Have yourself an eccentric little Christmas...

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

clever idea, well done.

-- Woody, UK

Wonderful! The green is subtle enough to really give interest without overpowering. Great article, too. He really explained it well.

How unique and unusual Scott, but beautiful. Great idea,

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Slick. Turning off center can produce some pretty cool results.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

nice work scott & thanks for the link. I may have to try one of these myself.

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Nice tree. A great design and execution.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Cool. Nice.

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Very cool. Like it lots, thanks. Great what you are doing.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

Very nice, Scott!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

how do you get the timing right on the pattern? I see that they’re obviously not all lined up perfect, but you did a pretty damn good job. I wish either of you had a video of it so I could see how quickly your hands move during the cuts. I still can’t believe the quality and diversity of your projects in this 30 day challenge….way to push yourself scott, I am inspired to do something similar I have been thinking about too much and not doing enough.

So clever! I really like how it came out. Its a very unique decoration. I like it a lot.

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Thanks all.

Chris – you just try to lay out the lines as evenly as possible, without obsessing over it. nothing in nature is so anal in it’s uniformity. It probably took longer to turn it down to a cone than it did to make the plunge cuts for the ellipses. I started at the top where the wobble was the least and moved down toward the base where it was pretty hard to see where the “air wood” started. Then you just cut in with your skew at a slight angle until you reach the solid wood – slowly and carefully. Sanding was a little more nervewracking than the skew work. All told this was a very very quick project – apart from waiting for the paint to dry. Cut as far as you like, just not too far past “center” of the visible wood area… for the design, as there were 3 off center ‘centers’ I used every third line for each center, kinda uniform in that regard. I wonder how it would look and if I’d like it if I was more random with the lines. I suspect it would look wrong if two adjacent rings were the same. Next one of these I try will be a little shorter in relation to its height, and I think with closer spacing on the lines.

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Great Design!

-- Michael, Fort Worth, TX. "I wood if I could!"

this is pretty neat looking. I couldn’t get the instructions weblink to work, maybe just me.

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i’m a newbie when it comes to the lathe, I don’t have the funds for a jaw chuck yet but I think I may try to make my own temporarily with some angle braces and threaded screws. I wasn’t familiar with offset turning and made that comment before I actually went through the how-to, thanks for clarifying though. Hope the 30 day auction is/was a success!

the 4 jaw chuck open up lots of options… but you don’t need it to do the offset turning.

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Scott
These are great, I checked out your how to, very well explained. You made it look simple. I tried making a couple of offset turned letter openers. But they broke, exploded, shattered what ever you want to call it. I have never turned anything prior so I probably took on something that is more advanced. I have learned from others here that I probably was using too hard of a wood (mesquite) and my tools weren’t sharp enough.
I will try again and might try these. Thanks for the How to.

-- Measure three times, cut twice.