Birdhouse ornaments

[Dave Halter]

I recently finished up a few birdhouses that I started in January. I've got some more, but I need to turn roofs for them. They all have quilted maple roofs, with walnut, mahogany, and ash houses.

Dave

[Bernie Weishapl]

Those are some great birdhouses. Well done.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Dave - I like the variety of your birdhouses! Very nice work - great colors!

[Billy Tallant]

Dave,

The birdhouses look great...

[Mark Hix]

they look good. I like the laurel and hardy hat one.

[Steve Mawson]

Really nice. Will make great gifts if that is what you plan to do with them.

[Terry Murphy]

I like those bird houses, great designs.;)

[Mike Peace]

You have some nice shapes there that I have not seen before. Great job.

[Dewey Torres]

Now there you go... get a head start on Christmas!

[lynn smith]

First off Dave very cool ornaments,
secondly, I'm interested to now how you turn the roof portion of your birdhouse. Do you work with a mini lathe? what type of headstock drive center and tail stock center do you use?
My wife and I have been working on a craft project, making lighthouses and the roof is just like your birdhouse roof. The problem I am having using my big lathe is the drive centers are to big to allow me to get the top of the roof down to a good proportioned size.
Thanks for any info you can give me.




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[Dave Halter]

First off Dave very cool ornaments,
secondly, I'm interested to now how you turn the roof portion of your birdhouse. Do you work with a mini lathe? what type of headstock drive center and tail stock center do you use?
My wife and I have been working on a craft project, making lighthouses and the roof is just like your birdhouse roof. The problem I am having using my big lathe is the drive centers are to big to allow me to get the top of the roof down to a good proportioned size.
Thanks for any info you can give me.


Lynn,
On these I turned the top of the houses to 1 3/8", the same size as a forstner bit I have. In the roof blank I make a shallow mortise with the forstner bit (prior to turning), then drill it to fit a wine stopper mandrel I have. I mount the roof blank on the lathe using the stopper mandrel and turn it from there. I included pics in case that doesn't make sense.

Dave

[Curt Fuller]

Great looking ornaments Dave! Nice variety.

[Dewey Torres]

Dave,
Thanks for showing us Newbs the way you tackle the challenges involving mounting the work. Very helpful indeed.

[lynn smith]

Thanks Dave,