Christmas Ornaments

[Sycamore67]

My wife and I were decorating the Christmas tree and I opened a box of ornaments that I had made.  These are my favorites.  

The little reindeer in the ornament is just over 1/2" tall.  

[rjR]

A very nicely made collection.

All are intriguing

 

[Scrappile]

Great ornaments.  My favorite is the first one.  Nice work on all of them.

[Rockytime]

Beautiful work. Love the tiny reindeer in the first ornament.

[amazingkevin]

Smart looking ornaments well deserving of a tree!!! Real nice work!!!

Edited December 10, 2019 by amazingkevin

[dgman]

Nothing like handmade ornaments Larry, yours are wonderful!

[wombatie]

Beautiful.  I have a small tree that I put up and all it has on it are wooden ornaments most of them ornament exchange from overseas.

Marg

[leshko]

These ornaments look fabulous!

Can I show the bird from other sides?

Edited December 10, 2019 by leshko

[Phantom Scroller]

Lovely cuts. Roly

[lawson56]

They all look Awesome.I like the tiny Reindeer myself.

[daveww1]

fantastic work, they're all beautiful

[Sycamore67]

Here is a picture of the front and the side of the compound cut bird that was cut from Cherry.  It is cut in two pieces...the wings and the body.

[ike]

Those would sell good at a craft sale

IKE

[namunolie]

awesome

how did you cut The little reindeer

Fantastic cutting

 

[Sycamore67]

I cut the tiny Reindeer with a FD #1 blade on my Hegner using a jig like shown below but smaller.  It is similar to the one Steve Good shows but I use springs on the 10-24 bolts.  I find that without the springs that the piece will come loose as you cut it.  I also use sandpaper on the inside to hold the piece tight.    I am using a 3X Ottlite which has a very good glass lens.  Another change to the jig has been to add some small knobs on top of it to more easily hold the jig.  I find that I tend to grip the jib too tightly and it causes me to have cutting problems and sore hands.  I like to cut the very small ones from Maple or some other fine grain hardwood without strong growth rings like Oak, Ash and some others.