Also viewable on YouTube For this ornament I wanted to try a variety of wood in a simple globe. Rather than scrounge for the wood, I chose nine pen blanks I purchased at a holiday sale. The pen blanks, though nice, would have blended together. To avoid this, I milled thin strips of walnut to […]
Read More...Also viewable on YouTube This video is a combo. First, following a conversation with a fellow club member about his difficulty turning perfect balls and spheres, I’ll demonstrate how to turn a perfect ball without having to buy and expensive jig. (and then finding the jig only does part of the job anyway.) Second, I’ll […]
Read More...Also viewable on YouTube I wanted to turn a simple project for the Christmas Ornament Woodturning Challenge. I decided to turn a Christmas tree that did not require hollowing or any complex setup. This tree is in two parts: tree and its base. The base is optional but I think it anchors and helps define […]
Read More...Announcing the 2014 Christmas Ornament Woodturning Challenge sponsored by As Wood Turns, Alan Stratton, and Woodshop TV, Carl Jacobson. This is the third annual challenge. We’d had great responses to previous years. This year we’re adding prizes to the top rated presenters. There are some rules: 3rd Annual Christmas Ornament Woodturning Challenge Rules and Guidelines. Ornament […]
Read More...We’re celebrating Christmas with a Christmas Ornament Woodturning Challenge. This is my last entry for this year. This star is not a woodturning. But I think it is cool enough to enter the challenge. It is cut with a laser from 1/8 inch Baltic birch plywood. Depending on how it is hung, it takes a […]
Read More...We’re celebrating Christmas with a Christmas Ornament Woodturning Challenge. This is my next entry for this year. This snowman is demonstrating “Cultural Diversity” by including four different domestic hardwoods: Maple – Bottom snowball Walnut – Middle snowball, nose, & coals for mouth and eyes Cherry – Head snowball Laburnum – Hat He is finished with […]
Read More...Here’s my next entry to the annual Christmas Ornament Challenge that Carl Jacobson and I are sponsoring. This is a segmented Christmas Bell to sound off at the birth of the baby Jesus. Its body is made of apricot with 5 rings of 8 segments each for 40 total segments. In addition, it has a handle and […]
Read More...It’s time for the annual Christmas Ornament Challenge. Carl Jacobson and I are sponsoring this challenge. Rules: Make an Christmas ornament. Make a video of you making the ornament. Upload the video to YouTube Let me know the link to add your video to the playlist. Enjoy your ornament consistent with the season. This ornament […]
Read More...This woodturning project is the second in a response to a challenge by Cascade Woodturners to make “something” from a juniper block. I had made one already but decided to make a second sputnik sea urchin ornament. It has a sea urchin shell with juniper finials above and below the shell. The lower juniper finial […]
Read More...This woodturning project is a response to a challenge issued by Cascade Woodturners to make “something” from a juniper block, I decided to make a sea urchin ornament with a sea urchin shell with juniper finials above and below the shell. To prepare, I reviewed two videos by Cindy Drozda who makes beautiful turned wood […]
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