Red Oak Bowl With Inlay, Ornament and LightHouse

Scrappy, I really like the inlay, added a nice touch. Cool light house and christmas ornament. I would think turning the ball shapes would be really hard to do. Looks good to me.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

Super group of projects Scrappy well done

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

You sure are getting good on that lathe Scrappy !!!

-- Eric

I love inlay. Wish I knew how to do it.

-- Greg, Southern Oregon, www.oregonburls.com

The inlay matches up perfect with the oak. Your christmas ornament & lighthouse look like they were fun to do.

that inlay is really cool scrappy, i jsut saw some at woodcraft and was thinking of trying it, now i will. nice job, keep them comin.

-- Roper - Master of sawdust-

Good Job Scrappy!!

‘The SedcoKid’

-- Chuck Emery, Michigan, www.woodworkersedcokid.com

I really like the inlay. I have seen this stuff in the stores and have wondered about doing the same thing. I guess great minds do think alike !

Your ornament turning is off to a good start. Did you hollow the ball ? Ornaments need to be as light as you can get them so they won’t pull the tree over… LOL ! ...Also your finial needs to be a bit smaller. I’m also having some trouble with this technique. Start the finial at the pointy end doing small bits and finishing as you go… work back to the larger part. This way there is always some meat on your spindle….. If you get what I am saying.

Now that you have started some Ornament turning, watch out..they are addictive !

Keep the chips flying.

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

Thanks for all the great comments everyone.

Huff, The ball shapes are not that ewasy to do. It looks round, then when you stop the lathe and run your finger across the curve, you can tell parts are sharper and flater then others. Still working on that technique.

Roper, Got a book called “500 wood bowls” It has everything from free style carving to turned bowl in it, It had a pic of one this style with a band around it. I thought “hey that bad in the corner would work for this” and here we are. Very easy to do. Just make sure your grove is the same width and deep enough for the band. Put in the glue, then taped the band in as I went around the bowl. When I got to the end I used a razor knife to cut the length for an exact(or close enough) fit. Een with tape the ends would not stay down, so I added a small clamp at the joint. Worked great.

ToyGuy, Only hollowed the ball as much as the drill for the finial hole. ( drilled most of way through ball for short post) Most of my finials are smaller then this but wanted to go with the ball theme all the way down. Since this is for me wasn’t worried about the weight too much. My FAKE tree can handle it. On my other ornaments I “hollowed” the ball area from the outside. Check them out, you will see what I mean.

Thanks Again for all the comments. Love all the feedback and sugestions. Thanks.

Scrappy

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That bowl is really nice and I might have to try that myself. Very simple to do but really adds a lot to the looks.

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Nice looking projects…

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Nice Bowl

-- Jim, Kentucky

Really nice bowl. I like the touch of the inlay.

They came out great Scrappy. I love the lighthouse (I am a huge fan of visiting them).

The inlay came out great.

Innovator

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