Beginner with lathe, free woodshop in my Library. I made a pen, birdhouse Christmas ornament,...I find your video interesting, very educational, great tips. I watch to learn, then practice in workshop. Volunteer woodmakers. Oh going to make your angel next!!
Mike one of the things I do on hollowed ornaments and urchins I use spray foam insulation on the inside. It adds no weight to speak off and makes the hollow form very strong if dropped also helps with glueing the top and finial. Nice job!👍🇺🇸. I should add not the expanding foam.
Thank you for always adding the little tips as you go along. There are so many little things as we learn that is it hard to remember them all so your videos are always informative. Thank you
I didn't want to let this Christmas season end without saying thanks for the inspiration, Mike. After viewing this, I pulled up Part 1 and some other ornament videos and then, in a moment of insanity, decided to make some for gifts. Twenty-five, to be exact! I started on December 2 and finished the glue-ups at 4:30 pm, Christmas Eve. We had a dozen or so family over on Christmas day and everyone got to pick out their favorite to take home. I also made 25 display stands. I think my next Christmas project will start a little earlier in the year. Along the way I viewed your video on two-part bleach and gave that a try, too. The globes were locally harvested sycamore, seasoned for a year. The caps and icicles were mahogany. I bleached 2/3 of the globes. I ebonized 2/3 of the caps and icicles with leather dye (probably got that idea from you, too). I settled on about four designs for caps and icicles and made a half dozen or so of each. Great practice! So, there were three basic combinations... bleached globes with ebonized finials, natural globes with ebonized finials, and bleached globes with natural finials. I also had to make two "allen wrench hollowing tools" (straight and 90 degree), again relying on your video guidance and additional help from Sam Angelo. The same sycamore for the handles, copper for the ferrules. They worked great, with only one "scary" catch in the whole batch of globes. Keep up the good work, Mike. You're a terrific resource. I've actually been turning longer than you, I think. However, after the first couple of years I lapsed and turned nothing for nearly 14 years, picking up where I left off, just last year, by finish turning a segmented vase that I had glued up in 2003! So, I'm a veteran newbie, I guess, and your videos remind me of tricks and techniques I've forgotten and introduce much needed new material to consider. Happy New Year!
You showed some good techniques for turning on this one. Now I want to try turning an ornament. I’ll check out your other video as well. Now I just need the time.
I stay busy but still have large blocks of time to devote to whatever I am doing, like getting up to speed on tax law changes. But you can do some of this in bits, like selecting the wood and roughing round and adding a tenon. Next time you can turn. Another time add finish, another time assemble.
Mike Peace Woodturning I’m just finishing batching out a dozen ice cream scoop handles for Christmas presents. My next project is making a cabinet for my lathe and tools. I need to get it off of my assembly table.
Good video and good tip on fitting the top. I haven't tried that method, I have used a small dowel glued into both top and icicle, the tapered top and icicle center on the globe and when the glued dowel sets up it holds the pieces nicely.
them are really pretty mike . you know i dont know how hard it would be for you to do but it would be cool if you could thread the finial then you could fill the ornament with candy or maybe a nice small gift for that beautiful lady in your life . you know what im talking about . another awesome video my friend be waiting on the next one and more then likely be watching the older ones to lol . god bless brother
Thanks for all the great tips. I'm hoping to make some ornaments to sell at a craft fair to support my "addiction" 🤣 The hollowing will be tricky. I'm going to try to make an Allen wrench hollowed because... well it's currently affordable for me. Appreciate your videos.
Make it a thick one and cut the tip back to reduce the torque. Better yet is a 1/2" x 1/4 HSS flat tool (old skew or scraper) that you can reshape into a hooked nose scraper like a Dale Nish style scraper.
I'm already one step ahead Mike. After your earlier video last week, I have already started with the Tree Ornaments. Although maybe I should have waited to hear about the proportions for the Finials. I've used Paulownia (like Balsa) for the Globe, and a dark hard wood (Acacia) for the Finials. 4 done and maybe another 4 to keep all the ladies in my life happy. :D Thanks Mike. P.S. I told a friend about your Angels and now he is in full production :D
Very cool Mike. I need to get my shop back in shape before I can do ornaments and finials though.... So it will be next year...... 😔 Merry Christmas to you and yours my friend, and a Happy New year!..... Ron
Love your work. I watch all your videos. Can you tell me about your collet and chuck? What is the brand? Does chuck and collets come as a set? Where did you acquire them? I want to get those tools but I don't know a good one from a bad one. From one veteran to another best of luck in the future..
