Roger T Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Hi Gang, Finally got around to turning a few ornaments for this season. Bodies are either Ambrosia Maple, or Walnut, the finials are Holly. I weighed 2 of the ornaments, came in at a whopping 1 1/2 oz. Thanks for looking. Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Ya done good.... I love ambrosia Maple! I got some with fiddleback and made a bunch of mallets from it. They're selling on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Pretty darn cool. Sure like that ambrosia maple. Good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatworks Today Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Love the maple ones ! Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Those are beautiful ornaments. Are they light enough to hang on a tree without sagging terribly? Hollow forms, perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger T Posted October 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Thanks for all the kind comments gang. Wtn, yes they are hollow body ornaments. I hollow out to around 1/8" wall thickness. I weighed a couple of these on a scale and they came in at 1 1/2 oz. We decorate our tree with ones like these every year. By far, these are my most farorite thing to come off the lathe. Took quite a while to develop my technique, now I rarely ruin one, where when I started, I was lucky to get one complete out of 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefmagnus@grics.net Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Beautiful. Simply beautiful... Chef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Making those would be an instructional video worth watching. You have a Youtube channel, Roger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger T Posted October 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Htn, Yes I do have a youtube chan. but, I'm not much of a video maker. Much better turner and instructor than a videographer. But I do have 4 vids on there, Bowl Turning 101 parts one and two. and Making a screw chuck, parts one and two. You are welcome to watch them if you'd like. And thanks much again for the nice comments. https://www.youtube.com/user/WoodlandTurnings/videos Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Gilbert Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Wow roger they look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Very nice! What chisels are you using mostly for your ornaments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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