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Easter Eggs

Blog entry by rikkor posted 625 days ago 489 reads 0 times favorited 14 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I made a bottle stopper out of Tulipwood.
Bottle stopper

My wife liked it and suggested I make some Easter eggs for our two nephews who are also God-children. Never to turn down an authorized trip to the shop, I agreed. First was to get some Tulipwood and cut roughly to length.
Tulipwood block

Then I chucked it up…
in chuck square

...turned a tenon…
Tenon

...reversed it…
in chuck

...roughed the egg shape…
egg roughed

...turned off the end…
end finished

...and asked The Boss if the egg in an “egg cup” was acceptable. Well, no.
egg cup

I didn’t know how to proceed from there. I put it out and a fellow Jock (I am terribly sorry I forgot who, ‘cause I’d love to credit him) linked me to a site with some rather detailed instructions.

I got a chunk of Southern Yellow Pine…
SYP

...and turned a jam chuck.
Jam side

Jam top

Here it is toward the end of the process. (I missed the pictures of doing the tenon end removal)
Finishing

A couple of shots of the finished eggs.
eggs

eggs


14 comments so far

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Scott Bryan

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posted 625 days ago

Hi rikkor

This is a very nice project. I am sure that you nephews will appreciate the eggs. And it is always best to do what the Boss says. It makes our lives much easier in the long run.

By the way it does look like your lathe work is coming along nicely. I guess you don’t want me to take it off your hands after all?

This is a nice turning blog too. You did well.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Karson

25792 posts in 1295 days


posted 625 days ago

Great eggs. Now to make them hollow and turn threads to screw them together.

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

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rikkor

11335 posts in 769 days


posted 625 days ago

Geez Karson, you don’t want much from a rookie, do you.

Scott, thanks. I think you’ll have to get your own lathe.

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DAN

6439 posts in 877 days


posted 625 days ago

extra nice posting … I enjoyed reading it very much.

your eggs turned-out cool

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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Eric

784 posts in 678 days


posted 625 days ago

Wow, very nice. Thanks for sharing those pics!

-- Eric at http://adventuresinwoodworking.com

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Greg3G

770 posts in 980 days


posted 624 days ago

Great post Rikkor…Love the eggs. I liked the way you took it pretty much step by step. I always forget to bring the camera in the shop with me. When I can find it.

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

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sharad

710 posts in 699 days


posted 624 days ago

A marvelous project. You are so perfect on the lathe. I am dreaming of having a lathe and attempt some projects like yours. Your pictures are very good.
Sharad

-- patanjali

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rikkor

11335 posts in 769 days


posted 624 days ago

Thanks Sharad, I appreciate the kind comment, but I am a long, long way from perfect on the lathe. The key is that I have fun on it.

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Nils

138 posts in 758 days


posted 624 days ago

Very nice work. The tulipwood is beautiful. It’s great to see a step-by-step on the process.

-- Nils Davis, Menlo Park, CA

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toyguy

719 posts in 731 days


posted 624 days ago

Looks like you are hooked….........I rally must try this turning stuff sometime….

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

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itsme_timd

676 posts in 725 days


posted 624 days ago

These are great, I love the finish on them. I’m sure the nephews will love the handmade gifts from their uncle , too.

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

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jeanmarc

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posted 482 days ago

Very nice work.Great post

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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Russel

2057 posts in 833 days


posted 482 days ago

I obviously missed this when it was originally posted, so I’m glad it came up to the top again. Nice work, I always enjoy the things that people turn.

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

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rikkor

11335 posts in 769 days


posted 482 days ago

Thanks jeanmarc and Russel. It was a fun project, and I was surprised by how much the 7 year old nephews appreciated the eggs.

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