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Nice work Joe, and the natural edge bowl is lovely!:2tsup:

Nice work again Mrs Woodpecker!:2tsup: Silky oak is a lovely wood to turn. And looks good as well!

I totally agree!

Done well Michael. The finish looks good for pine, Hard to turn at the best of times without a bit of tear out.:2tsup:

The small egg?!? Well, it's like this. I have 5 chooks. 2 black and 3 brown. They have been laying diligently for a year or so now, nice "normal" size eggs. and the other day, instead of 5 eggs in...

I beleive so Rowie. I googled it and came up with these.
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/good_wood/oz_avoid.htm
http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/old_site/database/Flind_australis.htm
The...

Another great suggestion. I think I have seen Teak in tool handles before, and the size I have would be good for that. Thanks Burnsy:2tsup:

Thanks for the suggestion Frank! Why didn't I think of that.:B

You've done a spledid job there Shirley. Carefull or the club will want you making all the prizes, and all the other clubs around as well!:2tsup:

I was helping my girl friend start to pack up her house (in a rural location outside of Lismore) which she has been forced to sell due to "Mortgage stress"! I was taking all the old crappy wood back...

You all have a great day, you hear now!:D Yo all come back now!:q The Clampert Family.

Not unlike the mullberry I turned last year. Similar colour. Looks like it's going to be a beauty:2tsup:

Good to see the woodturning forum still going strong. Turned my first bowl for a while (a long while), well, actually re-turned it!
An old bowl (never guess what the wood is?) that was too thick and...

Just wanted to sat hi to the Forum, after a quite a few months abscense. Good to see it still going strong, and will get back into the shed soon for some more turning, and posts. