Only 63 days to go…
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…to the winter solstice!
And obviously, we need decorations, so…
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Time for a little spindle turning. This is the quick centerfinder I got off aliexpress a while back – it’s a nifty little thing. For any spindle blank I could get on my minilathe, it’s just much faster than any other centerfinder I have. Though if it’s not a blank, if it’s a branch or whatever, it’s not so good. But for prepped blanks it’s nifty.
Also, because this is spindle turning, it’s less likely to grab a tool and shove it through your faceplate, so small people can help…
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At first, it was just help to stain the wood and sand it at the end, but on the second tree, we progressed to learning about the spindle roughing gouge…
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I think that might be far enough to go for a while yet, but we have more snowmen and trees to make before December gets here.… Read the rest