Hand woodturning a Xmas tree ornament.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ธ.ค. 2016
- It's Kiln Dried Elm
Ok! believe it or not all the time I have been turning I have never been asked to make a Xmas tree ornament. At 5.30pm I am just about to finish work after an eleven and half hour shift and a friend from the factory nextdoor walks in and says "Can you make Christmas trees for an ornament?" I said watch me. So I put my overalls back on, placed the phone on the 2"x2" and turned one for the very first time straight off the cuff. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Absolutely amazing ! It was a joy to watch such skilled craftsmanship , the little Christmas tree is beautiful 😊 Thank you for sharing it with us .🌲
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I keep watching that skew work, but it still seems like magic! Such great work!
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I gotta try this. Thanks for the confidence builder. Really like what you did!
That skew must be the sharpest thing on earth! Good work
Thank you but it’s actually just straight off an 8” 80 grit ruby wheel
That is a seriously good piece of woodturning. No wasted moves, and a really nice result achieved very quickly. You've inspired me to go back and try the skew again. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your kind comments
I forgot how much fun and how effective the skew chisel can be. Thanks for reminding me by your wonderful videos. I know there simplistic but it would be fun to watch you do a few different kinds of spinning tops. I am enjoying each of your videos. Thanks for sharing your skills.
Thank you for your comments. if I get any orders for tops I shall video them for you.
Terrific piece....thank you! Love the tool work.
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Three Cheers! My kind of video -- real-time turning with expert skill -- bravo! Excellent and very efficient use of skew and gouge with subtle movements only acquired from lots and lots of experience. Well done.
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Yes! And I’ll be glad when my hands appear to do all the right things without thought!!
I enjoyed the lack of talking….. and music, too. This is about learning from watching…. My kind of instruction!
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Pure magic! It may be the first time of being asked to turn a tree; I have a feeling it won’t be the last. Thank you.
Thank you, and you’re correct I had a good number of requests after showing this.
Beautiful job. I love it
Thanks for posting this!
You inspired me to turn one of these today. I used pine from our 2018 Christmas tree trunk that I saved. A wooden Christmas Tree.... from our Christmas Tree.
That’s great to hear well done and love the fact you used your old tree👍
This video is mesmerizing to watch! I have watched it at least 6 times now. Fantastic, thank you for sharing it with youtube audience 👏👏👏
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Wow! I can't believe the speed at which you turned that thing out. Looks like you've made more than a few over the years. Have watched a number of tree turning videos and like the style of yours the best......even inspired me to try it with a skew.
Thank you. This was the first tree. I’ve made a few since but 80,000 hours experience of turning helps any new projects
Thank you for sharing, I have never mastered the skew! Very impressive
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Amazing. You absolutely make it look so dang easy.
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That tree came out of no where, it seems like I just blinked and it was suddenly a perfect Christmas tree. Fantastic work! I’m inspired to do one of my own.
Thank you and enjoy making one yourself
Great design for a simple project.
I'm 61 and have been a carpenter/woodworker all of my life. I just bought my first lathe last year and and have been inspired by you and how easy you make it look. Watching your videos has helped me to pick up the skew again and give it another chance, I had kinda been letting the carbide cutters be my first choice since they were much easier to use, but the skew seems to make a cleaner and smoother cut. Keep the videos coming
Thanks Tim and great to hear you are learning to turn
Your skew skills are very impressive. In joy your video. I might have a go that before Xmas. Thanks. Vincent Murphy .Ireland.
Thank you and I hope you make a beautiful tree.
Those are some laser sharp tools!
They are straight off 180 CBN wheel
Pleasure to watch and thanks for sharing
Cheers, Bram.
Thank Bram
Beautiful.
Ok!! New subscriber here!! I’m practicing hard with a skew and this showed me how versatile it is! What an excellent video! Turning my first Christmas tree as we speak. Thank you. My family members are all getting a tree ornament for Christmas! I have a bunch of cottonwood branches 2” + that will be perfect for them!! Never used it before yesterday and it cuts good and finishes well. I’m recovering from back surgery and little projects like these are a perfect way to slowly get back to my passion! Thank you for inspiring me!
