In case of system glitches, this video is also posted to YouTube and FaceBook. Best viewed right here. The inspiration for this project comes from Theo Haralmapou over a year ago during an online symposium. This was reinforced at SWAT by Donna Frazier. This star is turned on three axes and therefore requires the preparation […]
Read More...Here we are again – The season for decorations and ornaments. And, the annual Ornament Challenge of 2023. It is time to make your ornament for the 2023 Christmas Ornament Challenge. The time to submit your picture is during the month of November 2023. Again this year, there is something for everyone. Grand prizes for […]
Read More...I love this ornament inspired by sea urchin ornaments. Instead of the shell of a sea creature, it is turned from almost any wood. This one started as a 2.4″ diameter sphere turned using the octagon method. Nothing else gets me closer to a perfect sphere as quickly. Then after some indexing, it is mounted […]
Read More...Please view this post here on this page. But if there is a problem, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook After last year’s Ornament Challenge, Paul sent me a kit for me to make an ornament similar to one he had submitted. It took me a while to get to it. But now […]
Read More...This video is best viewed here on this page. However, if there are difficulties, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Our club is turning oversize ornament for a Christmas tree to be auctioned in a fund raising event. By oversized, this ornament is twelve inches long and two inches diameter. It is walnut […]
Read More...This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of a gremlin attack, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I had this honey locust block of wood sealed with wax sealer and wrapped in plastic. When one of you asked about a footed bowl instead of a bowl foot, why not […]
Read More...This post is best viewed here on this page. In case of computer difficulties, it is also posted to YouTube and FaceBook. I love the old fashioned glass ornaments. I do not see many of them any more. For this project, that ornament is the model for a candy station. I turned a sphere but […]
Read More...This post is best viewed here on this page. In case that someone watered the gremlins, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After checking in an ornament for the challenge by Dan Owens, I wanted to make one similar. His was 3D printed. So, I fired up my computer with OpenSCAD, 3D design […]
Read More...This video is best viewed here on this page. In case of gremlins getting loose, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. This project is an ornament for the Christmas Ornament Challenge which is now open. The shell is maple; the cap is walnut. They are joined together with a bayonet style bushing which […]
Read More...In case of gremlin attack, this is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I received this wood in our club wood exchange raffle. It was so nasty, I almost threw it away. Then, well, I have turned spheres from worse. So, why not a sphere. Once I had a sphere, it was still a cracked […]
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