Wood Turning Inside Out Christmas Ornament
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- This is a very simple inside out ornament to turn I show the steps of how I use 4 equal pieces of Walnut to create the inside out turning.
I made the opening large enough to slip in an LED tealight.
It really looks good hanging in a darkened area.
Also hanging in the tree right in front of a light is very pretty as well.
These are a lot of fun to make and it is endless to what you can come up with.
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Look up other turnings I have done:
Dizzy Twister Turnings
Segmented Turnings
Pierre Lussier inspired vase
Mike Waldt inspired vase
Tumbling bowls
Emerging Bowls
Black Locust Vase
Droop Bowl
Bowl in a Bowl
Offset Bowl
Very well done, Sir. I saved this video for future reference. I wish others would adopt your no-nonsense style of narration and instruction.
Thank you very much Brad. I appreciate your comments and I just try and be me when making these videos.
Thanks again,
Gary
Great video, great job...
Pops1947 here.. 👍
Thank you Pops 1947 and thanks for watching,
Gary
I'm blown away by this technique. Beautiful craftmanship sir
Thank you very much! They are lots of fun to do. Happy you enjoyed this one.
Gary
A very lovely and unique 0rnmiment💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Thank you very much. Happy you liked it.
Gary
THAT WAS AWESOME. ... Simple but beautiful.... Thanks so much for the video...
The Frye Guy...
Thank you very much Frye Guy!
I watched it again,enjoyed ❤️👍
Thanks so much William I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Gary
I always love your teaching. Thank you
Thanks so much Melissa. Happy you enjoy my videos.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Dear papa you thought me tons of tricks and models and I owe you a lot.thank you very much for your skill that you showed and teach us with generosity. I belive you are one of the best turner in the United States and you remind me mr. Bob stocksdale.wish you a long healthy life.
Thank you very much Michael for your very kind words.
I am happy you enjoy my videos and appreciate you watching and commenting.
Take care,
Gary
Always great to learn from you Gary - thanks for sharing. Stay Safe my friend - Dennis
Thank you Dennis and thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful! The candle was a great idea! Thanks for posting
Thank you very much Joshua and thanks for watching,
Gary
I love this.
Thank you Donna I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Gary
The Papa questo lavoro è uno spettacolo, Buone Feste amico mio. Io sono Roberto 1947, grazie per aver condiviso questo lavoro.
Roberto 1947 grazie mille per le tue gentilissime parole.
Abbi cura di te e grazie per la visione,
Gary
A great gift for someone in the family.
Thank you Don and yes it was gifted to my wife. So I get to see it all the time. It hangs all year here.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I'd take a whole tree of those!
sheilah perry-rosales thank you very much happy you liked it.
Gary
Great idea putting tape on the tool rest to show the boundaries. 👍🏻
Thank you it does help for sure.
Happy you liked it.
Gary
Tricky paying turning off beautiful. Great video.
Thank you Gerald glad you liked it.
Gary
Hi Gary
I know what I’m going to turn tomorrow,thanks for showing in great detail how to do that method of inside out turning.
Regards from nz
Thank you Mal and have fun.
Gary
Gary that is very nice. Love the candle.
Thank you Tim happy you liked it. I am working on another right now for a friend. I will make a few extra for gifts as well. Doing the video on one of them and I hope it does not look too much like this one.
They are fun to do and not really all that hard. Just takes good glue joints.
Take care,
Gary
Thank you sir I enjoyed your video. Keep on turnin.👍
Thank you Shawn and I plan on it.
Gary
LOVE THE TUNE OUT GREAT JOB
Thank you very much Randy and thanks for watching,
Gary
Ooooooooh. Cool. That’s how that’s done. Thanks ! Love from Canada
Thank you Rick I appreciate you watching and commenting,
Gary
Une bien jolie piece, merci pour cette video très bien détaillé. Passez de bonnes fêtes de fin d'année
Laurent,
Merci beaucoup, j'apprécie que vous regardiez. J'espère que tu passes une bonne année,
Gary
Well, I was planning to enjoy quality time with my lathe today and was thinking of a bowl. Plan B just formulated, and it will be fun. My Mom is getting an ornament for Xmas this year. You have received a new subscriber!
Thank you very much Steven. I am sure she will love the ornament. And thanks for the sub!
Take care,
Gary
Beautiful. I love walnut, as you know. Thanks.
Thank you John and yes I remember you do like walnut. Good thing as I have another piece coming up made from Walnut.
