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 […]
Read More...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 […]
Read More...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 […]
Read More...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. […]
Read More...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 […]
Read More...For convenience, this video is also posted on YouTube and FaceBook. The annual Christmas Ornament Challenge will open soon to accept your ornaments during the month of November. The challenge is open to all crafts, all materials. We’ve tried to make as few rules as possible to allow exploration. This year, we’ll also offer Interactive […]
Read More...For convenience for some, this video is also posted on YouTube and Facebook. Best Right here! With the Christmas Ornament Challenge rapidly approaching, I am exploring different ways to peer into the center of an ornament. Turning inside-out is one way and is the subject of other videos. In this case, I am extending the […]
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...Here are the ornaments in the 2019 Christmas Ornament Challenge ready for viewer voting This is the opportunity for viewers to pick their favorites. Please express your favorites in high to low order separated by commas such as 1,2,3,4,5. Enter your picks in a single comment by December 15, 2019. Multiple comments from the same […]
Read More...I like to make my own wire hangers for my Christmas ornaments. In my view, they are a much better alternative to screw eyelets. Materials Copper wire (silvered, copper, black, etc) 18 to 24 gauge available from craft stores and some hardware stores. Drill bit or transfer punch – size to taste Jacobs chuck or […]
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