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 […]
Read More...This post is best viewed right here. In case of difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. I have to postpone SWAT inspired projects in favor of preparation for this year’s Christmas Ornament Challenge. However, this project draws inspiration from SWAT and from last year’s challenge. The ornament uses laminated dyed birch from […]
Read More...For the convenience of some or if there are issues viewing this video, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. In this year’s Christmas Ornament Challenge, I saw an ornament that I would like to emulate for my last ornament for this season. Kurt Wolf-Klammer entered his ornament in the challenge. I thank him […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Best Right Here! At our club’s Christmas social, I gave away my ornament made as a faux sea urchin. I had promised my wife to make another. However, the process to turn the original was difficult with catastrophic breakage very likely. I struggled to modify […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo and FaceBook. Where Best? – Right Here! This is the first time I’m using type of wood. It comes from FrogBlanks.com. It consists of birch veneers that may be dyed, then laminated in one directly only. (It is NOT cross banded). This is pretty wood. However, I […]
Read More...This video is also posted on YouTube, Vimeo, and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here Already! This is my first ornament for this year’s Christmas Ornament Challenge. It is a variety of woods from a past laminated project. One nice thing about Christmas ornaments is that scrap wood is a great source of perfect material. This […]
Read More...This post may also be viewed via YouTube, Vimeo, or FaceBook. Best right here at As Wood Turns. Inside out Christmas ornaments present a challenge for me. They are tough to visualize due to the interaction of the inside and the outside turning. For this two stave inside out ornament, I started to plan the […]
Read More...This video may also be viewed on YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. But best right here! In this video, I complete my inside out Christmas ornament. Last week, I turned the body; now I’ll turn the interior tree for display, the finials, and everything else to complete the ornament. Last week, I noted that it could […]
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