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In this video I make a lighted Santa figure on the lathe. I made it out of spruce and painted it with latex paint.
I begun by making the body first. To do that I had to glue 4 pieces together. I first flattened the pieces on the jointer and then glued them in pairs. Once the glue was dry I glued the two pairs together.
Next I turned the body. I also made small beads to act as eyes nose and buttons.
Next I turned the feet. To make two identical shoes I cut a piece almost in half. I added a zip tie on one end and turned both shoes at once. Before I remove the piece from the lathe I added sand paper so I could sand the legs to fit on the shoes.
I connected all the joints with dowels because in most cases it was end grain to end grain.
To fit the beard I had to sand one button down
Next I made the base which was mostly bowl making work.
Finally I added the rod on which I mounted the led stripe later on.
I then Applied a base coat of varnish and then painted the piece with latex paint.
My Santa came out really nice. It was quite challenging project because it had many pieces. But I really enjoyed it.
Anyway, that was it, see you soon with a new project video.
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