Woodturning | Project That Sells - How To Fund Your Shop - Hobby - Christmas Trees
This weeks project is another installment in the project that sells series. The project is made with basic tools and beginner techniques to help new turners make saleable items and help finance their hobby. Christmas trees, whether made from nice hardwood or paintable pine are very popular at Christmas craft sales or gift shops/markets. We will make two styles and the turning will be in real time with the turning sound left in. I hope you enjoy this video, thank you to all who watch!
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Light bulb moment!! I understand now!!
Super! Thank you for watching!
Everybody give a big Thumbs Up, okay?
Thank you! I appreciate you watching the premiere!
great ideas. thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Great work sir i m trening working in India
Thank you? I appreciate you watching!
Great showing and education as always, Lewis!!! And congrats on the growth! Well deserved!
Thanks so much DD!
So cute, and great for a holiday display!
Thank you Kathryn!
Yet another couple of gift gems! Thank you!
Thank you!
Nice job. Thanks for the ideas.
Thanks so much for joining the premiere!
Good stuff!!! Excellent video!!!!
Thank you Harvey!
Well done trees. Another great addition to the series. Way to go Lewis.
Thank you Doug!
Thanks. Always good to see new, and review old, ideas!
Thank you Daryl!
Super nice !!!
Thank you Jakob!
Another nice one. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Nancy!
Thanks for your time!! Excellent video as always.
Thanks Carl, I appreciate it!
Great project, especially at this time of year!! Nice work Lewis! Thanks for sharing 😁
Thanks for watching Buddy!
These videos are awesome!!
Thank you Andy! They are popular so I’ll keep making them as long as people keep watching!
Great projects thank you.
Thank you Paul!
Quality content for beginners. I love your videos
Thank you David, I appreciate it!
You made this look so easy and the tree “turned” out great!!
Thanks Tom!
I like this project. Great way to use up the left overs! Nice Lewis. :)
Thanks Bob! I appreciate it!
Really like this series. Thx and keep it :) Have a good one.
Thank you for watching!
Thank you Lewis for your instructions, very helpful in determining designs and pricing. Oh, and congrats on hitting 15K!
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Nice work Lewis lovely little piece’s
Thanks Barry!
Great little scrap wood projects. Would look great using various hardwoods, too. Thanks for the inspiration!
It does Robert! Thanks for watching!
Great ornaments.
Thank you Jack!
It's nice to make these seasonal things thanks for sharing and was very formative demo well done Lewis and thanks.
Thank you Laurence!
Really nice to learn different techniques to do seasonal items. Thank you for sharing your video.
Thank you for watching Mark!
Hi Lewis, 2 great Christmas trees. I have seen lots of videos on making Christmas trees but this one makes it look easy to do. Great video and yet another one to add to my to do list. Take care Lewis. Cheers, Huw
Thanks Huw, they are very easy! Have fun buddy!
Great job you have amazing skills with the bowl gouge. Subscribed
Thank you Ross! I've spent thousands of hours making bowls and it has become my go to tool. I really appreciate you watching!
Thanks Lewis, nice job.
Thanks! I appreciate it !
Great video. Nice idea for scraps thanks for the info
Thank you Chip, I appreciate you watching!
A Big Hello to you and as a beginner you really keep things simple clear and very easy to follow your work. Absolutely love and i will be watching your tubes and hopefully your skills to lol Sean
Thank you Sean! I hope you enjoy and I appreciate you watching!
Good examples and how to. You make it look easy. That’s the sign of a true pro. Congrats on the 15K!
Thanks so much Valerie!
So cute
Thanks Gerry, I appreciate it!
Always enjoyable content Lewis
Thank you Brent!
Great video!👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you James!
Thank you for sharing
Thank you for watching!
Will definitely try the 2nd tree and inlay each groove with green or gold or silver wire. Thank you for the inspiration 🦆💕
That is a great idea Pam, love to see the finished items!
Nice job
Thank you Mel!
Hi, your dimensions are very clear and understandable. Seeing your process helps me a lot as I’m a fairly new turner. Thanks. rd
Thanks Roger, I appreciate that!
