Making A Christmas Ornament
I have made this year’s Christmas ornament from a 20-sided icosphere. I made the 20 triangles forming the icosphere by gluing up a length of wood pieces that formed a Christmas tree graphic. I then sectioned that length of wood into the 20 triangles that I needed. I made a jig for the table saw that allowed me to cut the precise angle on the sides of these triangles so that they would all fit together to form the 20 sided sphere. I then woodturned this 20 sided object on the lathe to form a true sphere of about 6” in diameter. It has 20 differently decorated Christmas trees around its surface. It is made primarily of maple Christmas trees in a walnut field. I then decorated each tree by drilling holes in the face of each triangle and inserting different types of dowels.
Reference videos:
How to Woodturn the Earth: https://youtu.be/krMWHx0SQvo
Snowflake Sphere: https://youtu.be/UqYgB3KIvfM
How to Woodturn a Sphere: https://youtu.be/wZ7yfkBbsiw
Tools used in this project can be found at
http://www.frankmakes.com/
CNC: http://www.cncrouterparts.com
Woodturning tools: https://carterandsontoolworks.com/
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You talk a lot,,, but work goes on a lot. I love that. Loved your ornament. Maybe a nice brass crown and hook would be nice. Bravo Zulu Sir!
Love it frank
Beautiful, thanks Frank, Merry Christmas
Nice work Frank
do these ornaments actually stay on the tree? they look kinda heavey
You are a wizard Frank!
I'll be the first to admit that I'm Team Humbug. But this is my tradition of the last few years- To see what Frank's made this year, and "check in" at the end and see how much the kids have grown over the year. Thank you for another great one!
Amazing work — thanks for sharing your talent!
Beautiful as always. You never disappoint, Frank! Have a great holiday — stay safe.
Really awesome ornament. You should try Rob Cosmans method for making dowels. Makes perfectly sized and smooth dowels every timr
23:45 🎅🏼
Wonderful!
This peice would be amazing with a magnetic center and then a magnetic base to make it levitate!!! You are a true artist!
A Christmas tree shaped shelf to hold all the ornaments?
Great job. I build these Polyhderal objects all the time. He is a tip. Use and upholstery stapler to join the pieces. This eliminates all the tape. You will never see the inside staples and you will cut away the outside staples when you turn it..
Merry Christmas everyone, we saw Frank build his workshop, it wasn’t as hard as this guys…try The Vaulted Workshop, this guy deserves more views for what he’s doing.
Awesome as always Frank! Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas!🎄
Merry Christmas
What a beautiful woodworking piece! You are amazingly smart & should be a geometry teacher. Loved the kids Merry Christmas at the end 🎄
If Frank's kids have any enthusiasm about his remarkable work, they do a tremendous job of hiding it.
Can you make a chess board
Just WOW Frank! You have some serious skills! Not only in your amazing creations, but with your technology skills! Puts my efforts in making videos for YouTube to shame 🤣🤣🤣
I look forward to your ornaments every year 🙂
Wow that’s amazing! God bless! God is good! Great craftsmanship sir!
I'm very impressed. Great job 👌
Incredible!
very nice
Hi Frank. I gotta ask. What is that yellow magnet fence/guide/featherboard type doohicky you put on the table saw called and where can i get one?