Turn a Cute Hanging Hare | Woodturning Guide

Hang the Wooden Rabbit in the Ceiling

In this video guide from woodturner Karsten Bonde Andersen, you will learn how to turn a cute little rabbit or an Easter bunny that sits in its nest. Use it as Easter decoration or give it as a maternity gift to new parents, who can hang it in the nursery or above the changing table. To be able to make this guide, you need to be somewhat experienced in woodturning and have the necessary equipment in the workshop, which you will find in the overview of various tools that are to be used for this guide.

You will learn to turn two long ears, a round head with a face burnt with a pyrography tool, and the body which sits in a hemisphere as a nest.
See how woodturner Karsten Bonde Andersen turns the rabbit using the smart Versalock system, which makes it quick and easy to change jaws during the project.

Techniques and Skills:

• Turning a sphere
• Turning a hemisphere
• Making beautiful rabbit ears

Materials you will need:

• 2 pieces of wood 63 mm x 63 mm
• 2 pieces of wood 58x58 mm
• 2 pieces of wood 28x28 mm x 9.5 cm long
• Gloves for surface treatment
• Finishing oil from Chestnut
• Superglue (thick variant) from Chestnut
• Accelerator from Chestnut
• Leather cord

Tools you will need:

• Woodturning lathe
• Ruler
• Digital caliper
• 26 mm Forstner bit
• 4.5 mm drill bit
• Divider compass
• Cone live center
• Japanese saw
• Scrub chisel
• Parting tool
• 13 mm spindle gouge
• 9 mm spindle gouge sharpened to a detailed 33-degree angle
• Chisel
• Record Power chuck VIctory
• Branding pen / pyrography tool
• Center finder
• Center punch