Lovely to hear your recovering and managing some little projects.
This video is satisfying to watch, I am new to woodturning and think I may try to make a Christmas tree soon. Thankyou for sharing your video with the world :)
Thank you Steve
Must have watched this 20 times, great work and a fantastic finish. Not even hindered by the blindfold you were wearing 😉👍
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Very nice. You make it look so simple. I'm a novice. Great video. Thanks.
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That must be at least the third time I've watched this now since it was on FB. Just a real joy. I'm guessing your friend was pretty impressed too.
Thanks Paul, yes he was very pleased.
Great job, you made it look easy
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Your skew work is really impressive!
Thanks Rick
a book ain't gonna teach you those skills
Super video to watch , very enjoyable and motivating :) got to try a Christmas tree now but likely to take me hours to do but I'll enjoy doing it , thanks for sharing your work.
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Your many years of experience are very apparent, great skew work as always. All the best, Jim.
Thank Jim
Always amazing.
Thanks John
I'm going to try this as practice for the skew. Great work!!!!!
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Well done , i like the idea , thank you
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I rather like the way you turn narrow radius coves with a skew :-) Keep publishing...it really is a joy to watch a master at work.
Beautiful Christmas tree turned out!
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What brilliant skill you have! That was so fast!!
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Hi, I just purchased a lathe and am going to leern to turn wood. I came across your channel and like what I see so subbed to you. Very nice indeed.
That was AWESOME!!!!!
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That is done work mate. Great skew practice
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I'm definitely going to have a go .
Crazy skills!!
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Great job with the skew!
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Your efficiency boggles the mind!
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Brilliant skew work, that tool is my nemesis
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+woodturner21 which machine you use
Amazing skew work💯
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Amazing!
Thank you Billy
Very Cool.
You turn like a Madman, congrats
Lol thank you
Superb skills and a beautiful piece Steve, once again an absolute joy to watch mate.
Cheers
Mike
Thank You Mike, pleased you enjoyed it.
Mike Waldt yb
Helge Jepsen ??
you make it look so easy
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The speed and control over those two tools, some of the most difficult to master!, Even better the whole project with those 2 tools, you just got a subscriber, I don't even need to see your other videos to know your skills are amazing. 😱😱😱
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This was really good. could you tell me what size wood you started with?
Nice work
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I like it
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very nice
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please make more videos. You're a lathing master. thank you so much for your help.
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Novice wood turner here, man you make using that skew look so easy! Does that tool rest have an extra long neck on it to get you above the work like that?
Thanks Bill, the tool rest is only slightly above centre.
the fact that he did all of that with a skew is amazing to me. I can barely even touch the skew to the piece without getting a catch lol
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Very nice skew action....Thank you for sharing. Q. what size is that skew...have to give that a try.. Marc from Calgary Alberta.
Thank you. It's a 1"
Skew
Excelente
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My D-way 3/4 " skew bounced around too much. Resorted to my carbide detail gouge to make the limbs. I was in popular, too? I am going back to the lathe for more abuse. Got to improve this even more.
Hi Woodturner21! That's a beautiful turning. Very nice use of the skew chisel. And very nice wood that elm. I wanted to ask you, what did you apply as finish? some oil? Cheers! Daniel
Thanks Daniel. It was a friction polish I used.
Great! Nice finish! Cheers! Daniel
Im 13 and mum just bought me a lathe. I'm going to try making a tree. I can assure you mine won't look like yours. Well done, checking out your other videos.
Thank you, great to hear you’re starting young. Enjoy the journey
You make it look so easy. To me elm gives always a hard time. Hard, brittle, grain against, dulls tools etc.
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Ha! Cool!