Love your technique. Made the penny drop for me . Thank you. Your voice is so relaxing and absorbing. Combined with your technique makes for the best videos
Thank you Philip, I appreciate it!
nice work
Thanks Dominic, I appreciate you watching the premiere!
My hubby will be cranking some of these out for relatives.
Excellent, thanks for watching Gayle!
You sure make it look easy! Ha Was going to ask if that was a spindle gouge,but i see other comments in it being bowl gouge. The angle looked shorter to me more like a spindle. I'm just learning this winter so trying to get grasp on things. Starting with snowmen and trees. Well , 1 tree so far. Do you have bowl videos? I havent noticed any yet...thanks for sharing!
Hey Jamie! Thanks for watching! That is a bit of a different grind on a bowl gouge, about 40 degrees done on a wolverine jig. I’ve used that grind for years. I do have several bowl videos on my channel. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Well done, really good tool control. I use a skew and detail gouge for my trees. Interesting that you use a bowl gouge. Quite educational, and well explained
Thank you Greg. I use a bowl gouge every place it will work as it is clean and fast. For trees the grind profile works great for a one cut whirl. Thanks for watching!
Thank you I'm going to try to make some
Excellent, have fun with them!
Oh..... I bought the Harbor Freight Lathe today...... first time ever using one and I have been in Woodworking/Furniture/Cabinet Making for 40+ years. IT FELT AWESOME turning some practice pieces today. Getting a feel for the tools! Looking forward to trying this tree!
Nice Jamey! Have fun! Thanks for watching!
Simple and easy to replicate. Really good design. I bet a production turner could turn out nearly 50 an hour. I can probably turn out two ..😃😃😃 Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.
Thanks Glen! If you had the stock cut up ahead of time you could make them in about 2 min each provided you keep tools sharp and don’t need to sand a lot. Thank you for watching!
Very nice! I have some 2 to 3 inch diameter walnut branches I think I’ll try this on. Thanks, Rick
They will be awesome Rick! Live edge ones seem to look better if you make the whirls higher, making the taper to the “stem” a longer steeper angle. Love to see them!
@@TheKlondikeCraftsman I’ll let you know when I get a couple done. Does your website have an email address on it somewhere? I’ll send a picture if there is.
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Thanks Martin!
Thank you for showing us how to do these Christmas trees and smell men I don't do them for sale I just wanted to do them for myself And for family and friends
Excellent Eric, I appreciate you watching!
Great video, but I chuckle at the "no 4 jaw chuck required" part. I've invested in a chuck and a bowl gouge, but there are plenty of other high end tools used here that I still don't have. Some of the tools frequently used in these beginner videos that I wish I had are the full sized lathe, big deep-fluted roughing gouge, and the super skinny parting tool. Just for fun I'd love to see you use a little mini lathe with a beginner set of tools (sharpened on a high-speed grinder!) to show us how you'd take on the challenges that I'm more familiar with.
The lathe I have now is the first and only lathe that I’ve ever bought. I’ve had it for 22-23 years. I have turned on small lathes outside of my own shop and the beginner projects are very doable on mini’s, it just takes much longer. I have only had the roughing gouge and 1/16 parting tool for a year or so. Before that I roughed with a bowl gouge mostly. I also sharpened on a 6” delta high speed grinder for many years. I make these beginner videos to help people make sellable items so they can upgrade and add if they choose. I mostly know what you are dealing with though, other than lathe size, I was in the same place once. I appreciate you watching!
There are many who love the stylistic types of art pieces and these would fall right in line...though no doubt you know this...very nice..and smart !... When you were making the branch cuts in the 2nd tree..I wondered about the ease of measuring..by sight...that bar..your work bar you run your tools over..if it was inscribed with quarter, half and inches..a turner could line up the beginning of the cuts...well..just a thought..I don't know how well it would work... Thank you for the video...🌿🌿🌿
Hey Pamela! The tool rest needs to be very smooth or chisels will not move over it. Lines would wear off quickly most likely. The easiest way for symmetry is to mark the piece of wood on the lathe and cut the lines. I just prefer to freestyle these types of items. Thanks for watching!
