Making A Christmas Ornament

[@jonathan__g]

I do enjoy that you kept up the tradition of having your kids say Merry Christmas at the end even though its pretty clear that as the years go on they want to do it less and less

[@eubie67]

The shot of the Howarth kids saying "Merry Christmas" is one of my favorite Christmas traditions! 🎅🎄

[@Dragon4eva]

Its such a good shot though

[@JovemEverton]

It will eventually get to the point they grow out of the teenage years and omce again have no problem doing It lol

[@Rich-on6fe]

They said the words, that's all that counts. Like Sorry, or Please. The deed is done.

[@Blue2swing]

In 10 years they will be begging to do the "Merry Christmas" at the end of the video for old times sake.

[@rzinurov]

That subtle clamp squeak at 7:32 was so adorable

[@troywaller77]

Making the kids say Merry Christmas at the end was the best Dad Grade "torture". Keep up the great work Frank. Merry Christmas!

[@justinofboulder]

I thought the same....loved it!

[@ceasewatercolorarts]

I was starting to think like "oh no, the kids aren't going to say Merry Christmas halfheartedly this year!" Success!

[@wadly99]

Looked like a hostage video.

[@dryroasted5599]

Very nearly killed 'em!

[@nullrout556]

I picture Frank just out of frame threatening them with horrible fates if they don't say the line. At least that's what I got from the strained looks on the kids' faces.

[@Angel_Ghr]

Loved the very enthusiastic "Merry Christmas" at the end! :D And really loved the project, would love to build something like that soon

[@peiroswoodworkingshop4076]

Great project.... Next year, forget to commit your teenagers. That may be a nice presents for them 😉😉

[@nashvillain171]

"Merry Christmas" 😕😒

[@NjniaVanDerWald]

next year they are holding a small hidden "HELP!" somewhere in the shot.

[@misfitramone]

Pask makes has a great video on making your own dowels.

[@thefirststopher]

Coffee and Frank H. on a Sunday morning: Priceless! Thank you.

[@465maltbie]

The colored pencils area great touch thanks for sharing. Charles

[@justin.booth.]

I have loved watching the progressively more outlandish sie of the "ornaments" over the years

[@Orangewood76]

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!

[@MrBiggybit]

did you tell them kids at the end to look as miserable as possible or are they just naturally so "joyful" ? that was my favorite part

[@nkiey]

A lovely thing Frank. It struck me that you could have used coloured resin or epoxy rods instead of the dowels, then have a light source inside, but that would probably be unnecessarily complicated... Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

[@frankmakes]

It crossed my mind to do a few resin ornaments on the trees.

[@Kuro_Tsuki]

I would be honoured to have that beautiful work of art displayed in my home.

[@thedistractedmaker]

I'm here for the "Merry Christmas" at the end. Thanks Frank!

[@gingeruk555]

" I'm trendy now " brilliant .... Amazing project.

[@jeffcowles8274]

The enthusiastic teenager "Merry Christmas" wish at the end was key.

[@Calgary27]

Truly Enjoyable, Howarth Family!! Wishing you the best of this magical season and sharing my hopes for a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous and Enjoyable 2022!! 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦

[@LostWhits]

20 sided unturned with decorated with pips to represent a D20 dice.

[@justonsvoid]

I’d like to think I can explain my making process pretty well until I watch another one of your videos… your humility and experience helps me still to think and act with empathy and logic whilst making the simplest object or act in my everyday life. Thanks will never be enough.

[@Slamgod]

The Things you do Frank I unfortunately cannot. But I absolutely love watching people design and create things. I get excited every time I see your videos up on my feed. Especially the yearly ornament! Beautiful Work, as always, Frank. Do to my mothers very recent passing, if there is anything that can put a smile on my face right now it was this. Again, great work, and thank you for what you do! See you in the next one!

[@plewelly]

The kids always look so thrilled to record that last bit

[@garymucher4082]

An amazing and, I am sure, time consuming project. It looks fantastic. But knowing how everything had to fit together, I am sure you spent a lot of time experimenting before you got a finished project. Bravo sir, Bravo...

[@thegrizzable]

This peice would be amazing with a magnetic center and then a magnetic base to make it levitate!!! You are a true artist!

[@joshstephens3224]

Merry Christmas Mr. Howarth. Thanks for letting us in the shop.

[@owenparker6651]

Try drilling the dowel hole in wood and place a couple jigsaw blades on opposite tangents of the hole to make dowels. Great project, very well deployed! Thanks for sharing!

[@tomahawker1]

Frank, when I saw the thumbnail for the video in my feed I thought, "No way that is made from wood!" After watching your video, I realize it can be done, but only with an incredible amount of craftsmanship and effort. Outstanding! Thanks for sharing the entire process.

[@TizonaAmanthia]

huh. my mom has a music box that plays white christmas, it's a cute thing, a little penguin with a magnet on it's feet is driven to twirl and skate in circles upon an ice covered pond, that's all snowy. it's cute. and a part of my childhood.