Gary
Merry Christmas Gary. Wishing you and yours all the best.
Merry Christmas Rick!
Very nice! Enjoyed watching the process. Thank you for sharing...
Thanks Michael and thanks for watching.
Gary
You're welcome, Gary.
Nicely done Gary thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas 😊👍
Thank you my friend and thanks for watching,
Gary
Very very cool. Beautiful work.
Thanks so much. Happy you liked it.
Gary
I really like this Gary! I think I will try it.
Thank you Chris and I have another one in the works.
HI gary i am sure I seen this video but really nice to c again. cooooooooooool.
Thank you Manjit and I have another one coming in a few weeks.
Take care,
Gary
Cool idea. Excellent work.
Thank you Matthew and thanks for watching.
Gary
Watched this out of interest of how you did the inside wood turning. Very clever ingenious method. Hats of to you.👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you very much roy boy happy you liked it.
Gary
I like that you used tape for the first set of cuts. It makes it a faster project. Nice job!
Thank you Jennifer glad you liked it. The tape does work great.
That said I just finished another inside out turning and used a brown paper joint on the ends as well as the tape. Some feel the tape is not enough so I thought I would add another option.
Thanks again,
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 Good to know. I'll try it.
I really like that! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Tim, it was a lot of fun to do and I am happy you liked it.
Gary
Thank You Gary...Nice turning...Beautiful job...Stay WARM & happy holidays....TM
Thank you very much tuffy I am happy you like it.
I will try and stay warm but its back out to the shop to work on a few projects...
Merry Christmas my friend,
Gary
Not sure how I missed this one. Great work Gary.
Thank you, happy you found it and like it.
Take care,
Gary
The finish really brought out the darkness of the walnut. Another beautiful piece.
Thank you John and this one hangs all year long.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
LOVE it! I think I wuld like to try to "capture" a ball inside. Maybe stuff te inside with paper towel around the ball so it's not bouncing around. Such a beautiful ornament just as it is though!!!
Thank you Yvonne. I have thought about having something inside. Perhaps I will do that with another shape.
Thanks for watching.
Gary
I love these. They would be really prety with mixed wood, too.
Thank you and I have thought about that and a few other ideas.
Perhaps we will have a Christmas in July.
Gary
It's so beautiful. I love how it looks with the tea lite in it.
Thank you very much Mary. Yes the little tea light really dresses it up.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 You’re very welcome.😊
Awesome turn!
Thanks Chris...much appreciated.
Gary
A two year old video but still worth watching. Nicely done Gary. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay healthy.
Thank you Glen and as I recall it was the first inside out ornament I had turned.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Love this! I’m going to try to make one for myself 😊
Thank you Debbie and have fun and hope it works out great for you.
Gary
Wow! What a great bowl. You are inspiring me to add a lathe to my shop. Thanks
Thank you Scott. Most all my other machines come in handy for what I do on my lathe. Although I have built a lot more things than bowls.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I started back in March on my 12 × 20 lathe and in addicted. I will surely try this idea with some spalted cherry I have hanging around. Nice work and thanks for sharing!
Thank you Chris. It is not all that hard to do.
My first turning was in 1961.
Have loved it since.
As a wood patternmaker I did lots of turning.
Have fun,
Gary
Very informative great job. Thank Jimmie Hall
Thank you very much Jimmie.
Gary
Here we are Gary, almost a year later and I just needed to watch this again to get another dose of your mastery. My issue is getting all 4 pieces perfectly square without the tools to do this. No doubt I will be watching again. Thanks John
Thanks for watching again John, what tools do you have right now for making them square?
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Hi Gary, my modest tool collection started off when I built the shop in 2019. Any how I have, apart from turning tools a 7" circular saw and an orbital sander, which should do the trick.
I would recommend buying wood with sanded edges so that all you have to do is glue them together
@@gregj2647 that is one way for a person to do it if they do not have the equipment.
@@gregj2647 That is a good option for someone with the tools to any other way. Might be a bit costly with some woods.
Nice ornament, my friend. I like the organic shape.
Billy
Thank you Billy my wife really likes it. A friend saw it and loved it so I made one similar out of oak for her birthday last year.
Thanks for watching buddy.
Gary
That looks great 👍👍👍👍👍😁
Thank you Chris and thanks fot watching.
Gary
I just made my first inside out turning and you are braver then me I kept stopping to make sure I was not to thin and yours is beautiful
Thank you very much Richard. I made a second one for a friend of ours. After she saw it I knew she would want one,
They are fun to do and I should do some more.
