26 minutes ago, DuckSoup said:

  What if you were to glue up a 4 sided box, mitered on the corners. Before glued, bore the diameter hole you want in each side and as @HandyDan said leave a shoulder on the inside. Then as @Smallpatch said or if you purchase the snowflakes glue them into the shoulders then glue the box together with the top.

 Now the part I am not sure of is, how much material or thickness of the sides and top you would need from the face of the snowflake out to be able to turn the ball.

As smallpatch And Gerald has suggested, I’m going to try and make these myself.  I think I’m going to use a solid piece of wood to bore the holes, that way I won’t leave a chance of me leaving seams where they are joined together.  Thanks for your ideas...

This one has 4 sides epoxied together then sprayed some clear then sprinkled some silver or chrome glitter. Not much just enough to make it sparkle a little but still leaves the BB showing through...The picture don't capture the shine but it does.

4 minutes ago, Smallpatch said:

This one has 4 sides epoxied together then sprayed some clear then sprinkled some silver or chrome glitter. Not much just enough to make it sparkle a little but still leaves the BB showing through...The picture don't capture the shine but it does.

Very nicely done...

I can see some of the instructions you got they don't have a scroll saw...

This is the result from the video

Here is another

38 minutes ago, Smallpatch said:

Here is another

Wow!  These look really nice.  I have a couple,of small projects going right now, but when I’m done, I’m going to make an attempt to make some of these.  Nice job.

My wife and I alternate making ornaments for the grandchildren every year.    A few years ago, I made some of these.  You need to cut two pieces to shape, then cut in thirds, glue them up, then slice off the flakes.   Very easy.

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=tfYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=frank+klausz+snowflakes&source=bl&ots=5sdDidXq4j&sig=ACfU3U1vhvMrk6PNOgAcilzJJxvCR3GQbA&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_pLDY6tvlAhVSRqwKHRFFDd0Q6AEwCnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=frank klausz snowflakes&f=false

 

12 hours ago, kmealy said:

My wife and I alternate making ornaments for the grandchildren every year.    A few years ago, I made some of these.  You need to cut two pieces to shape, then cut in thirds, glue them up, then slice off the flakes.   Very easy.

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=tfYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=frank+klausz+snowflakes&source=bl&ots=5sdDidXq4j&sig=ACfU3U1vhvMrk6PNOgAcilzJJxvCR3GQbA&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_pLDY6tvlAhVSRqwKHRFFDd0Q6AEwCnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=frank klausz snowflakes&f=false

 

This is what I’m going to try...will let you all know how it works out.  Thank you.