This is really amazing...Lampshade made from a Pine round...quick video...

[brin]

I may have to try this...looks like a lot of fun...and I love the end result..I bet it is touchy not turning through to the outside and ruining the whole project right at the end...that's why the light....but still...toward the end very risky..

Making of a Shade - YouTube

 

[rrrkkk]

Looks like you waste a lot of the tree!

 

[rd_macgregor]

Here are some more (from aspen): Peter Bloch - Turned Wood Lampshades Made from Aspen Logs

Doing these generates a huge pile of shavings.

BOB

 

[forgeblast]

Wow awesome!!! That was a big turning.