Take care,
Gary
Very Nice. Thank You. I knew you were going to put a candle in there 🙂
Thank you Joe. This one hangs year round in our house.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
That is amazing. I think I might give it a try!
Thank you Michael. It may seem very hard the first time but once you see how it works it becomes easy enough.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Hi Gary...beautiful inside out ornament...great idea with the tea light....like some of the others I have never had a go at one of these...on my to do list!! ..great video...All the best.....Andy
Thank you very much Andy, for sure it is worth giving it a go.
I have done about 3 of these and will do more.
I am working on something right now I have not tried exactly like this one.
Take care and thanks.
Gary
you made it look so easy, love it. l will give it a try
Thank you very much Delbert. I have a few videos on inside out turnings. And I made one that I feel helps to see how it is done.
th-cam.com/video/fmvAoT-9Njw/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=ThePapa1947
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Another beautiful turning and well planed out. One thing I picked up on was you used friction polish on the inside. Where do you get get the friction polish. I think it really makes the wood pop. Thanks Gary
Thank you very much Dave.
Check this video out on how I made it. The stuff has been around for years and is based of French polish
th-cam.com/video/nV4HeO_u-ps/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=ThePapa1947
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I always wondered how this type of ornament was made now I know nice thanks for sharing this with us
Thank you Wade, happy you enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Very nice. Love your work.
Thank you very much for your kind comment and thanks for watching.
Gary
Unique and gorgeous.
Thank you so much!
@@ThePapa1947 your welcome
Nice piece and fine finish, thanks for sharing👍🌲🍀👌
Thank you Ron I appreciate your comment.
Gary
Beautiful Piece, thanks for sharing. I’m a beginner turner so I have a lot more practicing to do. Full View and Like
Thank you Allen happy you like it. I hope you subscribed as well as I have more of the same coming up.
Take care,
Gary
Very nice. How did you apply the final finish and what did you use.
Thank you Michael. Sorry I must have left that part out. I wiped on sanding sealer and then I sprayed lacquer on it.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Nice job mate watching here see you.
Thank you very much and thanks for watching,
Gary
Sweet I love walnut it finishes so nice
Thank you Richard. Yes the grain of Walnut is really great for all finishes.
Take care,
Gary
Thanks for sharing your skills, I am a fairley new wood turner my self, at the moment I am building up the nerve to make my first inside out turning.
Thank you Kenneth I appreciate your comments. I am planning on doing another inside out turning soon.
I also put a video out showing a way to make your first one and get a better understanding on how it works.
th-cam.com/video/fmvAoT-9Njw/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=ThePapa1947
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Beautiful. 👍
Thank you very much and thanks for watching,
Gary
Thanks for that answer. It’s a beautiful piece.
Thank you!
Great looking Christmas ornament
Thank you Chris
Nice ornament Gary!👍🇺🇸
Thank you very much!😊✨
Awesome craftsmanship. Beautiful piece of work. 👍🇺🇸
Thank you very much Geno and thanks for watching,
Gary
Quando tecnica e arte si sposano. Un abbraccio dall’Italia 👍👍
Grazie mille apprezzo il tuo commento.
Stai attento,
Gary
That's cool enjoy watching your work
Thank you Raymond I appreciate you watching and commenting. I like your name....happens to be my middle name.
Take care,
Gary
I love the results and was wondering if one can trees and other Christmas figures
Thank you Dennis and for sure you can make small trees to put inside.
I myself think they look better the way they are. But you never know I might turn one with something inside someday.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
This is beautiful! I love it so much… everything about it is so amazing! The wood is classy and the finish just makes it look like a million dollars. I would love to get something like that, so if you have a web-store please let me know. I would put people figures with some snow, almost like you are looking out your kitchen window at the kids. Bravo! Awesome!
Thank you very much Mary. I do not have a web site for selling what I make. I do it for the pure enjoyment I get out of doing this. I suppose at some point in time I will need to sell them just to get room to make more.
Thank you for your interest,
Gary
That is fantastic sir. Very well done.
I love the wood turned gifts especially when there is no kit involved, like with a pizza cutter.
It's a timeless gift, I mean you can't prove when you made it.
I've got to get going if I'm going to get a full set for every family members household.
Thank you Richard! Last year I made one of these for each of our kids. I have made others for friends as well. They do make nice gifts.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Its beautiful. I'm going to try and make some for the tree .
