Design wooden Christmas ornaments in Easel with cutout shapes and a hole for hanging.
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Start from a blank workpiece
The animation below shows drawing a round Christmas ornament from scratch in Easel. It uses thin birch plywood, as in Richmond Cox’s angel ornaments, and a separate thread loop passes through a small hole near the top.
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First draw a 3-inch circle on the blank workpiece and choose an outside cut through the example ⅛-inch stock.
Add a 3/16-inch through hole on the centerline near the top, leaving wood above it to carry the hanging loop. The recording places its center 0.456 inches below the outer top edge.
Cut and smooth the disc, then add paint or a name and thread the loop through the hole. This recording makes a plain ornament blank, not the angel artwork or assembled drum. Its dimensions are design assumptions, not a tested carve.
Flat cutouts and stacked pieces make different decorations. Thread, glue, paint and hanging hardware are separate supplies; the shared Easel files provide the wooden shapes.
A birch-plywood angelby Richmond CoxRichmond Cox’s angel is a thin birch-plywood cutout with a hanging hole and patterned skirt. Its shared design contains the angel paths. The maker specifies 3 mm birch ply; add the hanging thread after cutting.
A drum made from stacked wooden circlesby Steve CarmichaelSteve Carmichael used poplar and red cedar for this miniature drum. The native layouts supply circular body and rim pieces; three thicker body layers are glued between thinner rims. Gold thread, glue and finish are additional supplies. His written materials differ from the gallery’s stock tags.
White houses along the mantelby Amanda Lynn HendrixAmanda Lynn Hendrix’s pine village stands as a row of simple white house silhouettes. Three loaded workpieces contain the building layouts. The photographed paint, greenery and mantel display are not supplied by the Easel file.
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From the makers’ notes and instructions
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In Christmas Angel’s, Richmond Cox says to apply sanding sealer before cutting to keep the fibres tight. His instructions pair that preparation with 3 mm birch plywood and a 1 mm cutter.
Project notes by Richmond Cox: read the source.
From Christmas Angel's by Richmond Cox.
Ask a questionKeep the hole inside an unbroken border of wood, with space below it for the decoration you want to add.
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