Thank you Fred. Glad you enjoyed this project. I had the same video up, but the music overpowered the voice. Had to reload it. Thank you for the vote of confidence.
Thanks Earl, it is really cold out there this morning. Time to fire up my Cookie Monster. Hopefully it will stay warm enough to work. I have a lot to get done before Christmas. Glad you liked this project.
Hi Stephen. I've spent the last few weeks browsing RUclips for videos like this (I subscribe to your channel), and I have to say this is one of the best on the subject out there. You're a pretty humble guy as regards your skills, but I can count on one hand the guys who can turn a finial like that. Top scraping certainly sorts the men from the boys. Hat off. (Merry Christmas).
Thank you David for the inspiring comments. I am really glad you enjoyed this project and took the time to comment. I hope you also have a Merry Christmas. Thanks for subscribing. Hope I will be able to keep you coming back.
Hey, Stephen, I received your video #54 today via email as a new subscriber. I’ve watched many of them on RUclips via AppleTV. I love your work and very much appreciate what you and others are doing to share you skills. While watching this video I saw something that caused my heart to jump up into my throat. I’m sure it was a simple oversight on your part that you simply didn’t think about. If I was driving down the street and passed your house at 2am and noticed fire coming out of your roof I’m sure you’d want me to scream and yell trying to wake you and get you to safety. I thought about whether or not I should say anything and feel I have to. I told you I don’t have a lathe right now. I do have a table saw, 12” planer, power miter saw and other wood tools and machines. I’ve worked in a heavy industrial environment, done carpentry work most of my life and even printed newspapers for 4 years. With the training and experience I have I must share this with you. Please accept it with the kindest of intentions. You made those small discs for the ornaments and glued them together. Then you sent them through your lathe/sander. You used a push stick from the exit end of the turning abrasive and caught them on the in-feed side. However your hand got dangerously close to the entrance of the sanding area. One very small mis-step and your hand and most of your arm would have been dragged into the machine before you could even think about shutting the machine down. While printing newspapers we had a sheet break out. The rollers turn extremely fast and freely. Two of those rollers are very close together. I was slowing these rollers down after the paper break and my hand got caught between them. Lucky for me they were almost stopped. A friend wasn’t so lucky. He got caught in the same rollers and with only about 1/2 inch space between them and still turning very fast it grabbed him and crushed his hand up to his wrist. It wasn’t pretty. Those metal rollers are very smooth. The sandpaper isn’t. My heart is racing right now just thinking about it. Please consider putting a guard on the low end (entrance end) of your abrasive roller between you and the abrasive. A thin piece of wood attached to blocks of wood on either side and attached to your table would do the trick, anything to prevent the possibility of your hands going in between the roller and table. Very respectfully, Robin Neighbors
Thank you Robin for the comments, and of course they are welcome here. You see a problem and addressed it. I for one really appreciate your observations and input. I normally preach exactly what you said in my videos using this sander. One problem with these videos is that they can really never show things from your angle. I saw the same thing you did. However, my fingers were never as close as they appeared in the camera I assure you. I have lost part of one finger too an accident at my full time job where I am a Firefighter and had been for over twenty years. Complacency leads to most accidents and I try to be very vigilant in my shop and luckily I have never had an accident (knock on wood) in the shop. Robin, I would like to thank you again and you can comment on anything you want on my channel. They will be welcome here. Thank you for supporting my channel and for your input.
P Lamb Thank you sir. Glad you enjoyed this project. Thank you for taking time to comments and support my channel. I almost missed your comment and apologize for the delayed response.
Hey Stephen, another great vid. With regard to Neil 's comments about the ironwood, I've recently been given a small piece of ironwood, it's as he says,very heavy and has a similar feel to wild olive, quite a hard dense wood. Cheers
Great piece Stephen, you truly are the master of segmenting. Jamie and I are restoring a joiner so I'll be able to get pieces flat to glue up. Happy holiday to you and yours Mark Ps Check out the pot of gold video please
Hi Stephen. I really enjoyed watching your fantastic video on your segmented ornament, A brilliant piece of work. Congrats on winning the project, I would really like to know how you made your flat sander you used to face your segments whice you use on your lath it looks great!! Many thanks. Ronnie
+Ron Streeter Thanks Ron. Glad you enjoyed this project. It was a real honor to win last year. I don't believe I will have time to enter this year. Maybe? The sander I built is the last part of this video link. ruclips.net/video/ICehToDaObk/видео.html Hope you enjoy that project also. Remember to never let your fingers get under the front of the drum. Very important.
Hi Stephen. Another beautiful heirloom! Have you turned any desert ironwood? I'm restoring a straight razor using it for the handle. It's beautiful but pricey. Thanks again for the videos.
Thank you Neil. Glad you like this project. It was a really good challenge. I have never turned nor even heard of the Ironwood. I would love to see a pic of it on your razor if you would not mind. Thanks for commenting
Can do it's a work in progress I'm not shur how long it will take me to finish. Send me your address and I'll send you some. The stuff is so heavy it won't float and needs no finish.
Thanks Victor. Glad you enjoyed this project. I never have gotten good at carving snowflakes. So I just used digital ones. LOL Thanks for commenting and you all have a Merry Christmas.
I enjoyed this as much as the original Stephen, but it must be said the audio is a great improvement. These damn gremlins can be very annoying. Beautiful ornament, better than the first one ;) Take care Mike
Thank you Mike. Some viewers had complained about the original video and after watching it myself just had to go to damage control. LOL. Thank you sir. Glad you enjoyed this one also.
Hi Stephen Interesting project, turned out great! Nice background music, good video! Did you use a jig to cut consistent triangles? Your fit up is sweet, really enjoyed this! Happy New Year ;-)!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed this video. Yes, I used my segmenting sled to cut all the pieces. When it is used correctly you can get very good results. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year to you also.
Hi Stephen, Christmas ornament looks very nice. Is that part segment fell from cedar wood, because the cedar is too "coarse porous"? The upper and lower parts, which could also account for the four types of wood instead of two types of wood? Greetings from Germany.
Thank you Gunter, Yes, the piece came off the Cedar glue block because of the loose grain. A hardwood would have been the better choice. However, Hot melt Glue will work on almost anything. I did not think I would get a good contrast on the finials with all four woods. Excellent idea though. Thank you again for commenting and supporting my channel.
Very enjoyable video Stephen. Once again your skills have produced a beautiful piece. Good luck in the challenge. Thanks for sharing. Fred
Thank you Fred. Glad you enjoyed this project. I had the same video up, but the music overpowered the voice. Had to reload it. Thank you for the vote of confidence.
Another super project...hope you can keep your shop warm!
Thanks Earl, it is really cold out there this morning. Time to fire up my Cookie Monster. Hopefully it will stay warm enough to work. I have a lot to get done before Christmas. Glad you liked this project.
Well done Stephen, as usual. Always enjoy your videos.
Thanks Joe. I appreciate your compliments and hope I can keep you coming back. Thank you for your support of my channel.
Hi Stephen.
I've spent the last few weeks browsing RUclips for videos like this (I subscribe to your channel), and I have to say this is one of the best on the subject out there.
You're a pretty humble guy as regards your skills, but I can count on one hand the guys who can turn a finial like that.
Top scraping certainly sorts the men from the boys.
Hat off.
(Merry Christmas).
Thank you David for the inspiring comments. I am really glad you enjoyed this project and took the time to comment. I hope you also have a Merry Christmas. Thanks for subscribing. Hope I will be able to keep you coming back.
Hey, Stephen,
I received your video #54 today via email as a new subscriber. I’ve watched many of them on RUclips via AppleTV. I love your work and very much appreciate what you and others are doing to share you skills.
While watching this video I saw something that caused my heart to jump up into my throat. I’m sure it was a simple oversight on your part that you simply didn’t think about. If I was driving down the street and passed your house at 2am and noticed fire coming out of your roof I’m sure you’d want me to scream and yell trying to wake you and get you to safety.
I thought about whether or not I should say anything and feel I have to. I told you I don’t have a lathe right now. I do have a table saw, 12” planer, power miter saw and other wood tools and machines. I’ve worked in a heavy industrial environment, done carpentry work most of my life and even printed newspapers for 4 years. With the training and experience I have I must share this with you. Please accept it with the kindest of intentions.
You made those small discs for the ornaments and glued them together. Then you sent them through your lathe/sander. You used a push stick from the exit end of the turning abrasive and caught them on the in-feed side. However your hand got dangerously close to the entrance of the sanding area. One very small mis-step and your hand and most of your arm would have been dragged into the machine before you could even think about shutting the machine down.
While printing newspapers we had a sheet break out. The rollers turn extremely fast and freely. Two of those rollers are very close together. I was slowing these rollers down after the paper break and my hand got caught between them. Lucky for me they were almost stopped. A friend wasn’t so lucky. He got caught in the same rollers and with only about 1/2 inch space between them and still turning very fast it grabbed him and crushed his hand up to his wrist. It wasn’t pretty. Those metal rollers are very smooth. The sandpaper isn’t. My heart is racing right now just thinking about it.
Please consider putting a guard on the low end (entrance end) of your abrasive roller between you and the abrasive. A thin piece of wood attached to blocks of wood on either side and attached to your table would do the trick, anything to prevent the possibility of your hands going in between the roller and table.
Very respectfully,
Robin Neighbors
Thank you Robin for the comments, and of course they are welcome here. You see a problem and addressed it. I for one really appreciate your observations and input. I normally preach exactly what you said in my videos using this sander. One problem with these videos is that they can really never show things from your angle. I saw the same thing you did. However, my fingers were never as close as they appeared in the camera I assure you. I have lost part of one finger too an accident at my full time job where I am a Firefighter and had been for over twenty years. Complacency leads to most accidents and I try to be very vigilant in my shop and luckily I have never had an accident (knock on wood) in the shop.
