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Solid Wood Christmas Ornaments

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Meta Description: Carl Ford's Woodturning Blog: Carl recently discovered that turning Christmas Tree Ornaments out of solid wood is a lot of fun. You don't need to waste time and effort hollowing them out.

https://carlford.us/blog/2023/12/solid-wood-ornaments/

Photo: Solid Wood Christmas Ornaments (ornaments_solid_group1_2_800w)

I recently discovered that turning Christmas Tree Ornaments out of solid wood is a lot of fun. You don't need to waste time and effort hollowing them out.

I use to think you needed to hollow out your ornaments to make them light enough to hang on a tree. I was lead down the wrong path by way to many demos and magazine articles.

Turning small ornaments out of Cherry, Walnut or Maple wood works and looks great.

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Screw Eyes for Christmas Ornaments

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Meta Description: Carl Ford's Woodturning Blog: Carl likes to make his own custom screw eyes for my Christmas Tree Ornaments out of 20 gauge brass wire. His wire screw eyes are small and elegant!

https://carlford.us/blog/2023/12/screw-eyes-for-ornaments/

Photo: Screw Eyes for Christmas Ornaments (ornament_screw_eyes_00)

I like to make my own custom screw eyes for my Christmas Tree Ornaments out of 20 gauge brass wire. My wire screw eyes are small and elegant!

Commercially available screw eyes are generally to big and ugly! If you do find small ones then the threads on the screw eyes are really small and wimpy. They will not hold the screw eye in place for long. Continue reading Screw Eyes for Christmas Ornaments →

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A Modern Lamp for any Table

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Meta Description: Carl Ford's Woodturning Blog: Link to Carl's "A Modern Lamp for any Table" AAW magazine article PDF. How to turn a wooden lamp that looks great! A skill building project.

https://carlford.us/blog/2021/08/modern-lamp/

Modern Table Lamp
Here is a link to my “A Modern Lamp for any Table” article that appeared on page 18 of the AAW June 2021 “American Woodturner” Journal.
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Projects, Tools Lathes

1st Hollow Form on New Powermatic 2014 Lathe

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Meta Description: Carl Ford's Woodturning Blog: The third thing Carl turned on his new Powermatic 2014 Lathe was a Hollow Form Vase. No big problems. Step by step photos. Hollow forms put a lot of stress on the lathe headstock when you are hollowing them out.

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