What to do while at home.

[mike]

Time to make new stands for my hood ornaments.

 I turned a round area to mount in my...

New 4 jaw chuck!

I can turn, and drill the item with it in the chuck.  Can’t do that between centers.



I moved the wood out just a little and made the second one!

[JCON]

Nice turning Mike, what kind of wood was that?

[mike]

This is a branch from our apple tree.  So you can say that I grew these hood ornament stands!!!  Thank you very much Joe!!!

[JCON]

I was thinking it was a fruit tree but wasn't sure!!! Nice grain coloring!!!

[mike]

Apr 2, 2020 23:39:30 GMT -6 JCON said:

I was thinking it was a fruit tree but wasn't sure!!! Nice grain coloring!!!

I love the coloring too!  I now look at the tree, and think about the branches that I want to cut off.   I could make all kinds of things!!!  

[BUCKY]

Those are very cool!! Are you gonna stain those pieces?

[mike]

Thank you very much!  I put wax on them while they were spinning in the lathe.  I rubbed it in until they looked smooth and shiny.  I love the natural look they have!  

[dogfish7 (R.I.P.)]

That's cool.

[BUCKY]

Apr 3, 2020 2:01:54 GMT -6 mike said:

Thank you very much!  I put wax on them while they were spinning in the lathe.  I rubbed it in until they looked smooth and shiny.  I love the natural look they have!  

Very nice in the natural state! They are standout pieces! Have you any more ornaments to mount? 

[mike]

Apr 3, 2020 6:26:25 GMT -6 dogfish7 (R.I.P.) said:

That's cool.

Thank you very much!

[mike]

Apr 3, 2020 9:04:34 GMT -6 BUCKY said:

Apr 3, 2020 2:01:54 GMT -6 mike said:

Thank you very much!  I put wax on them while they were spinning in the lathe.  I rubbed it in until they looked smooth and shiny.  I love the natural look they have!  

Very nice in the natural state! They are standout pieces! Have you any more ornaments to mount? 

Thank you very much!  I have one more ornament.  It is already mounted.  I only have 3 hood ornaments right now.  








I also collect car name tags, and badges.   Some are mounted, some are not.

[BUCKY]

Nice lot of emblems! Where did you get all those?

[mike]

The tall 383 hood ornament came from my parent’s 1966 Plymouth Fury III 4 door sedan.  I found the small Plymouth hood ornament.  I bought the Buick hood ornament from a Buick dealership.  The Plymouth horn cap came from my 1968 Barracuda.  The Barracuda hood ornament was given to me by a man back east as a trade for a model instruction sheet.  The rest came from many different junk yards.

[dogfish7 (R.I.P.)]

Had a '63 SS just like that one back in the day.

[Steve Ski]

Now we're talkin, making saw dust in the mornin...................smell's like............Victory!

[Dukemaddog]

Man those are all way cool! Brilliant work man! How fun is this?

[mike]

Apr 4, 2020 10:13:59 GMT -6 dogfish7 (R.I.P.) said:

Had a '63 SS just like that one back in the day.

Now I know what your ‘63 SS looked like!    I also have a friction model of this car purchaced in 1963.  

[mike]

Apr 4, 2020 12:36:55 GMT -6 Steve Ski said:

Now we're talkin, making saw dust in the mornin...................smell's like............Victory!

Thank you!  When I start working on my lathe I make sawdust all day long, sometimes into the night!!!  

[mike]

Apr 4, 2020 13:43:16 GMT -6 Dukemaddog said:

Man those are all way cool! Brilliant work man! How fun is this?

Thank you very much!!!   Great fun, I love wood turning!!!