[@johnfithian-franks8276]

Hi Frank, one way to make dowels is simple and works very well, get a set of die & taps and use the one that makes the thread of the bolt and use that to make the dowel, you end up with all the sizes you will need and they never need sharpening. Another bonus is you and use the set to make bolts and nuts.

[@Dragon4eva]

Its not the christmas season until frank kicks us off with an enthusiastic merry christmas from his kids. Thanks for another good one!

[@alexreith4877]

For the custom dowel, check out Tamar from 3x3Custom video on making dowel with a quarter round router bit. There's got to be a way to scale that down while staying safe.

[@jimmysgameclips]

Now that is effort and execution!

[@MrMy57]

I try to write in english I wish you a merry chrismas Frank and all your family Il’s alwaysa pleasure to see Your works Merci Et encore bonne fête de Noël Kiss from France

[@gregthorne4292]

The colored pencils were a great idea, and look great!

[@wandapiedra8973]

I admire your talent and your quest for excellence! Love your work.👍❤️

[@ferredamon]

This is by far my most anticipated video of the year across KZbin. You do amazing work. I love that's it's not a given that you put out nice work. It's still a process and learning experience. Thanks for making these videos. You make them and I'll sit and wait for the next one.

[@headlikeorange3600]

Same! I was just thinking to myself 'Hmm, I wonder if Frank made a Christmas ornament yet?' lol.

[@mikehunt42069]

Colored pencils were an excellent idea! It looks great

[@AnthonyStabler]

Your screen name sounds like a Bob & Tom bit.🤣

[@fleetswoodshop3339]

frank you are a master with the wood .and the computer.o my god awesome.from doug

[@ukulelefatman]

Wow kids! That's the Christmas spirit !!

[@sgsax]

It's always cool to see how the 2D shape in the flat segments get distorted as the sphere is shaped. Really makes it look interesting to me. Thanks for sharing!

[@MrCytree]

That last shot was a hilarious example of teenagers just thrilled with dad's idea for them to participate. :)

[@andrewmullen4003]

That's beautiful Frank!

[@billparrish4385]

Hey Frank, for hanging it on a Christmas tree, ever see one of those wrought iron hangers for suspending a dutch oven over a camping fire, made like a horizontal arm extending out from a vertical pole driven in the ground? There's a hook on one end for the bail of the pot to go over, and a twisted spiral loop on the other end that slides down over the pole, then the weight of the pot introduces friction as the arm tilts down under the weight of the pot, and keeps it from sliding down the pole. It seems like a similar horizontal arm could be made for these heavier ornaments, and instead of a spiral twist around a pole, cut a 1/3 slice out of an oversized short piece of PVC (or metal) tubing, then attach the end of the arm to this tube next to the edge of the slice. The width of the slice would need to be wider than the diameter of the trunk. To use it, just jam the arm back in there and hook the tube around the trunk (i.e., the trunk would pass through the missing slice, leaving the trunk centered in the tube). If it does slide down, the next branches would stop it, but the far side of the tube with the curve in it would hook around the back side of the trunk, and the front side where the arm attaches would push into the trunk as the weight of the ornament was hung on the end of the arm.

[@dav1dsm1th]

Perfect antidote to the excitement of watching Max win the F1

[@WoodturningByME]

Very nice Frank. I look forward to all of your turning videos. Keep up the great work!

[@Tokahax]

In your description of your christmas tree "sausage" or "sushi," I began to think that you have never gone and gotten a tube of christmas sugar cookies with snowmen or tree patterns in them. That's like the 1:1 analogy!

[@azpcox]

Frank, love all of these ornaments over the years! So much planning and care! Can you just make a quick compilation of all of the years with the kids saying merry Christmas and we get to watch them grow up in 5 minutes? :)

[@frankvargasIII]

Soon a CNC 8ft tall tree will need to be made to hang all the ornaments you have made through the years. Merry Christmas.

[@nullrout556]

I was watching you and dreading all the end-grain...you have the patience of a super-human my friend! Awesome work! Awesome videograghy! Thanks Frank!

[@r.p.mcmurphy6623]

I noticed that your kids were blinking "HELP US" in Morse Code... 🤣🎅

[@uknowulikethat4042]

Calvin and Clare don't seem to care but thanks Frank for everything you share.

[@Brian18741]

Love it! The ornaments project each year is one of my favourites! 👍

[@taylormoore4991]

Wow that’s amazing! God bless! God is good! Great craftsmanship sir!

[@eainen]

If hanging ornaments is still something you want to do, but don't want to do it out of wood, perhaps a cloth cradle of some kind would work. Essentially straps in a cross shape that hold the sphere.

[@1974HondaCB350F]

I absolutely love the Christmas ornament series, Frank. It's something I look forward to each December. Thank you for keeping it up! This was my favorite ornament project of yours so far. Very nice!

[@woodmanhugh]

That is celebrating the spherit of the season. Merry Christmas.

