Jumat, 03 Desember 2021

Woodturning a lighted Santa Claus

 























Tools and materials I propose:

Belt sander

Lathe

Wood turning tools set

Chuck kit

Drill press

Jointer planer

Cordless drill

Forstner bit set

Led Strip RGB Light

Bandsaw

Dowel center pin

Foredom Woodcarving Kit

Tormek T8 Sharpening System

Tormek Woodturner’s Kit


In this video I make a lighted Santa figure on the lathe. I made it out of spruce and painted it with latex paint. 


I begun by making the body first. To do that I had to glue 4 pieces together. I first flattened the pieces on the jointer and then glued them in pairs. Once the glue was dry I glued the two pairs together. 


Next I turned the body. I also made small beads to act as eyes nose and buttons. 


Next I turned the feet. To make two identical shoes I cut a piece almost in half. I added a zip tie on one end and turned both shoes at once. Before I remove the piece from the lathe I added sand paper so I could sand the legs to fit on the shoes.


I connected all the joints with dowels because in most cases it was end grain to end grain. 


To fit the beard I had to sand one button down 


Next I made the base which was mostly bowl making work. 


Finally I added the rod on which I mounted the led stripe later on. 


I then Applied a base coat of varnish and then painted the piece with latex paint. 


My Santa came out really nice. It was quite challenging project because it had many pieces. But I really enjoyed it.


Anyway, that was it, see you soon with a new project video. 



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