make a morel mushroom woodturning challenge

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This video is about how to make a morel mushroom on a wood lathe. It is the first in my woodturning challenge series. I was challenged to create a morel mushroom and I have never tried making one before. In fact I was only vaguely familiar with this mushroom. I started with a branch of cherry wood that my neighbor gave me and cut it into a blank on the band saw. The cherry blank was then mounted between centers to round it and get it ready to mount in the chuck. I created a dovetail tenon on one end so that I could hold it by that end and finish the top of the mushroom without moving the piece. With a 3/8 spindle gouge I did most of the general shaping of the top. I moved on to the stem and made it straight with a little base so that it could stand up. The stem was finished with a skew chisel to smooth it up. Then the tailstock was removed so that I could access the top and removed the wood with very light cuts to avoid vibration. Now it's time to carve! I did some power carving with a dremel tool and tried to make a random groove pattern to make it look like the mushroom top. A little hand sanding and spray lacquer finished up this project. I hope I did well in this challenge. • If you have another woodturning challenge let me know in the comments. • Check me out on Instagram @geiserwoodturner • here are some of my other videos • car stereo knob • • Replace your car stereo knob with wood! • walnut tortilla rolling pin • • Woodturning/ Walnut Tortilla Rolling Pin • must have items in a woodturning shop • • Must have items for a woodturning shop • how to make a magic wand • • how to make a magic wand/ woodturning • how to make a honey dipper in under 5 minutes • • how to make a honey dipper in under 5... • what lathe should I buy • • what lathe should I buy? • This video is for entertainment purposes only. geiserwoodturner is not responsible for actions that are unsafe. Be sure to read and understand how to safely operate your power equipment before you use it. • • music credit: • Whatdafunk by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) • Artist: http://audionautix.com/

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