Eccentric Christmas Tree Ornament - Wood Turning
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- I demonstrate another approach to making a Christmas Tree ornament that involves changing the axis of the tree and cuting Vee grooves with a skew. It is easier than it sounds if you are worried about using a skew.
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Loved this video. I did my first snowman and first tree yesterday. Then I watched these videos. Thanks for the tips.
You are so welcome!
Fantastic video Mike!
I’m going to try this next😊
This a popular ornament!
Good ideas and a great gift item for Christmas
It really is!
Thank you Mike I really like the way you explain what your doing as I'm really quiet new to turning
Happy my videos are helpful to you.
Pretty awesome technique, thanks for sharing
What a cool idea Mike. I have to try that!
I have never turned a XMAS tree. I'm going to give this a try. Thanks for sharing!!
Very cool idea 👍🏼
Excellent... I’m gonna have to make some of those my self, Thanks...
Cheers...
Loved the video!
I’m really enjoying your videos ad getting a lot out of them. I’m getting fairly comfortable making Christmas trees and mushrooms. Next challenge is a bowl. I would like to get a roughing gouge, parting tool and scraper. Could you recommend the brand and where I could buy them . And a beginners video would help. I’m 83 and wish I could of started this years ago. Thanks.
Thanks. Here i avideo you might find helpful. th-cam.com/video/EDutGUGDvxY/w-d-xo.html I think you know this but I want to be sure - a roughing goue, what is also referred to as a spindle roughing gouge is never used on bowls. Have you considered making your parting tool and scraper? Not sure where you live but if in the USA you can easily buy HSS blanks from Amazon using a link in the show notes. I have videos on making these. If you plan on turning bowls, you need a bowl gouge not a roughing gouge. I prefer an elliptical or parabolic flute and not a Vee shaped flute. Lots of good choices out there made in the North America or Sheffield England.
That's different! I love it. Thanks for sharing. Merry Xmas
Nice job Mike! Cheers, Rich
Thank You!
Just completed 1/2 dozen bells, now to make some trees, but I think I will stay with the single centre. Your design of course :)
Great job
What a neat idea. That’s one of the best Christmas trees I’ve seen. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Gary. I did a demo last night on these at Gwinnet Woodworkers and turned four different styles including one I textured and dyed green.
Great tree, tthank you.
Júlíus
This idea is a little more complicated than your previous Christmas tree video from last year. I'm going to try to make one like this. I only have 50mm jaws for my Nova chuck, but I think I can adapt. No steb center either. I think the biggest drawback will be more waste wood. I'll see what happens. I'll use some old Cedar fence post cut-offs, so no big loss if it doesn't work. :-) Thanks to the originator and you for passing this idea on to us.
Yep, just turn down from wood large enough to fit your chuck, Gil. Steb center is ideal but as long as the point enters the wood and allows the off axis you should be ok.
mike that looks really great,,,got to be the only one like that on you tube,,going to make one tomorrow,,,take care my friend
No, actually there is the one I got the idea from. We all stand on the shoulders of others.
Excellent video Mike, and a great tutorial on the method.
Cheers
Mike
Thanks, for that, Mike.
Hi Mike,
Thank you again for a fun project and informative video. I'm looking forward to meeting you in Portland in June, and seeing some of your demos live.
Look forward to meeting you, Scott.
Nice job!
Fantastic classic ornament! That stripe effect is so nice, each time. Also, you just gave me an idea to try for :)
Yuval
Thanks, Yuval. Always great to hear from a fellow YT'er
Mike, I enjoyed your excellent video. Have a Merry Christmas.
Thanks, and you too, Marshall.
Great work Mike :) ॐ
Thanks. I love your channel banner, by the way.
Thanks for sharing that piece Mike. I always enjoy your videos and the way you teach others what you are doing and how they (me) could do the same. On a piece of wood a little bigger could you cut in other groves shallower and perhaps use different colors on them?
God Bless my friend.
Thanks for your nice comment, Frank. Different offsets and depth of cut is certainly something to play with. Using a mix of colors, certainly red, might be nice.
Great job my skew skills aren’t as good as yours but I think I will try this
Thanks for sharing
Vee cuts are not hard with a skew. You can do it. Practise on scrap in one axis first.
G/day Mike from Downunder a mate of mine got me started on eccentric Christmas Trees a couple of years back when I started I used to put it of centre by making a longer tenon and using Shark jaws then pulling it slightly out of the chuck I would move it 10 mm of centre taking note of the index no on the lathe then cut the groves then do the same with it 180 degrees the opposite way I would only do 2 sides making 1 side red the other side green then I was down at Vermic lathe accessories and Enso the head man showed me his new multi centre screw chuck and I was hooked (Enzo by the way is the brother of the proprietor of Vicmarc Lathes ) there is a few video's of this marvellous chuck if you have time please have a look I think you will be impressed with the ease of use and many features of this chuck thanks for your videos
I am sure it is great option but at $150 USD plus shipping, it not something I would use often enough to justify the cost. For now. But I will keep it mind if I decide I really need an ecdentric chuck.
I learned a new technique! Yay! Thanks Mike. Question about AAW: I have joined but I find that I seldom give the magazine justice. If I were to "Re-up" to the digital membership, is there a search function that we can use to locate specific topic in previous years' magazines. Say for instance, I wanted to look up the Christmas Trees you showed, would it allow me to go straight to it or do we need to search all years or by years? Thanks for all you do buddy. I know I'm not the only guy who has never unsubscribed to your videos.
There is a searchable pdf index of all issues that will point to the right issue and page and then you bring up that issue from the digital archives. For FUNdamentals of Woodturning you can click on the topic tab and see what is available. I rarely go looking through past printed issues since searching digitally and printing an article is so much faster.
How fast are you going when you use the skew and how deep?
Speed? I dunno. 1200m-1800 I guess. 1/16" - 1/8" I suppose. Experiment and see what works for you.
Hi Mike,
I would like to make a suggestion for a project. My granddoughter loves to put things together and apart, so I thought it would be a good idea to make a figure which consists of several discs. I think it is called „stacker“. I could imagine that there are several ways to make one. How would you turn such a stacker, which in the end can be recognized as a clown or a snowman etc.?
Greetings from Germany
Heinz P.
Heinz, thanks for the suggestion! This is a project in Richard Raffan's book, "Turning Toys" which I just happen to have in my library. I will start scouting for wood and add it to my to do list.
I don't do woodturning, haven't got garage, but would you be interested to sell these on your Amazon page?
I don't want to be a production turner so would not have enough product to justify the hassles of selling on Amazon or Etsy. Thanks for your interest.
Hi Mike,
I've only tried off center turning 3 times without much success!
One of my attempts flew off the lathe and it's still hiding,,,,,somewhere! LOL
Thanks for the video!
Tom
IDK why, but using the skew like that at about 14:30 scares the shit out of me... I catch all the time.
You just need to keep cutting with just the bottom 1/3 of the skew so the cut will always be in line with the tool support on the tool rest.