Thanks, Check out the video I did on reviewing my collet chuck which I think will answer your questions. ruclips.net/video/WxM44TD0dRY/видео.html More collets add to the versatility amzn.to/3b5IAg4
There sure is a lot of information here. I have used water with a glue mix to swell wood when needed. Then after drying, I glue in place with carptener's glue. BEAUTIFUL finals SAFE TURNING, John
I might have to try that wooden collet idea. That's clever. Been wondering how to hold small stuff. Have you tried the really small jaws on that nova? Need to upgrade from my psi chuck. The screws keep stripping out.
I have heard that before on the PSI chuck screws being a bit soft. Nova has several small jaws. I used their 25 and 35mm bowl jaws. I rarely used them because they closed too small, a bit less then 3/8". I find the Record Power jaws that fit a Nova a much more useful set. Watch my video on jaws.
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i surely do!grtngs!
5am, watching again before class. Making a few..
Beginner with lathe, free woodshop in my Library. I made a pen, birdhouse Christmas ornament,...I find your video interesting, very educational, great tips. I watch to learn, then practice in workshop. Volunteer woodmakers. Oh going to make your angel next!!
Excellent. Sounds like kind of library!
Good job Mike I like Thanks for the info keep up good work Thanks
Thanks for the encouragement!
Nice work. Matter of fact I’m turning a few Christmas ornaments in my shop today
Have fun! You are certainloy getting an early jump on it.
Hi Mike, it’s getting time to start working on these. Thanks it’s a great refresher video. Mike
I am working on a couple of more ornament videos. Ornament videos peak year after year in the Fall.
A lot of good information on the Ornament .I am new at this turning and I just today made my frist small ornament . But still have a lot to learn .
You can do it!
❤ using a nail file is genius
A perfect complement to the previous ornament video! Thanks a lot, Mike.
…..Gord
Mike one of the things I do on hollowed ornaments and urchins I use spray foam insulation on the inside. It adds no weight to speak off and makes the hollow form very strong if dropped also helps with glueing the top and finial. Nice job!👍🇺🇸. I should add not the expanding foam.
Good tip. Thanks!
Thank you for always adding the little tips as you go along. There are so many little things as we learn that is it hard to remember them all so your videos are always informative. Thank you
I appreciate your feedback, Kenneth. I enjoy sharing.
Thank you Mike! I watch lots/all of your videos and have learned so much from you. Happy New Year.
Thanks, Terry. May you have a happy new year as well.
Being a newbie to lathe work I love how much detail you explain how and why you do things. Great videos Mike. My favourite you tube channel. ❄️
Awesome, thank you!
Hi Mike. I love your videos. You seem like such a kind person.
I appreciate that.
I didn't want to let this Christmas season end without saying thanks for the inspiration, Mike. After viewing this, I pulled up Part 1 and some other ornament videos and then, in a moment of insanity, decided to make some for gifts. Twenty-five, to be exact! I started on December 2 and finished the glue-ups at 4:30 pm, Christmas Eve. We had a dozen or so family over on Christmas day and everyone got to pick out their favorite to take home. I also made 25 display stands. I think my next Christmas project will start a little earlier in the year. Along the way I viewed your video on two-part bleach and gave that a try, too. The globes were locally harvested sycamore, seasoned for a year. The caps and icicles were mahogany. I bleached 2/3 of the globes. I ebonized 2/3 of the caps and icicles with leather dye (probably got that idea from you, too). I settled on about four designs for caps and icicles and made a half dozen or so of each. Great practice! So, there were three basic combinations... bleached globes with ebonized finials, natural globes with ebonized finials, and bleached globes with natural finials. I also had to make two "allen wrench hollowing tools" (straight and 90 degree), again relying on your video guidance and additional help from Sam Angelo. The same sycamore for the handles, copper for the ferrules. They worked great, with only one "scary" catch in the whole batch of globes. Keep up the good work, Mike. You're a terrific resource. I've actually been turning longer than you, I think. However, after the first couple of years I lapsed and turned nothing for nearly 14 years, picking up where I left off, just last year, by finish turning a segmented vase that I had glued up in 2003! So, I'm a veteran newbie, I guess, and your videos remind me of tricks and techniques I've forgotten and introduce much needed new material to consider. Happy New Year!
Sounds like you are cranking!
Awesome Mike thanks for sharing your knowledge and craftsmanship take care god bless
Thanks, Donald
You showed some good techniques for turning on this one. Now I want to try turning an ornament. I’ll check out your other video as well. Now I just need the time.
