Turned & Spun Christmas Ornament

Well, here's my first project involving both metal spinning and woodturning. The body is spun from aluminum, 2 halves one with a bead and one without and then epoxied together, cut with grey & white pads saturated with lacquer thinner and then buffed to polish on a buffing wheel, no finish. The top and bottom finials are african blackwood with friction polish. Overall dimensions are 3 1/4" dia. x 7 1/2" tall.

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Chris Wright

Registered: November 2004
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Date: Sun October 29, 2006
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Keywords: turned spun christmas ornament

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Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

And some folks go nuts over the "hot spots" on high gloss wood pieces. You don't have the hot spots but a mirror in the round. It is a beautiful piece. How you going to split your time between wood and metal spinning. 8)

#1 Sun October 29, 2006 3:36am

BAM

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet!

#2 Sun October 29, 2006 4:02am

Larry Charlot

new this was going to happen sooner than later.

#3 Sun October 29, 2006 6:02am

Chris Wright

Thanks guys, this is becoming a second addiction! Unfortunately the raw material for metal spinning doesn't grow on trees (in fact it's stinkin' expensive!) but it's way fun. As for splitting my time between the two, the idea is to eventually get good enough at metal spinning that I can merge the two in a plethora of projects and take my work to whole new levels not commonly seen in either arena.

#4 Sun October 29, 2006 6:46am

Kevin Denny

Hmmmm, think Chris has a bigger lathe in his future....

#5 Sun October 29, 2006 9:47am

Gil

Cool ornament, Chris.
Try Home Depot or Lowes for copper sheet.
Or maybe craft places like Michaels.
Copper sheet is fairly soft and thin, maybe even brass sheet.
Gil

#6 Sun October 29, 2006 3:24pm

kidcolombia

Really nice piece Chris. Everything fits perfectly!

#7 Sun October 29, 2006 5:27pm

Dave Bowers

It beginning to look alot like Christmas...... I don't think that I've started the ornaments I planned on doing 3 years ago. It looks great. How thick of a sheet do you start with/ Are pop cans a source?

#8 Sun October 29, 2006 6:33pm