How to Turn a Christmas Tree Decoration

[@barrycook4690]

hi from over the pond .nice tool work on them trees been watching for a year know and never let us down with you projects , all the best from England

[@Exploringandcreating]

I have been following for a year or so. I learn a lot from your step by step presentations. Thanks for sharing your skill with us trying to learn.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Great to hear!

[@KevinRobbins-s2r]

I know it was done several years ago, but it never gets old, very nice. Thank you

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

You're very welcome!

[@denvermiller3780]

Enjoy your videos. Going to try some of these. I’ve only been tuning for about a year and a half. I’m also going to try the snowman.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

You can do it!

[@johnfritz3792]

You make it look easy!!

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Thanks. It is not rocket surgery!

[@user-pd2gu6li2n]

Finally. Someone that does more with less talk!

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Thank you. I try.

[@beardedwoodpecker]

The wife and mother in law were right:) :) :). very nice xmas trees and easy to make thanks for sharing Full view/Like Yiannis (Athens Greece)

[@larrysmelcer7966]

i wanted to wish you and your family a merry christmas and happy new year i watch and get a lot out your vidoes thanks for your time and effort stay well!!

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Same to you!

[@larrycampbell9732]

Thanks so much for your videos. I’m just strati g to turn and you have been a great help.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Thanks, Larry, that means a lot.

[@haljay2125]

Good presentation, you moved along well and didn't burden us with chit-chat. Music was very appropriate.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

I appreciate the specific feedback. Safe turning.

[@christinehendryx937]

Awesome, thanks

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Our pleasure!

[@milesnoell]

I just want to say how much I enjoy your videos, Mike! Your enthusiasm and approachable attitude make for good viewing, and also get me excited to get back in the shop and make some more shavings myself. It feels like a good influence.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Thanks for that encouragment.

[@trurex007lee7]

Thank you for the lesson. I’ve made a few but watching this provided new ideas. And yes, the wife loves them and doesn’t mind me being in the garage turning.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

It is all good!

[@TanyaBecherWoodturning]

Mike these are so nice. I can't wait to try making them.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Have fun!

[@hudsonriverlee]

Absolutely loved watching this video. I used a lathe once in my 63 years . Seeing you cut the grooves for the star, and then cut the star, awesome creations. Just awesome .....

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Time to turn on that lathe again!

[@tompalmer334]

nice Christmas present for this old man I will try this hope you have a merry Christmas Mike

[@exotictones1054]

Nice job Ty

[@jimraab536]

Like the idea alot! It is just what my mom needs this year for Christmas - I will get to a few this weekend.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

I know she will love them!

[@rogerratze83]

Very nice Mike. Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Merry Christmas to you as well.

[@laurabooth29]

They are cute. Nice job

[@ChurchClown7]

Just in time for this afternoons woodturning session in my Santa shop. Thanks for the star technique. You get a Gold Star for this video.

[@superdrs1960]

Great job as usual Mike, looks like a great way to get some skew practice. Thanks for sharing.

[@melissabarron1574]

Awesome trees! Your very good at the detail and teaching how to do it. Enjoyed so much, Thank you!

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Thanks, Melissa!

[@CactusMan56]

I am sharing this with my YWCA for a WIT grant application. Always great woodturning and audio/video skills. Thanks for your contributions,

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Awesome, thank you!

[@Jadeedoll]

Wonderful and helpful. I’m a beginner who is scared of my skew gouge but I’m going to try it anyway. Thanks!

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

What does not kill you makes you stronger!

[@AllenOxendine]

Thanks for sharing.. Full View and like. Merry Christmas..

[@suzetteedwards7956]

Wish I saw this yesterday. I just did a finial box with a tree for the lid. Wish I could post a pic for you to see. It turned out nice.

[@georgemccombs5070]

I like your ideas for the trees. Gives me something to try for next year

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Or this! :-)

[@JoStone]

Wonderful! How you show the usage of the tools, is very very helpful for me. Thank you!

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Thanks you for the feedbac, Jo.

[@dylangraves]

I watch this video a few months out from christmas every year and that story about your wife always makes me laugh

[@richardschaffling9882]

Very nice I like the star

[@Xyienced]

I've made simple ones before but need to try some of these fun designs!

[@irenedavo3768]

Lovely

[@kuffyswoodwork]

Looks like a nice skill builder project. I might go into the shed on lazy Sunday and give it a go.

[@bradsoulchin5334]

Very nice Mike. you make every project seem simple.

[@reg82co4]

Great video--it is especially helpful to see the close-ups of your skew work! I really appreciate your easy-going "give it a shot" approach in your videos--you've taught me a lot! Merry Christmas to you and your family!

[@spwoodart]

Nice, I really like how you cut the star. Thanks for sharing.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

You have to play with that a bit but not really difficult

[@rossandersen942]

SP Wood Art when you can snatch the pebble from my hand it is time for you to leave

[@peterhedlund8284]

Thanks Mike, made #2 this morning from a branch of cherry. from cutting the branch to vacuuming the shop in under an hour. And it helped me get in the holiday spirit. Merry,Christmas!

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

That is a good thing! I think I will go to my shop now and turn some as well.

[@larrycampbell9732]

Hi Mike. Would you consider showing us how to cut the small Christmas trees with the carbide cutters? Thanks Larry

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Thanks for the suggestion. Feedback indicates maybe 10% of my viewers use carbide so I will keep this in mind. Currently I do not have a set of flat carbide tools but am considering getting some for folks seeking lessons with carbide.

[@jeremycatches9766]

I am here for the Ladies!