Robin, I would like to thank you again and you can comment on anything you want on my channel. They will be welcome here. Thank you for supporting my channel and for your input.
Super effort. Thank you so much.
Very well done! Good luck in the contest!
P Lamb Thank you sir. Glad you enjoyed this project. Thank you for taking time to comments and support my channel. I almost missed your comment and apologize for the delayed response.
Stephen.
Very nice ornament. Enjoy watching your videos
Glen
Thank you again Glen for your comments. Glad you enjoyed this project also.
Hi Stephen.
Amazing work.
Regards
Paul
Thank you Paul for the comments. Glad you enjoyed this project.
Hey Stephen, another great vid. With regard to Neil 's comments about the ironwood, I've recently been given a small piece of ironwood, it's as he says,very heavy and has a similar feel to wild olive, quite a hard dense wood.
Cheers
Thanks Mark. This wood got me a little curious. I had never even heard of it. Thanks for the comments and input.
Ola Sr Stephen que trabalho maravilhoso parabens.
Gracias Carlos. Glad you enjoyed this project.
Great piece Stephen, you truly are the master of segmenting. Jamie and I are restoring a joiner so I'll be able to get pieces flat to glue up. Happy holiday to you and yours
Mark
Ps
Check out the pot of gold video please
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
+Don Fillenworth Thank you Don.
Hi Stephen. I really enjoyed watching your fantastic video on your segmented ornament, A brilliant piece of work. Congrats on winning the project, I would really like to know how you made your flat sander you used to face your segments whice you use on your lath it looks great!! Many thanks. Ronnie
+Ron Streeter Thanks Ron. Glad you enjoyed this project. It was a real honor to win last year. I don't believe I will have time to enter this year. Maybe? The sander I built is the last part of this video link. ruclips.net/video/ICehToDaObk/видео.html Hope you enjoy that project also. Remember to never let your fingers get under the front of the drum. Very important.
Hi Stephen. Another beautiful heirloom! Have you turned any desert ironwood? I'm restoring a straight razor using it for the handle. It's beautiful but pricey. Thanks again for the videos.
Thank you Neil. Glad you like this project. It was a really good challenge. I have never turned nor even heard of the Ironwood. I would love to see a pic of it on your razor if you would not mind. Thanks for commenting
Can do it's a work in progress I'm not shur how long it will take me to finish. Send me your address and I'll send you some. The stuff is so heavy it won't float and needs no finish.
stvnogl@gmail.com I look forward to checkint this our. Thanks.
Very Nice!!!
Hi Stephen that turned out nice have a happy Christmas.
CHRIS BUCKLAND Thank you Chris. Glad you enjoyed this project and Merry Christmas to you also.
Very nice ornament and a very thorough instructional video. I liked the snowflakes at the end. Did you carve/turn them? LOL
Thanks Victor. Glad you enjoyed this project. I never have gotten good at carving snowflakes. So I just used digital ones. LOL Thanks for commenting and you all have a Merry Christmas.
I enjoyed this as much as the original Stephen, but it must be said the audio is a great improvement. These damn gremlins can be very annoying. Beautiful ornament, better than the first one ;)
Take care
Mike
Thank you Mike. Some viewers had complained about the original video and after watching it myself just had to go to damage control. LOL. Thank you sir. Glad you enjoyed this one also.
Hi Stephen
Interesting project, turned out great! Nice background music, good video! Did you use a jig to cut consistent triangles? Your fit up is sweet, really enjoyed this! Happy New Year ;-)!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed this video. Yes, I used my segmenting sled to cut all the pieces. When it is used correctly you can get very good results. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year to you also.
NICE JOB REALLY LOOKS NICE, ALSO VERRY GOOD INSTRUCTIONS
Thank you Tom. Glad you enjoyed this project and found it helpful. Thank you for commenting and supporting my channel.
Hi Stephen,
Christmas ornament looks very nice.
Is that part segment fell from cedar wood, because the cedar is too "coarse porous"?
The upper and lower parts, which could also account for the four types of wood instead of two types of wood?
Greetings from Germany.
Thank you Gunter, Yes, the piece came off the Cedar glue block because of the loose grain. A hardwood would have been the better choice. However, Hot melt Glue will work on almost anything. I did not think I would get a good contrast on the finials with all four woods. Excellent idea though. Thank you again for commenting and supporting my channel.
Hello Stephen. The ornament turned out great! Thanks for sharing. Do you have a facebook page or or
Thank you Ron. I do not yet have a Facebook page for my woodwork, only a personal page.
Very nice!
Hubert/Germany
Thank you Hubert. Glad you enjoyed this project.
I liked the music, thought it went well with the video.
Thank you Lee. Glad you enjoyed this project and video. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
very nice I am working on an easier way thax
gene milstead Thank you and let me know how it goes.
happy thanksgiving to you and your family enjoy..
your friend
vito
Thanks Vito. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family also.
S