Wednesday's here again and I got a little lathe time this week. Christmas present ideas are finalized and making them is underway.

 

I actually have all of the Honey Dippers turned and sanded-

 

 

Mostly they are the same but with some minor variations in handle shapes and burned details. I really need to learn to turn round knobs on the end of the handles.

 

 

I'm also going with a garlic crack and peeler. I have some turned and sanded. These are made from Walnut. I had to glue up some stock for them. I just plain refuse to slice into that piece of 12/4 walnut I bought to make turned pedestals for candle tables.

 

I started with the blank and rounded it and marked the "mushroom" locations-

 

 

 

Then parted the material to set the starting and ending locations-

 

 

Turned four peelers on the blank to save a little material. Also put the rounded ends together to allow more tool space during the rounding process-

 

 

I'll cut these apart and finish sanding the top and bottom. 

 

I think I'll add a miniature cutting board or shallow dish to provide a surface to smash the garlic.

 

 

Woodturning On Line's newsletter arrived, also. A couple of really neat things this month. 

 

There is a tutorial for turning a Christmas candle stick with and carol singer inside. You can get the PDF download from-

http://www.woodturningonline.com/assets/Projects/ian_salisbury_xmas_2014.pdf

 

 

 

The newsletter also has a link to a fascinating video of a Japanese woodturner making Kokeshi Dolls. Check out his lathe and the specialized tools. I'm sure he has made more than one of these dolls!

 

 

 

 

Finally, Tim Yoder has a video up. He turns a Thanksgiving napkin holder-

 

 

Safe Turning

 

 

 

 

nice honey pot dippers

Thanks, Cliff!