids said that I sometimes look
like a termite with all the Wood dust, shavings, and lathe curlies I wear in the house.

Now let's get a little deep... If you were a tree, what tree would you be and why?
I guess I'd be a Sweet Gum tree. I produce fruit in the form of excellent
friends and family AND I can be pretty prickly at times when I'm backed into a corner!!!!