Thank you Sue and have fun making them.
Gary
Thanks very much. Great idea, I made a object for my daughter that similarly was made from 4 glued pieces of walnut. Your idea was superior to mine and gave me more ideas. Thanks. Greatly appreciated!
Thank you Stephen, happy you enjoyed it. I am sure your daughter loved what you made.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
Great job lad I'll defs be doing this 🇮🇪
Thank you Eugene I am happy you liked it. I have only done 2 of these. This one and another after our friend saw it and I know she really loved it so I made her one. I need to do another as she wanted one to give as a gift. It will be coming soon.
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 happy days true crafts man you are 🇮🇪
VERY NICE LITYLE ARNAMENT FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR.
Thank you very much. Yes this one and a few others have a prementent hanging place in our house.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
thank you for sharing your knowledge that is so cool
Glad you liked it John! And thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Gary
Really cool! I have a hundred ideas for ornaments but don't have a lathe.
Thank you Judith. They are really fun to make. Sounds like you might be wanting to get a nice small mini lathe.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I love these! I can’t wait to try turning one…or some!
Thanks Mike. Once you do one it gets pretty easy.
Thanks for watching.
Gary
This is very lovely, I want one!
I have to figure out how to make one for myself.
Well turned.
🤩❤❤❤👍🎄☃️
Thank you Ann! I have a video that shows how you can make one for your first time. It will help a person to understand the process.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I've been doing inside out woodcarving for years. Finally someone is doing it on a lathe. Thanks for the third dimension Gary. It looks great 👍
Thank you James and carving the would be nice as well. Are you doing it from pieces like I did or from a solid piece?
Thanks for watching,
Gary
I usually do it from solid stock but checking can be a problem if the material is not dry.
Great turning!
Thank you Billy
Beautiful Ornament
Thank you Allan I appreciate your comment.
Gary
Beautiful , thanks for sharing.
Thank you Tony and thanks for watching.
Gary
Nicely done.
Thank you George
Beautiful 💗
Thank you Mary and thanks for watching.
Gary
Nice video !!!! And great idea marking the tool holder with tape,instead of marking the wood
All the best Mary Christmas
Yiannis (Athens Greece)
Thank you very much Yiannis and a Merry Christmas to you as well.
Gary
Gary very cool.
Thanks Kevin, happy you liked it.
Take care,
Gary
I have often wondered how in the world you hollowed out the inside. Now I know how its done. It was so simple well I know it’s not simple but you made it look simple.
Subscribed. Beautiful. Who would have eve thought of something like that?
Thank you very much I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Gary
Just ran across this and wanted to compliment you on a beautiful design and creative idea.
I'm going to "borrow" the concept to make a larger hanging lamp. I realized while watching that, after gluing up the quarters inside out but before turning, I could drill out the center to hold a threaded shaft that is used in lamps. This would allow the addition of hardware for a bulb. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you Rob, I just may have to do what you are doing as well. Just need to find some low heat light bulbs.
Thanks for watching,
Gary
@@ThePapa1947 I was thinking that I would use LED bulbs. Low power and low heat for the same brightness.
Ok, I've tried making one of these twice without much success. You always make things look so easy, and I'm easy, so I'm going down to the shop and make a third try at it. I know I can do it this time. Thanks for the confidence transfer. ;-)
Thank you Bill. Yes you can do it! And you will.
I did another last week and the video will be in a few weeks.
Let me know how yours goes.
Gary
Lovely project. It looks like you take tools across the holes. How do you prevent a catch?
My husband tried an "inside-outside" turning a while back; got the idea from his turning club meeting.
Yours is exquisite!! He'll be trying some cherry for a similar piece. Thanks for the incentive!!
Thank you Gayle i am happy you like it.
Best of luck to your husband when he makes his.
Gary
Great job. I’m going to try this. Thanks
Thank you James and have fun making one of these.
Gary
Awesome! (as usual!!)
Thank you Michael and thanks for watching.
Gary
Love it Gary beautiful ornament
Thanks so much Bobby. They are fun to make.
Take care,
Gary
Mighty nice ornament - was about to say that you could put something inside and all at once the candle pops up 👍
Thank you Randy, I think the candle goes nicely with this one.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Gary
Excellent work Gary!! Beautiful!!
Thank you very much Gregory! I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Gary
Absolutely out of this world work!!!! FANTASTIC!!
Wow, thank you! I appreciate your comment Jim and thanks for watching.
Take care,
Gary