Interesting and nice presentation! Technical question: why did you use a bowl gouge instead of a spindle gouge?
Thanks Marvin. I use a bowl gouge so much it is my favourite tool. I almost never use a spindle gouge for anything. In this case though, you see how the bowl gouge profile makes it one cut for the top of one whirl and the bottom of the next in one pass? That’s why I use it for these.
Great channel, and excellent workmanship, would you suggest for a beginner to mark with a pencil, where you want to make your cuts, to keep them more uniform?
Thank you! Marking out cuts is never a bad idea. I appreciate you watching!
Nice video. What grind do you have on the spindle gouges? Jim.
Thanks Jim, just a traditional 45 on this one. Ground using a wolverine jig and CBN wheel.
Nice project. Any chance of telling your viewers what rpm’s you are turning at during various stages of your projects?
Thanks Gerry, I will try to do that more often. I appreciate the input!
On the Christmas Tree video what type and what degree gouge are you using? Really good video.
It is a 1/2” record bowl gouge the a 40 degree grind. Thank you for watching
@@TheKlondikeCraftsman Thanks for answering. I really enjoy your videos.
these are very nice the second tree look abit harder
Thanks Roy. The second tree was harder wood but still a very simple turning. Thanks for watching!
Thanks. Gonna give it a shot. Are those Carter and Son tools you’re using?
Thanks! Some of them are Carter and Son yes. Thanks for watching!
Did you know the spindle gouges are part of every one beginner kit? So using spindle gouges instead of bowling will be easier for beginners. Once! Second! This is typical spindle project and can be done with 3/8 or 1/4 SG. Roughing gouge is needed only for rounding the piece. Of course for “master” look you can use axe.
Thanks for watching
Do you have a preferred wood, or is a basic pine 4x4 appropriate?
Hi Brett! If they are being painted I like pine. I also make them from hardwoods with the intention of leaving them unpainted. Thanks for watching!
I’m old, what’s the best vacuum to use for getting up the chips ?
Hey Chuck, I prefer a dust collection system with a 4” hose.
How did you finish the bottom of these where the drive sour bit in?
If it has a clean cut from the miter saw it doesnt really need any finishing up with the steb center I use. If it does need to be finished I use a horizontal or vertical belt sander.
Please supply links to lathe, (quality one) and tools : )
Hi Jim, I’m not qualified to recommend a quality lathe as this is the only lathe I’ve ever owned. It is a Canadian made General 26020VS which is no longer manufactured. I have had it for 22 years and previous to that used my father in laws General 160. For tools I like carter and sons, record and hamlet for high speed steel and I use Easywood tools for carbides. You can find all of them online but depending on where you live the distributor will be different.
@@TheKlondikeCraftsman Thanks : ) It's a good start : ) There is no better recommendation than a satisfied product owner!
What tool did you use to make those branches?
I used a bowl gouge. Thank you for watching!
Thanks I'm just getting started on my new hobby/career just trying to learn
Laughed when you said don’t stop the lathe with your hand and two minutes later you do it again. Force of habit but you’ve got the experience to know like I do with cooking
Yes, the warning was done as a voice over after the video was complete and I was editing sound. I do try not to do that in these videos as new people may not have a feel for what is safe and what will hurt. Thanks for watching!
whos 1/16 parting tool do you use I can't find one I like
Hi John, it is a carter and sons
thank you
Roughing gouge and bowl gouge?
Yes, it is the fastest cleanest cuts for me. Could use a skew or spindle gouge, whatever works. Thanks for watching!
Interesting.... How much to you charge for a Christmas Tree..... Red fir clear.... about $25 for 8 footer...
Same price for 8" red pine clear haha. Thank for watching!
why use a bowl gouge?
I find a bowl gouge to be the fasted and cleanest cuts for me. Not saying it is the way everyone would prefer to do them but I’m showing how I like to. I appreciate you watching!