Anytime is a good time to work with Proxxon tools, but the holidays offer exceptional opportunities to make special items. Today I'm sharing how I turned this wooden ornament on the Proxxon Micro Woodturning Lathe.
Supplies and Equipment
- Using a center square mark the center of the dowel.
- Use an awl to pierce a pilot hole in the center of the dowel.
- Load the unmarked end of the dowel into the chuck on the headstock.
- Mount the tail stock firmly into the divot that you pierced in Step 2.
- Begin shaping the piece using a bowl gouge.
- While the piece is still intact, but not quit finished, begin the sanding process. While the lathe is turning use progressively finer grits of sandpaper is smooth the piece. I started with 100 grit and moved to 150, 220, 320, and finally, 400.
- Carefully continue to shape the narrow end of the piece alternating with the bowl gouge and sandpaper until the tail piece falls away.
- Polish with wax while the remaining piece is still in the lathe.
- Remove the piece from the lathe, and cut away the end using the bandsaw.
- Lightly sand the cut edge on the disc sander, and polish the end with wax.
- Attach a small eye screw to the wide end.
Hang your ornament and enjoy!!
1 comment:
Oh that ornament is just beautiful Carole! I love all different ornaments on my tree and this one would fit right in!
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