[@bedongskifrombedongdesign1062]

Wow what a great project again Frank, beautiful ornament !!!

[@hamps856]

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..

[@Dysiode]

This is my favorite ornament yet! I adore all the different styles of ornaments; the colored pencils are so playful, the small similarly colored ones are so classy, and I really like the twice drilled ones too!

[@alflud]

Merry Christmas Frank.

[@robertlevasseur6843]

I watch and appreciate all your videos Frank. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@santiagodsl]

You are a wizard Frank!

[@naptastic]

I look forward to your ornaments every year :)

[@ericjsilva]

Drew Fisher at Fisher’s Shop has a great dowel making jig using a chisel.

[@afistfulofvideos]

Every year I'm astonished by your ornament!

[@williamellis8993]

Nice, Frank. If anyone could figure it out, it would be you.

[@jerome2362]

Another great video, thanks! For your dowels, check the homemade dowel plate from Neil Paskin!

[@daveklein2826]

Always perfect when the kids hold the ornament and wish us Merry Christmas

[@adamhelsley457]

What a beautiful woodworking piece! You are amazingly smart & should be a geometry teacher. Loved the kids Merry Christmas at the end 🎄

[@arnhemseptember2009]

Fun project! Great kids! All the best from Holland!

[@daneekaplan4284]

stunning

[@jayballauer8353]

If you have a tap and die set laying around, spin the dowels through the die of the appropriate size. Love the videos, Frank!

[@ChefAssassin1000]

Gorgeous, Frank! I look forward to the ornament project every year! Thank you for continually putting out such well made and well planned content. You know how to keep us coming back for more.

[@sariannas2799]

I look forward to this video every year. :)

[@sxurcce]

Don't comment much, but I love the ornament traditions, excited to see what you come up with this year! Happy Holidays Frank 🎄❄️

[@greghutto6866]

Not sure if it's in the comments but i put notches with an angle grinder around the dowel maker's entrance hole and that worked pretty good for me. Gives it teeth so to speak. As always Frank love your videos.

[@lars.reimann]

Merry Christmas, Frank! I really appreciate your work. You are one of my main inspirations for my small projects. And I love your humble way of looking on your work. You are really a master craftsman and I honour you.

[@TheHuizenre]

No one like you. Enjoy the holidays, Happy New Year for you and the family.

[@bulldozer7656]

Thanks for sharing w us Frank. Your a master woodworker

[@horatiohornblower868]

I wrote it before and I repeat it: there is woodworkers, and there is Frank Howarth. A world of difference.

[@MarshallLoveday]

Merry Christmas, Howarth family!

[@lisaapps6890]

Great work Frank, such patience 😯

[@TheDivasoprano]

Ha! The kids at the end made me chuckle. (Mother of teens speaking)

[@Lutzboater]

Another great lesson in sphere making. I liked the way the red and green colored pencils looked in the final product. Marry Christmas !!

[@thebeardedhomestead]

Veritas makes a very nice dowel jig.

[@kristenkatz8425]

Awesome as always Frank! Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas!🎄

[@TheTranq]

Really awesome ornament. You should try Rob Cosmans method for making dowels. Makes perfectly sized and smooth dowels every timr

[@elluisito000]

Another extraordinary piece. Thanks.

[@WWIIAddict]

Lie Nielsen makes dowel plates out of tool steel, standard and metric, works great for doweling

[@lorifarrell5705]

really original pretty ornament; thanks for sharing !

[@laurensplompen]

Aside from the (brilliant!) project: you should do a montage of all the "merry christmas" snippets from Calvin & Claire, they've grown so much!

[@rollsroyce7325]

That's just AMAZING, Good Job Franck👏👏👏👏👏👏👌

[@Aprendeartesania]

IMPRESIONANTE, eres un trabajador de Santa Claus, SEGURO!!!

[@LerrySanders]

Your incredible. Always a treat to get a new video from you.

[@chrishb7074]

Highlight of the KZbin year - Frank’s Christmas ornament. Happy Christmas to you and all your family.

[@kris_kreations]

Awesome, Frank, as usual. And I agree, it doesn’t have to go on a tree to be an ornament. Merry Christmas 🎄

[@pjbaddict]

Great job frank… your projects and patience always impresses me

[@RedSpringChest]

It’s like a holiday when frank uploads

[@misterfixie6003]

Frank man I've been waiting! Merry Christmas buddy! Another fine ornament, this time with tape wabi-sabi! -fixie

[@sapelesteve]

That turned out really nice Frank! Loved seeing the kids at the end of the video! Happy Holidays to you & your family! Be well & stay safe! 👍👍🎄🎄🎄🎄👍👍

[@TheStrangeAlchemist]

What a lovely christmas D20, that you then rounded :)

[@bearlaw6807]

Man I was really hoping you would make an advent calendar this year! I've been watching for years now and love the holiday episodes. I've been playing around with advent calendar ideas and really haven't landed on good one yet.