Those little lighthouses are my favorites. I've made a lot of them and given them to family and friends. Hope you enjoy turning them. Thanks for watching and commenting, Daniel.
Making Christmas ornaments is one of my favorite parts of Christmas, guess what I'll be adding this year! Thank you for taking the time to make this video!
Excellent! I've had the same problem ... I live in Atlanta,Georgia, and the ships coming through are a huge nuisance. The lighthouse ornaments have been a godsend.
I really enjoy your sense of humor, and find your videos very easy to watch, AND they are informative/instructive at the same time. Keep up the good work.
Nifty little project. I live close to the sea in Nova Scotia, Canada. The government is getting rid of all of our beautiful lighthouses. Perhaps I can "turn the tides".
No, I haven't tried painting them. That would take too much time. With the Christmas ornaments, I aim to turn and finish the ornament very quickly, like 20 minutes or so, because I usually make 6-10 at a time. I did try using red aniline dye on one (the red banded one in the picture), but it tinted the whole thing pink when I put on the finish (and that was after drying overnight, which I normally avoid). I might revisit that sometime, by putting on the dye, then putting finish only on top of the dye, and letting that dry. That might seal the dye and prevent it from bleeding.
I will try and send a picture of the light house I made from your pattern and technique. I did use a magic marker on the bands. It did bleed some,but, I put a small groove in the edges so it was minimal. Came out ok, I think.
Mr. Turns, Thank You Sir for sharing this wonderful lighthouse plan. It has been 3 years today since you posted it and I see from the comments you are still getting well deserved fan mail. If you still monitor this particular video I hope you can answer a question for me. You mentioned 3 parts shellac to 1 part alcohol. Are you referring to denatured alcohol or plain old isopropyl alcohol? Please forgive my ignorance. Thanks in advance! John Archer
Thank you for those nice comments, John. I use denatured alcohol. Isopropyl alcohol does not work as well (I tried it). Since that video, I have gone to the more standard mixture for friction polish of one part shellac, one part denatured alcohol, and one part boiled linseed oil. I have done several videos on friction polish. Here's a couple of links: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fODxyikTrFA.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LN3XO91iRuM.html. I hope those videos will help you.
Thank you for the education and creative ideas. Could you please provide the name again of the pins used and supplier for the light and other applications. Again thank you and Merry Christmas.
Hi, David. The lighthouses are my favorites. I bought map pins from Amazon. I think it was this one: Amazon Basics Push Pins Map Tacks, Plastic Head, Steel Point, Assorted Colors, 100-Pack. But it’s been a long time and I’m not dead sure. These have heads that are less than a quarter inch which sounds about right.
I don’t have it anymore, I’m afraid. However, I did a video a while back with some dimensions. Here’s the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qjy2F-BSAhI.html
