birdhouse ornament

[Dale Allen]

First try at this. I had bought the brass eyes long ago and just never got tuit.
Had some trouble with the larger hole but that has been solved.
I'll get better as I make more and then I guess I'll try some tiny polyclay birds.
These are fun because the variations are endless.

 

[Old Codger]

Very nice little bird house Dale, especially since this is your first venture! Keep'em coming, we love to see them! Safe turning to you always!

 

[cmwoodworks]

Love this! Would make a great miniatures bird house also

 

[bchawkins]

Nice job!! I'm going to try my hand at this after the first of the year.

Any tips for another newbie?

 

[Dale Allen]

Most of the turning I do on these is between centers.
What I had intended was to do it all between centers.
So, I am making another one and doing all of the turning between my centers.
I'll take pictures along the way and show what I did.
The idea is to keep the small pieces from being destroyed if there is a catch.
Some hand drilling is needed to get things to work out.

 

[RKB]

Dale thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your report.
Rod

 

[ironman123]

Nice job.

 

[bobjackson]

Good job. Tiny birds are hard to find.

 

[Dale Allen]

Here is the writeup.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f45/mini-birdhouse-tbc-128106/#post1723230