I must be sick

[john lucas]

I enjoy hollowing Christmas ornaments. It's so much easier using my custom made hollowing tools and Johnny Tolly's thickness gauges. I made this tool using a Hunter #1 carbide cutter. I think Mike Hunter now sells and ornament hollowing tool that's similar. I did make a custom measuring gauge using Johnny's style to measure the top of my ornaments. It took me us just over 2 minutes to hollow this to 1/8" wall thickness. It weights 1/2 oz.

 

[Richard Coers]

Curious selection of words in your title, during a pandemic.

 

[Bill Boehme]

I don't see a connection between the title and the actual subject, but just to be safe maybe we ought to quarantine @john lucas . Can we have a show of hands?

 

[john lucas]

I thought saying I love hollowing was similar to saying I love sanding meaning you must be sick in the head. But then you all already know it that about me so I guess I will self quarantine. You do realize this is probably the first time I've used that term since I had the mumps and measles at maybe 8 years old.

 

[Mark Hepburn]

I don't see a connection between the title and the actual subject, but just to be safe maybe we ought to quarantine @john lucas . Can we have a show of hands?

 

[Don Wattenhofer]

I wouldn't say hollowing rates any where near sanding so maybe you could forego the quarantine.
The thickness gauges appear to be limited to a portion of the globe like maybe a 45 degree pie slice centered on the equator ( there must be a mathematical term I just don't know what it would be), but I don't have a solution. I did try at one time forming fixed gauges out of wire then using a ruler on the out side to get a value to subtract from the fixed value.
I do understand why you want to hollow them since an ornament should be light and not break the branch you hang it on, so you are not alone.

 

[Mark Hepburn]

Those are really nice ornaments Don. Love the precision work you did on them.

 

[hockenbery]

I don't see a connection between the title and the actual subject, but just to be safe maybe we ought to quarantine @john lucas . Can we have a show of hands?

. Go John!

 

[robo hippy]

How about "I may be crazy, but I'm nuts" from one of my old hippy comics, Dr. Atomic I think...

robo hippy

 

[Don Wattenhofer]

Those are really nice ornaments Don. Love the precision work you did on them.

Thanks for the complement.
A couple of years ago I got into Celtic cross glue ups, which then led to a need to find something to turn from them and one of those things was ornaments.

 

[Bill Boehme]

I thought saying I love hollowing was similar to saying I love sanding . . . ......

I love sanding.

 

[Tim Tucker]

I love sanding.

Sounds like you and John have something in common...you are both in need of medical attention.....