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Jim explains how the ornament will be constructed.
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Jim describes how a pin chuck works.
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Starting the form the ball.
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Finishing the balls shape.
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Begin by gluing a blank to a waste block or securing to a pin chuck. If turning curly maple, Jim mounts
the block bowl orientation to emphasize the curl. Other woods may be spindle oriented. Spindle orientation
is with the grain of the wood parallel to the lathe bed. Bowl orientation is with the grain across the
lathe bed. Bring up the tailstock and turn the blank true. Jim uses a deep fluted spindle gouge with
a swept back grind to sheer scrape the blank to a sphere. Be sure to cut uphill. Remove the tailstock
and sand.
Jim uses a cone in the tailstock to center the ball. He hollows the ball through
a hole previously drilled in the blank. Jim uses a scraper made from a file formed to the shape of a
stewart tool to hollow the ball. After the sphere is hollowed the hole is drilled through for the icicle
finial. Remove the ball and chuck.
Chuck a block for the finial and cap. True the blank with
a roughing gouge. Turn the cap at the tailstock end with a gouge. decorate as desired. Use a parting
tool to size the tenon. Undercut the cap a little and part off the cap. Repeat with the icicle finial.
Glue the cap and the icicle to the sphere and attach hardware to hang.
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