I stay busy but still have large blocks of time to devote to whatever I am doing, like getting up to speed on tax law changes. But you can do some of this in bits, like selecting the wood and roughing round and adding a tenon. Next time you can turn. Another time add finish, another time assemble.
Mike Peace Woodturning I’m just finishing batching out a dozen ice cream scoop handles for Christmas presents. My next project is making a cabinet for my lathe and tools. I need to get it off of my assembly table.
Dedicated storage can increase efficiency for sure.
Good video and good tip on fitting the top. I haven't tried that method, I have used a small dowel glued into both top and icicle, the tapered top and icicle center on the globe and when the glued dowel sets up it holds the pieces nicely.
I do that on sea urchins but carpenters glue is plenty strong for these.
them are really pretty mike . you know i dont know how hard it would be for you to do but it would be cool if you could thread the finial then you could fill the ornament with candy or maybe a nice small gift for that beautiful lady in your life . you know what im talking about . another awesome video my friend be waiting on the next one and more then likely be watching the older ones to lol . god bless brother
Thanks for the idea. Just a round threaded box with a cap or finial.
no problem i get inspired by you all the time.
will have to try this Mike. Dont have that small chuck so I will improvise with a wooden one. Thank you for all the tips.
Let me know how it works out.
@@MikePeaceWoodturning will do
So beautiful
Nicely turned Mike!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks, Alan.
Thanks for all the great tips. I'm hoping to make some ornaments to sell at a craft fair to support my "addiction" 🤣 The hollowing will be tricky. I'm going to try to make an Allen wrench hollowed because... well it's currently affordable for me. Appreciate your videos.
Make it a thick one and cut the tip back to reduce the torque. Better yet is a 1/2" x 1/4 HSS flat tool (old skew or scraper) that you can reshape into a hooked nose scraper like a Dale Nish style scraper.
@@MikePeaceWoodturning I just went through what I have an I have two round nose scrapers. Time to make one into a hollowing tools. Thanks Mike.
Happy to help.
I'm already one step ahead Mike. After your earlier video last week, I have already started with the Tree Ornaments. Although maybe I should have waited to hear about the proportions for the Finials. I've used Paulownia (like Balsa) for the Globe, and a dark hard wood (Acacia) for the Finials. 4 done and maybe another 4 to keep all the ladies in my life happy. :D Thanks Mike. P.S. I told a friend about your Angels and now he is in full production :D
Excellent!
Very cool Mike. I need to get my shop back in shape before I can do ornaments and finials though.... So it will be next year...... 😔
Merry Christmas to you and yours my friend, and a Happy New year!.....
Ron
Same to you and may be you have a warm shop soon.
Mike Peace Woodturning Thanks Mike!
Love your work. I watch all your videos. Can you tell me about your collet and chuck? What is the brand? Does chuck and collets come as a set? Where did you acquire them? I want to get those tools but I don't know a good one from a bad one. From one veteran to another best of luck in the future..
Thanks, Check out the video I did on reviewing my collet chuck which I think will answer your questions. ruclips.net/video/WxM44TD0dRY/видео.html More collets add to the versatility amzn.to/3b5IAg4
There sure is a lot of information here. I have used water with a glue mix to swell wood when needed. Then after drying, I glue in place with carptener's glue. BEAUTIFUL finals
SAFE TURNING, John
I will have to try that, John. Thanks for sharing.
Cool!
I might have to try that wooden collet idea. That's clever. Been wondering how to hold small stuff. Have you tried the really small jaws on that nova? Need to upgrade from my psi chuck. The screws keep stripping out.
I have heard that before on the PSI chuck screws being a bit soft. Nova has several small jaws. I used their 25 and 35mm bowl jaws. I rarely used them because they closed too small, a bit less then 3/8". I find the Record Power jaws that fit a Nova a much more useful set. Watch my video on jaws.
Where did you get the nylon tip for your Nova live center? All of the sets i have seen do not have the nylon tip.
I bought this rod on Amazon and turned a piece. Something like this amzn.to/3qPh1RH
Have you ever used teflon tape? Really enjoyed the video.
Thanks. Not for wood.
Where do i get or how do i make that soft live center?
Maybe this will help. ruclips.net/video/fFc9FfvJWzQ/видео.html
@@MikePeaceWoodturning Thank you, yes that gave me a better understanding of it.
Great video subscribe .
Thanks, Glen.