November 9, 20169 yr Popular Post It sure isn't wood and it sure turns differently. It sheds streamers of plastic all over you, tools and the tuning head. I had to stop and clean the place up several times. I didn't want those strips of plastic on my lights for fear of fire. I didn't want them in places around turning shafts, etc. I enjoyed it, especially the final polishing. It surprised me in how it came out like glass so quickly. I learned a lot and plan on doing more. The biggest problem I had was the wood, it splintered and tore out very easily. I wanted to make it thinner and more unique, but stopped because of the unstable wood (Padiuk)
November 9, 20169 yr That is one very nice ornament. Did you hollow any? If not is it too heavy for a tree limb?
November 9, 20169 yr Author Popular Post I never thought much about the weight. I'd say it is lighter than a hard wood, not as dense. I have some wood ones that are way heavy, more for display especially the Christmas tree in yellow hart. The strange looking one was an experiment on my table saw. I was checking how precise it cut and soon had an idea of using what I could do with what I had
November 9, 20169 yr Author The one on the right was one of the first I made. I learned a lot making it. Especially how to redo things
November 10, 20169 yr those are some handsome ornaments Ron... if you you don't mind... how did you do the lay up and cut the hollow???
November 10, 20169 yr Author Stick, I started with a square piece of dark wood. Then I marked the center on all sides as close as I could to center. I then used a forestner drill on four sides to a predetermined depth. If you look inside you will see a square column that was created by where the drill stopped. I put a diamond in where the drill point was. This was my first one and you can see by the area around the hole that the flat place near the hole is on one side. If you get it all centered correctly, every thing will be equal. I chose to make a different type of wood on top and bottom, but you could make it out of one piece. Give it a try, it will test your ability to get the centers If I make another I will make a gig on my drill press to get all centers the same using a small drill bit
November 10, 20169 yr 13 minutes ago, Ron Altier said: Stick, I started with a square piece of dark wood. Then I marked the center on all sides as close as I could to center. I then used a forestner drill on four sides to a predetermined depth. If you look inside you will see a square column that was created by where the drill stopped. I put a diamond in where the drill point was. This was my first one and you can see by the area around the hole that the flat place near the hole is on one side. If you get it all centered correctly, every thing will be equal. I chose to make a different type of wood on top and bottom, but you could make it out of one piece. Give it a try, it will test your ability to get the centers If I make another I will make a gig on my drill press to get all centers the same using a small drill bit got it... thank you Ron...
November 10, 20169 yr centering.. use a forstner bit the same dia as the the block is square... line up the OD of the bit w/ edges of the block and press down... one each marked center... forstner bit the same dia as the material is thick... load the bit in the DP... slide the fence to the bit... one found center to the material's thickness... change to bit meet your requirements... forstner bit the same dia as the the block is square... slide the fence to the bit... add a stop block at right angle to the fence... presto... one repetitious centering jig... repetitiously equally spaced holes along the length of a piece of material.... mark spacing for the 1st two holes on the material... forstner bit the same dia as the material is thick... load the bit in the DP... slide the fence to the bit... change to desired bit... drill 1st hole... move the material to the 2nd mark for drilling... temporarily clamp the material down... set a stop/indicator to the edge of the 1st hole's rim... unclamp the material and drill your holes by sliding the material along and stopping the rim of the just drilled hole... repeat as often as required....
November 10, 20169 yr Great job on the acrylic ornament Ron... I like it. The Christmas tree in the yellow heart is superb...I really like that one. Thanks for sharing.
November 14, 20169 yr All of your ornaments are beautiful Ron. I love all the creative designs you come up with.
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