[@KE4YAL]

Great video Nice to just do some simple turning it is relaxing and fun Thanks Mike & Merry Christmas to You and Your Family

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

You are absolutely right. We don't have to feel guilty for not being wood "artists" some time or never.. It is about the fun.

[@vinsavmom]

Merry Christmas. I will be making some. Thank you for sharing.

[@leksey7870]

Beautiful work, just in time for new year's table. Like!

[@Robot-yl3vg]

thanks now i now wath to giv for crismas

[@christiannordentoft1422]

s8uper like it nice and joyfull

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Thanks, I thought the watch time on this video would drop off sharply till near Christmas!

[@chootrain57]

Thanks for the ideas, great job and Merry Christmas

[@ronmiller504]

Awsome Mike!

[@gilgrace1915]

I tried one of these. I used your key for turning...ABC. Anchor, Bevel, Catch. ;-) I resorted to some carbide scrapers in place of the skew. It turned out OK, but maybe the next one will be better. Thanks for the "How To". Merry Christmas to you and your's.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Keep at it. You will get there.

[@jeffoldham3466]

great info mike,,i was trying to make one of of pine,,but I learned pretty quick that isn't good wood for turning these ornaments

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Actually pine is not that bad for some of them. The second from the left in the thumbnail is pine.

[@keithcorodimas8093]

Thanks, Mike.

[@hraun2berg]

Thank you for the demonstretion and merry christmas to to you. rg. Júlíus

[@willemkossen]

Your mother and wife are right :)

[@williamrush5921]

Mike, I have recently enjoyed watching your videos, especially the Christmas Trees. I am sort of new to wood turning, after many years of mostly scrollsaw work. I have a Jet mini (or midi?) lathe. What would be the best bowl chuck for me to buy in the range of $75 to $125 range. Make and model please. William Rush, Demopolis, Alabama.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Go to my Amzon shop link in the video description and look at the Nova chuck direct threaded for 1x8tpi. It is available now from one vendor for $105.

[@williamrush5921]

Thanks@@MikePeaceWoodturning

[@barryparks7057]

really neat work. well done

[@kaycox5555]

Wonderful...

[@alexpettigrew8971]

Very nice Mike. Merry Christmas!

[@johnbenson8978]

Hi Mike, great clip. Can I ask what the string was you used to burn the bace? Thanks John

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

It was a guitar string but just about any wire works.

[@johnbenson8978]

@@MikePeaceWoodturning great i will try that.

[@irenedavo3768]

I love these! Shared your video on Twitter

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Thanks, Irene. I appreciate your sharing.

[@jimjohnson1901]

What did you use to turn the burn? I use a wire without very good success. Nice skills on the gouges and the skew. Jim

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Most any wire will work. I have been using a set of guitar strings for years. Speed 1800 to 2500 rpm. Press the hand in back down so you will get maximum wire on the piece for lots of friction.

[@detectindiana509]

Hi Mike. If I ask you to give me a shopping list for a lathe, tools and a chuck what would you recommend?. Looking at a 12 x 21 lathe jet or recon moderately priced set of tools. Proper chuck. What would you recomend?. And ps happy Thanksgiving

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

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[@grumpywiseguy5992]

Thanks Mike. My wife has requested Christmas Ornaments for one of my serious first woodturning projects, so this video is timely to say the least. Would you mind giving some insight to the various lathe speeds you were using? For you a no brainer, but for a beginning turner, every detail is important, like lathe speed. I think you were running around 1500 rpm for everything but the cut off, which I am guessing is around 500 rpm. Thanks again.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Great question. I generally part off at about 1000rpm. Turning speed may be from 1500 -2500 depending on the wood hardness, particular tool and the length and whether I have some tail stock support. Turn at a speed that is comfortable but as your tool control improves, experiment with faster speeds.

[@grumpywiseguy5992]

@@MikePeaceWoodturning Thanks, I appreciate the answer!!! Take care and stay safe!!

[@chrisstoner6840]

I really enjoyed this video. I am a very new beginner and when I started this project, my parting tool is burning the wood and getting very hot. What am I doing wrong? I am trying to make sure I have a sharp tool and going in straight. Please advise.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Watch my video on parting tools. Sounds like You are not taking an adjacent clearance cut so it is binding.

[@chrisstoner6840]

In making the trees, he didn't widen the cut. It was just the width of the parting tool.

[@billy19461]

Not as easy as you make it seem. The tool work is hard and the spacing is even harder. Love your videos.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

It all seems hard making something when you start until you develop some tools skills. These are good skill builders. Make 10 of 'em grasshopper.

[@williampeak8851]

👍

[@Mauroiltornitore]

Great, Mike!! Merry Christmas. Mauro

[@soapsfromhome9979]

These are pretty awesome! Love them! But......I’m a girl! 😅

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Thanks! Good luck with turning some.

[@irenedavo3768]

I want one! Correction! I want three 🙄🙄🙄

[@ПавелВасильев-к4я]

2021 )))

[@summer__bloom]

What are the dimensions you use?

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Any size you like. You will notice the pictures of the blanks showed a ruler at 5". Another scene showed me cutting consturction lumber that is typically 1 1/2" thick. Play with them and experiment. Don't make them too large or they will be too heavy for an ornament which should probably not exceed 2 oz.

[@thestutteringwoodturner9824]

Hey mike i had to subscribe again cause KZbin unsubscribed me for some reason

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

Thanks for resubscribing.

[@thestutteringwoodturner9824]

@@MikePeaceWoodturning I’m gonna try to make a christmas tree

[@manoahvanderwolf3259]

that ain't no xmas tree....that's a.....plug. an actual plug. you did it, you actually covertly did it. slow clap!