As usual this time of year things get a bit hectic. Turned a bunch of
Christmas ornaments and got bored with round so did some 3 sided
bodies just for fun. I really like spindle turning - you can do a lot
with a small curved edge skew. Pics in
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking
if you're in a bind for ideas.

A wonderful, safe and sane, Christmas to all

charlie b

now back to Santa's Workshop to finish up some other presents.

nice and detailed work Charlie. Now, for the holiday hues, or are you
a stickler for natural
finish? The three sided bodies - do those require an eccentric chuck
or did you complete them
by fastening to a faceplate in pre-determined focii?
merry C,
Max

Max63 wrote:

nice and detailed work Charlie.

Thanks. Details are fairly easy to do with a curved edge skew - my
favorite turning tool.

Now, for the holiday hues, or are you
a stickler for natural
finish?

Tried some airbrush paint on one, VERY bright colors - red
yellow and an aquamarine/teal. Though they were translucent
enough to let the grain show through, keeping each color
on a single face was going to be a PITA. Tried gold leafing one
of the the bodies but then the finials got visually lost. Gold
leafing the finials would be even more of a PITA - so I went
with just the wood.

The three sided bodies - do those require an eccentric chuck
or did you complete them
by fastening to a faceplate in pre-determined focii?

The three arcs on three axis were done first then the hollowing
some prettying up before doing the top and bottom finials.

Here's Cindy Dorzda's method for laying out the centers of
the three arcs for the ornament body

http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/T...Centers3A.html

And here's the page I just put up that has how the
3 arcs "blank" was divided up for four ornaments.

http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/T...Ornament1.html

Once the "bodies" were parted the rest of the hollowing and
finishing was done in a chuck.

These ornaments were a lot of fun to do and involved several
distinctly different types of turning. You can make them as
plane or as fancy as you want.

Try it. You'll like it!

merry C,
Max

And the same to you and yours.

charlie b