Re: Speaking of Christmas Ornaments

Hello Siegfried,

I did a complete how to story in the December issue of More Woodturning, but
briefly I'll talk about how I did it. First, a cube has six faces. I used a
combination of my Chinese Ball Tools and some home made cutters to do the
turning. I laid out six equally spaced holes,then drilled them 1" in diameter
with a Forsner bit Then, I used a 1" wide square end chisel to deepen the hole
to the proper depth. I used a Chinese ball tool to cut the uncerside of the
sphere and another one to cut inside the cube. I drilled a 9/16" hole to the
center of the sphere. I made a right angle tool from an old chised to clean up
the top of the cube. I drilled the small 3/8" holes to break the connection
between the sphere and the points of the cube. Finally I made several before I
attempted the ornament.

If you subscribe to More Woodturning, the December issue tells you how to do
this in detail. Again for people trying to get to the ornament, simply copy and
paste the following into your browser'

http://www.fholder.com/Woodturning/ornament 1.jpg

Fred Holder
<http://www.fholder.com/>

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Woodpecker says...
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>Fred
>Very nice indeed.  However inquiring minds would like to know, How did you
>do that?
>Could you give us a brief description of how you created and hollowed the
>cube?
>Siegfried
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>"Fred Holder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> It is getting about time to decorate the tree and time to dig out
>> those old ornaments and maybe make some new ones. I normally only
>> turn one ornament each year. My 2003 ornament can be viewed at
>> <http://www.fholder.com/Woodturning/ornament 1.jpg>. I hope that
>> works.
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>> This ornament is made from a 2-1/2" sphere with a hollow cube inside.
>> The finials are African Blackwood and are threaded to screw into the
>> inserts in the top and bottom. The inserts are made from African
>> Blackwood with white Corian centers, which are threaded for the finials.
>> I don't remember what wood was used to make the sphere, but I suspect
>> it was one of the Argentina hardwoods.
>>
>> Fred Holder
>> <http://www.fholder.com/>
>>
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