Post a photo of the last thing you turned

[Stigmorgan]

Disagree that natural edge off sets your equal symmetry really well to give a stunning look

The live edge bit is fine, it's top of that section that could have been a few mm narrower, it doesnt line up with the others just a minor imperfection that wasn't easy to spot while it was on the lathe.

 

[Davegree]

My nephew and his wife gave me a £50 Axminster Tooks gift card for my 70th birthday. I used it to partly pay for a Robust toolrest, which I would not have been able to buy otherwise. So to say thank you, I made them a box, and sent a couple photos of the job on the lathe.

 

[Agent_zed]

I am impressed with all your trees. I have given up turning Christmas trees. Maybe it is my jaundiced eye or innate lack of ability?
All mine end up looking like something you would buy from the “specialist” section at Ann Summers.

More practice required!

I did one that looks suspicious! My thinking is it is to do with the shape of the base and how it connects to the tree along with how smooth and rounded the sides of the tree part are. I've taken to doing sharper edges and either straight sided or slightly concave. If the sides are convex and smooth and rounded it starts going into dangerous territory!

 

[CliveB]

I love turning Christmas trees, they make great gifts..

 

[Stigmorgan]

I did one that looks suspicious! My thinking is it is to do with the shape of the base and how it connects to the tree along with how smooth and rounded the sides of the tree part are. I've taken to doing sharper edges and either straight sided or slightly concave. If the sides are convex and smooth and rounded it starts going into dangerous territory!

You can't say that and not post a pic of it

 

[Stigmorgan]

I love turning Christmas trees, they make great gifts..

And relatively quick and easy, mine took 3 hours but it is12inches tall and I spent longer than I should measuring and marking the sections. I think going forward if I have a piece left in the chuck that's of a half decent size I'm going to turn a simple little tree or snowman, that way come Nov/Dec each year I'll have a box of small stuff that I can take to the fairs and price them as pocket money decorations at 50p or £1