Tim, while sitting in the eye doctor’s office I saw a cool idea for your jumping cactus. Drill a hole in the top to stick died flowers. Basically a weed pot.

Neat project. My suggestion is to turn it into a Jumping Cactus bean. Before gluing the 2nd end on, put in a large weighted ball or bearing. It will turn the cholla into a wobbly toy when spun or rolled.

Tim, thanks for the plug of Hidden Valley Woods. You did the cholla justice. Great turning!

I agree with the earlier suggestions. It needs a light inside. You could cut the top off to do it. Maybe put in a Tea-light. Then make a new top. It would really be cool. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

Nice idea always enjoy your videos

Weighted inside the bottom and you have a “Weeble” egg, one of those toys you knock over and it comes back upright. But you can easily add a seed LED light string. Get the bottle stopper type, and drill the bottom to hold the battery and switch.

Such a beautiful wood of art 😍😍

It is of Mission-Critical importance, that one knows, at all times, the exact, precise technical differences, between a doohickey, a thingamajig, and a whatchamacallit. :)

I concur with the 'jumping'. I used to go to central New Mexico for Astronomy. You don't realize you were close to a Cholla and you brush your hand against your pants and your hand is full of spines. But the skeleton is beautiful when turned and polished.

Tim, this one was really fun and different. I totally agree with some of the others, put some of those little fairy LED lights inside and make it a night light kind of thing. Thank you for sharing all of your ideas and experience.

@prspastor

6 ай бұрын

Agree! I came here to say the same thing. Would be a pretty night light

Yes, light. This is a lamp, Tim. A jumping cactus lamp. Didn't you see that?

I think what might be cool is use it for the body of a turned box. Glue on a wooden base and a rim and turn a lid.

Nice job, Tim. I was thinking if you put enough weight in the base, then it could become a pen/pencil holder. You might need to drill out the existing holes. a little bit, to fit a pen in there, at maybe a bit of an angle.

well I searched for hidden valley wood and they must not have a web site. Darn I was wantin' to get some cactus carcass

@michaelhendrix1636

6 ай бұрын

Andrew I was one of the vendors with hidden valley. We don’t have a website but can be found in Facebook.

Immediate thought: That would look so cool with some LED lights in it! You could thread them through one of the bigger holes, if you have the patience for it. Imagine the shadows it'd cast. :)

Very nice

I’d be tempted to change the shape and make it smaller to make it into a Christmas ornament maybe with a small colored tea light?

Put a tea light inside of it. It would probably look good.

It looks like a Faberge Egg to me. It very pretty just the way it is.

Would look good with a light inside...

It's a Weeble!

Tea light or pour epoxy around it and make knife scales or cool pendants.

put a light in it.

Looks nice, Tim. Not everything has to have a purpose other than to look good. There's a line in there but I'll let it go. Bill

If you add some round wood turnings inside you could have a rattle? Maybe not.

Maybe you can use this strange and beautyfull item to burn incense pallets ! It's very attractive ! Thanks you.

Prehistoric Weeble. So old it does fall down…

But some beans in for a rattle.

Could you add the link to where the cactus blanks are?

@woodturningwithtimyoder

6 ай бұрын

You can reach them at their facebook page facebook.com/HiddenValleyWoodProducts/

Dinosaur egg!

It's a tiny bit unfortunate that you glued both ends in, cause now you can't add lights if you wanted to. Oh well. It looks like it was a fun project.

@joesmith1574

6 ай бұрын

He could add some really small lights in through one of the holes in the cactus.

@prspastor

6 ай бұрын

You could also drill a hole through the base that is large enough for tiny led lights👍🏼

Put a bluetooth speaker and rechargeable battery in it.

Put a weight on the bottom and make it one of those never falling over, clown punching bag things

Thanks to Biden/Kamala's inflation I can no longer get in to wood turning.

@RoxnDox

6 ай бұрын

🙄 You mean the worldwide inflation still left over from the pandemic…

Turners elbow - huh? - me too! Brian was right!