How to Turn Christmas Trees - Sawdust Factory Woodturning

In this video we walk through how to turn Christmas trees from square spindle stock laying around the shop. This is a great project to 1. Build skill and practice your spindle turning technique 2. make some fun a creative gifts for friend and family around Christmas time. As you'll see in the video i can always use Spindle turning practice.
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[@exotictones1054]

Love the walnut

[@tomt9543]

You said the ogee reminds you of snow laden branches, but they remind me of a stack of Hershey Kisses! I NEED A SNACK! Ha! Really enjoyed this video! Thanks!

[@JoshBayerWoodturning]

Yeah I see that now too. Off to the pantry to find some…

[@cosmetologyandbarberstateb6806]

Thank you for the visuals and explanation.
Happy Holidays

[@MickyBellRoberts]

This is a wonderful teaching video.

[@HarmonicGrunt]

Awesome my Friend.

[@suesmith9202]

There beautiful.

[@garymccoy2888]

Cool tree. Thanks

[@JoshBayerWoodturning]

Your welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@ronaldainaire7086]

Very nice tree! Loved the video.

[@JoshBayerWoodturning]

Thanks Ronald . And thanks for watching

[@MickyBellRoberts]

Hi, i just aquired a new lathe and am going to learn to turn wood. I came across your channel and like what I see so decided to sub. I am from Huntsville, Texas.

[@JoshBayerWoodturning]

I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching. Welcome to the woodturning community. It’s a great group of people and everyone is usually more than happy to help you through the learning curve. Stay tuned for more videos on my channel. Safe turning and enjoy the journey!

[@MickyBellRoberts]

@@JoshBayerWoodturning Thank you so much, I will.

[@limaartesao]

muito bom
parabens

[@JoshBayerWoodturning]

muito obrigado

[@IanStreten]

Nice work. Have you done much work with a skew? Personally find a Skew works well on this shaping.

[@robbiecourt9231]

Beautiful Wood turned Christmas trees Josh 🌲 a lot more cooler and nicer than the glittery crap for sale I have seen for sale while out with my wife Christmas shopping 😭 great videotography and detailed information.. really cool video 😎😎😎

[@smerusi]

Thanks for this video. Its going to be very helpful as i try to make similar trees. Would you mind sharing some info on your lathe speed while making these? Thanks again!

[@JoshBayerWoodturning]

Thanks for watching! As for the speed just run as comfortable a speed as your use to.

[@jrgenjrgensen6575]

smerusi ?”

[@jimjohnson1901]

Josh nice video. What is the grind on your detail gouge? Did you start with a spindle or bowl gouge?

[@JoshBayerWoodturning]

I start with a spindle gouge usually. My gouge is a German style spindle gouge the angle on it is pretty steep.

[@crackerjack3359]

Hi Josh Why do you make the bottom branch smaller than the one above?

[@JoshBayerWoodturning]

Hmm... I don’t know. I think it just turned out that way. Makes it look a bit more unique than the others.

[@SamSurplusSales]

Great work on the turning. You might want to work on your audio equipment though. With volume turned up all the way on my computer with external bose speakers it was still very hard to hear you.

[@chriswilson7499]

Where are you located?

[@JoshBayerWoodturning]

I’m located in the great metropolis of Lima, OH.

[@chriswilson7499]

Just to let you know, I'm in Milledgeville,Georgia Thanks again for the reply. I will be watching you channel. Keep an eye on mine. Never know what may show up.

[@chriswilson7499]

Cool trees. Did you get a chance to see my work?

[@JoshBayerWoodturning]

Yeah I just checked them out. That’s some complicated segment work. I wish I had the time and patience for that. Can’t wait to see some footage of the new grizzly . You have it set up yet?

[@chriswilson7499]

Yes it's set up. Can't wait to start turning larger stuff. Thanks for the subscribe too. Good turning.