Posts Tagged ‘Christmas ornament’


Christmas Ornament Challenge – Voting Time

2 ways to view and vote: Static web page: (Link here) Video (above); This is a great display of talent and creativity. Let us hear your choices. Pick 5. and leave your vote as a comment. Put them in order from High to Low. Thank you.

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Ornament Challenge 2021 Kickoff

This is best viewed in the control above here. However, in case of viewing difficulty, it is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. It is time to make your ornament for the 2021 Christmas Ornament Challenge. The time to submit your picture is during the month of November 2021. This year, there is something for […]

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Woodturning – Ornament Adapted From Christmas Ornament Challenge

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 […]

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Christmas Ornament Challenge of 2020 – Final Tally

In case this video has difficulty playing, it is also posted on YouTube. Wow. The results are in for this year’s Christmas Ornament Challenge. Thank you to everyone who entered an ornament and the clubs that helped spread the word. With 199 ornaments, there are a lot of beautiful work and examples. It is up […]

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2020 Ornament Challenge-Time to Vote

This video is much longer than normal. If there are streaming issues, please use the web page to view and vote. Here’s the link: www.OrnamentChallenge.com. To vote, please identify the numbers associated with your top five choices. For an example, let us say you picked 25,40,75,23,2 Rank from High to low. For example. my top […]

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Woodturning Levitating, Floating Christmas Tree

For the convenience of some people, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Where best to View? Right here already! For this project, I am borrowing from the realm of 3D printing. I found a 3D printed ghost on Thingiverse. It is a fun, little ghost that levitates or floats on a pair […]

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Woodturning Ornamental Herringbone Threaded Box

For the convenience for some, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. Where Best? Right Here Already! I am still exploring herringbone glue-ups for woodturning, especially ornaments. In this ornamental threaded box, five difference species of wood revolve around the center as the block grows upward. Rather than cut off and possibly waste […]

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Woodturning Herringbone Ornaments From Scrap

For the convenience of some people, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After finishing last week’s herringbone ornament, I had left over wood cut off from the prime wood that I used. I could not let it go to waste. I had options on what to do with the scrap. The fireplace […]

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Woodturning Herringbone Ornaments For the Ornament Challenge

For the convenience of some, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. After seeing a similar demonstration by Rebecca DeGroot in the recent symposium, I decided to incorporate a herringbone wood glue up into a couple of Christmas ornaments. Gluing the ornament takes time as each layer must be glued and placed carefully. […]

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Woodturning Rain Drops For The Ornament Challenge

For the convenience of some people, this video is also posted to YouTube and FaceBook. I will add this ornament to the Christmas Ornament Challenge. It incorporates a couple of techniques I observed in the Woodturners Worldwide symposium – specifically jam chucks or I will call them jam spindles. I wanted my raindrop to be […]

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