Snowman from Wood | Turn Christmas Decorations on Your Lathe

Turn Small Cute Snowmen from Different Types of Wood

Create the cutest small snowmen on the lathe after watching this video guide on how you can easily get started turning a snowman with a hat. The snowman is turned from ash and walnut, but of course, it’s up to you whether you want to choose the same wood types as woodturner Karsten Bonde Andersen has selected for the video. Or if you choose different wood types. You can also choose to turn everything in the same wood type. A snowman is nice to have displayed for Christmas as Christmas decoration, or you can add a loop and hang it on the Christmas tree.

By turning a snowman on your lathe, you’ll learn how to turn round and oval shapes, as well as the transition between them. You’ll also learn a neat little trick called the jam chuck, which helps you turn the small hat beautifully.

Techniques and Skills:

• Turning round shapes
• Turning oval shapes
• Jam Chuck

Materials You’ll Need:

• Super Glue Medium from Chestnut
• Super Glue Accelerator from Chestnut
• Finishing Oil from Chestnut
• 1-2 Blocks of Wood: Ash and Walnut used here

Tools You’ll Need:

• Parting Tool
• Skew Chisel
• German Gouge 13 mm
• Spindle Gouge GL7 13mm
• Diamond Point Tool 4.7mm
• Chisel GL9 - 25mm
• Lathe