Santa Cookie Plate

Cookies for Santa Plate

When I was a kid we always left cookies, milk and carrots for Rudolf on a plate on Christmas eve. They were always gone when we assaulted the gift laden Christmas tree the next day. So I decided to pass on the tradition with a shop made plate.

Turned Alder engraved with Co2 laser and finished with Watco butcher block oil 

The first hybrid Laser-wood turning project

This past year I have been working on the build of both a CNC laser and CNC router with the intention of integrating manual woodworking, woodturning with CAD generated designs and embellishments.

After +1 year of tinkering with my K40 based laser engraver/cutter I finally finished a hybrid project ... the Santa Cookie plate.

The Movie: Santa's Cookie Plate 

Enjoy and comment!

Don

Aspen + Color Dye Experiment

Dying Aspen Vessels

A few new pieces made while experimenting with dyes and color.

Dyes: orange/yellow "spirit stains

Wood: Aspen

Finish: 1 can of deft gloss lacquer, polished

Christmas Ornaments

I noticed that at the holiday time everyone likes to turn "inside out" ornaments.
So I decided to see if you could model it.
Below is my first try. Haven't yet figured out how to turn the outside profile.

Modeling "Leaf Extraodinaire"

In this months issue of American Woodturner Tim Yodler teaches us how to turn a "German Ring turning".

I couldn't leaf this idea alone, I just had to try and model it. I haven't tried turning it yet but I think that turning is way harder than modeling it.

This model made my PC groan! Below are some hints on the process.

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The finished model

 

Turn it on the Virtual Lathe

• Imported a leaf graphic to use as a model.
  
• Draw with line tools over it on the grid insuring it was "closed".
• Then "turn it" on the virtual lathe
  

Getting the 1/8 section

• Group and copy the entire turning to the right of the lathe
• Insert 4 panels into the truning to create the angled surfaces
• Select it all and ungroup every thing
• With it all selected "intersect" it
• Delete all the surfaces except for one 1/8 section 
  

Getting the 1/8 section

That was fun! Now I need to turn one, not so easy?

Donnie

Holy Water Font

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I just completed the Holy Water Font. Above you can see the model and the finished project.

This project included many disciplines, woodturning, inlays, guilding and metal spinning.
In this post I will focus on the modelling part of the project. Turning details can be found at Turnedoutright.com.

View Extents

Above you can see all the objects of the model. The main part of the models object can be seen on the virtual lathe. These parts were assembled and colored to the right.

Turning at the Virtual Lathe

Seen in this close up all the components were modeled in the round. Then the halfmoons (lower right and left of the back) were subtracted from the back by intersecting 3D circles with the model. Note: I decided not to use these in the real model. Also the ring that held the AL dish was designed with a solid bottom but I made it an open ring during turning since I was afraid it would retain water.

The Rings

The rings were also modeled in 3D. I decided to use the flat model on the right for the actual carving but used the 3d version on the left for the model printouts.

The AL Dish

This story stick printed full scale was used to make the spinning mandrel.

The Final Assembly

Above you can see the final assembly, where the fit was tested.

More turning details at www.turnedoutright.com

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Go buy the book "Woodturning with SketchUp"