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I'm curious to know if you have ever sold these, and if so what a reasonable price was on them? I plan to teach my 14 year old son how to make them as a holiday sales item to save for an up coming trip he wants to go on.
Yes after this video I received a lot of orders. I have stained the section above the trunk green though. I’ve made a couple of batches since and charge £15 ea.
What size skew did you use, has a nice mass, no bounce?
A 1” Ashley Iles
Nice work you make it look easy. Question when your cutting with the skew chisel looks like your cutting from the top of the rest?
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Not sure what you mean. But the rest is slightly above center and I cut high on the workpiece
@@woodturner21
Yeah that's what I meant ,nice job it looks like your going thru butter.
Lots of comments about the skew work. What skew is that?
Ashley Iles 1” flat
Congrats on the superior woodworking skills. Just got done reading the comments to look for my answer. Did you use a paste or wax or what to finish the tree in this video?
Thank you, it was friction polish.
@@woodturner21 Where can i find this product?
www.ockenden-timber.co.uk/finishing-polishes-c-68_343/chestnut-friction-polish-500ml-p-1376
Wood turner 21? More like #1 in my book
Thank you. 👍
How high up do you have your tool rest to work with that skew? I wanna get better cuts with mine and it looks like you're above the cut 95% of the time.
It’s slightly above the center
What bevel angle do you sharpen to?
Approx 30 degrees included angle and 15 degrees skew
Rapide et efficace !
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A question, what wood did you use? And the second, how do you sharpen your tools? Al the best from Germany, André
It is Elm
Sorry I sharpen my tools on an 8” 180 grit CBN wheel and use them straight off the grinder
Que tipo de madera usastes brother
This was in Kiln dried Elm
What speed did you use to turn this?
Approx 1300 rpm
which machine you uses
Wadkin RS 10
What are the dimension you start with. What's the thickness of the trunk.
You can make them any size, this to the best of my memory was 90mm dia x 200mm long finished and trunk 15mm dia.
@@woodturner21 what was the polish you used
It was a friction polish from chestnut
Which kind of Wood is it?
Elm
hello what is your finishing product please thank you
This was Chestnut friction polish
@@woodturner21 merci beaucoup
Qual madeira é essa meu amigo
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You and that skew! Have you seen some of the other videos out there? Nobody knocks pieces out like you except maybe Raffan, I can’t watch somebody ruff turn a cylinder for ten minutes anymore, I just switch over to your channel
Lol yes some poor video’s out there. Very few by profession production trained woodturners which is the reason why I started posting. Richard’s videos are fantastic.
@@woodturner21 yes, I was asking him to show some spindle work and he sent me over to your site
He a good man 😁
What’s the finish?
Friction polish
What is a Xmas tree?
It’s a tradition in Christian countries to decorate a tree for Christmas this is usually a Norway spruce
Hand woodturning??
Yes this is Hand woodturning The tools are held by hand.
im confused ,,, its like saying walking on pavement, with legs. or breathing, with lungs. i would like to know more about dangers in woodturning. also i havent seen anyone turn wood without hands. metal turning requires mechanisms but wood not. anyway thx for reply i appreciate.
Hand wood turning is when you hold hand tools in your hands and turn the wood. Machine turning is when you press the buttons on a machine and the machine does the work.
Are you just being pedantic or genuine as hand woodturning is a very widely used and understood term. As for the analogy of breathing compare it to breathing for your self or being on a life support machine where a machine breaths for you.
The majority of woodturning is now performed by machine, copy lathes and fully CNC lathes produce 99% of al woodturning for Trade.
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Be careful, long sleeves and rotating machines don't work well together....
Thank you for your concern, I am a very experienced turner (39 years professional )and know the risks and required safety precautions. This is a woodturners smock with tight Velcro sleeves. This lathe also runs with a loose flat belt that would slip if anything happened. Which has never happened in 39years. But it is advisable to never wear loose sleeves, clothing, rings, jewellery long hair etc.
woodturner21 oh, sorry. Good to hear you take care :)