Gerald Ross wrote:

I had a magazine or something describing how to make a hollow tree
ornament. It involved using four square pieces glued together near
the ends to make a square blank. After some turning the glued ends
were cut off, the pieces rotated 180 degrees, glued together and the
outside turned.

I can't find the article now that I want it. Any clues where I could
find this article?


Gerald, the process is really very simple. Take four equal sized square
blanks, form them into a square, number each piece and mark the inside edges
(where they meet), glue them together using a "paper joint" (yellow glue on
the mating surfaces and a peice of brown paper inbetween -the joint cleaves
along the paper when you want to separate them) and mount between centers.
Turn and finish a concave form. Remove from the lathe, cleave the pieces,
rotate the pieces 180degrees and glue the four pieces together with yellow
glue (this time is for keeps, so no paper) and finish turning to your
desired form.

BTW, you can also wrap the pieces in masking take or duct tape, instead of
using the paper joint. Its just that the paper joint holds better and since
you are going to turn the surface where the paper was when you rotate and
reglue, it isn't a problem.

Deb