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In this video I make a scrap wood xmas tree out of a piece of spruce I found in the garbage. It was an interesting woodturning project because I had to do some really tricky power carving to create the spirals. Enjoy the video and merry Christmas to all of you!
I begun by planing flat one side of the wood. I then used my circular saw to cut the piece in half. I glued the two pieces together.
Then I used an axe and a hand plane to make the piece as round as possible because my small lathe could not handle such big out of balance piece of wood.
I then turned the piece true and created the tenon to fit my chuck.
I started hollowing the piece with forstner bits and my hook tool. This was endgrain hollowing so the hook works really nicely.
I then rouch turned the outer cone. On the bottom I epoxied a piece of wood so I could reverse the piece on the lathe using a face plate.
I turned the piece true again and used my home made divider to design my spirals.
I used my mini grinder to remove as much material as possible.
I then used several carving bits on my rotary tool and even wood carving chisels to do the job.
I sanded the piece as good as I could and then I parted it off the lathe.
I sanded the bottom on a sanding block.
I cut a star on the bandsaw and I shaped it with my rotary tool.
Before I finish the piece I applied a coat of sanding sealer. This raised the grain a little bit so I lightly sanded with 320 grit.
I finished the piece with a coat of clear and then I buffed it on the lathe.
I really enjoyed this project, but that was it. See you soon with a new project video. Merry Christmas to you all!
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