All i wanted to do was a tree ornament

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Howdy all.
As a turning expert (have a dozen 2x4's and 8 pens to my name)
I went to a demo of turning Christmas ornaments at my local rockler.
After watching, I went home to duplicate what I saw. I'll describe the process.
First a few definitions of some terms you’ll see.
whrrrrrr = means lathe is happy and turning.
deedum deedum= im happy and turning.
clunk = I have stuck my skew all the way through the wood bringing everything to a stop.
cling = the stuck skew went flying across the room.
Yelp= dog got hit with flying piece of wood that came off after clunk
Oops= the detail I worked on for the last hour just got destroyed.
Ouch= spilled hot coffee on turning wood and took bath.
honey= wife is asking if im done playing yet, and ready to rake the leaves.

First I get a 4x4inch by 2 foot piece of pine, mount it and im ready to go.
Let there be power…..whrrrr….deedum…dee um……..ouch….clunk…honey.
Ok first five minuets I have rounded it over. Let’s start some fancy stuff whrr….deedum.deedum….deedum…oops…clunk….yelp .
Ok it’s a little shorter by a foot, now I know how much I can cut before I go through and it falls off.
Need to shape it a little like a tree…..whrr…deedum…deedum…oops…honey
OK not a tree maybe a small bush…whrr..dedum…..clunk…..cling…ouch…honey
Ok a smaller bush…..whrr…deedum…dedum….honey “just a little longer dear “ ..clunk…oops…yelp…damn.

Ok something smaller like a twig……whrr…dedum….dedum
Taa daa honey im finished…here is the result...oh your so clever you can play some more…

A pull for the attic stairs.....damn im good



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I wish mine went that easy [;)]
There are lots of tutorials on different types of ornaments on the web. It sounds like you were turning between centers, if that is the case you might want to take a smaller piece and glue it on a waste block, that way it wont fall out unitl you part it off.
 
I killed 2 bird house ornaments last night. I am beginning to think I need to re think how I am making them so I looked up a tutorial today. The one that really hurt was the one that got sucked up in my dust collector. Why ruin just an ornament when you can try to take out your impeller as well.
 
been there done that. My problem is that it is usualy almost at the end of a bowl, and I get a bang (shotgun sound) and little pieces of burl exploding all over the shop.
 
Does anyone need an attic pull? I have some spare ones [:D] Pete, your problem is that you hummed, & tedummed when you are suppose to whistle while you work. Of course whistling is difficult as you are trying to avoid flying shrapnel.
 
OMG....LMAO!!!
Printed out 2 copies of your "experience" to hang in the workshop and at work.
Brilliant story with a nice touch of creative licence on the "Christmas ornament".
[8D]
 
got a lot of suggestions on how to prevent this in the future, but
I believe pastorbill has the answer.

"Pete, your problem is that you hummed, & tedummed when you are suppose to whistle while you work."

[:D]pete
 
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