I recently got Alan Lacer's second video (I've not seen the first) and in it he makes an egg, with just a skew, in minutes flat.

Now I know eggs are hard to make, as everyone knows what one should look like, right?

Well, I started with a piece of wood that would have made a large goose egg, and ended up with this.........

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........maybe paint it blue and call it a Robin's Egg........


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I did end up with a big pile of shavings

Sure is good practice, for rolling those beads with the skew.

So, to all you wood turners our there, let's see some eggs!

Cheers!