As usual this time of year things get a bit hectic. Turned a bunch of Christmas ornaments and got bored with round so did some 3 sided bodies just for fun. I really like spindle turning - you can do a lot with a small curved edge skew. Pics in alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking if you're in a bind for ideas.
A wonderful, safe and sane, Christmas to all
charlie b
now back to Santa's Workshop to finish up some other presents.
nice and detailed work Charlie. Now, for the holiday hues, or are you a stickler for natural finish? The three sided bodies - do those require an eccentric chuck or did you complete them by fastening to a faceplate in pre-determined focii? merry C, Max
Thanks. Details are fairly easy to do with a curved edge skew - my favorite turning tool.
Tried some airbrush paint on one, VERY bright colors - red yellow and an aquamarine/teal. Though they were translucent enough to let the grain show through, keeping each color on a single face was going to be a PITA. Tried gold leafing one of the the bodies but then the finials got visually lost. Gold leafing the finials would be even more of a PITA - so I went with just the wood.
The three arcs on three axis were done first then the hollowing some prettying up before doing the top and bottom finials.
Here's Cindy Dorzda's method for laying out the centers of the three arcs for the ornament body
Try it. You'll like it!
And the same to you and yours.
charlie b
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