Off Axis Bird house

[bitshird]

Here is a thing I learned last Saturday about off center turning, given the twisted nature of West Tennessee I thought I'd make a twisted little bird house, Now I have to find the itty bitty birds to glue on the door perch. It's not necessary to spend 200.00 on an eccentric chuck, this was done on a cheap Barracuda.
Thanks for looking.

 

[wood-of-1kind]

Ken, that's quite neat. A bit of a visual delight.

 

[PaulDoug]

That's pretty darn cool. Looks like it's for the birds in hobbit (sp) land.

 

[el_d]

Pretty sweet Ken, nice job.

Reminds me of that ol nursery rhyme:
There was a crocked bird who had a crocked house....... That don't know how to spell, or something like that.

 

[bitshird]

I may put an article in the library, I'm going to try this on a pen first if that works, it'll become a pen for crooked documents and worthless checks LOL and an article.

 

[bensoelberg]

If it works, we should probably start a program to turn crooked pens for politicians... :biggrin:

 

[el_d]

I may put an article in the library, I'm going to try this on a pen first if that works, it'll become a pen for crooked documents and worthless checks LOL and an article.

Excellent!

 

[bobjackson]

Neat. Good job.

 

[ohiococonut]

Cool! I like it!!

 

[EBorraga]

Pretty nifty there Ken. It reminds me of a crankshaft:biggrin:.

 

[Oldwagon]

Craft supply has the little birds.

 

[bitshird]

Ernie I would have thought a twisted individual like your self would notice, we had a member from the Memphis club at our wood turning club give a demo Saturday and I couldn't wait to get back to the shop. Basically the same thing is involved, as on a crank lathe. I buggered up a couple places, but it was the first try, next I want to try it with some wet wood and watch it warp after I turn it.

 

[holmqer]

Excellent job, I have been meaning to try this sort of multi-axis turning

 

[Richard Gibson]

That is neat Ken. When I see it I think of Dr. Seuss.

 

[Padre]

Ken, that is really cool! I love it.

 

[holmqer]

I've seen the little birds at Michaels, A. C. Moore and Hobby Lobby. Hopefully you have one of those type of stores nearby

 

[Rangertrek]

Ken, very nice and a real eye catcher!:biggrin:

 

[bitshird]

I've seen the little birds at Michaels, A. C. Moore and Hobby Lobby. Hopefully you have one of those type of stores nearby

Eric, my wife is dragging me to Hobby Lobby Friday evening, I'll look for them, thanks.

 

[mountainrocker]

Love it, great job!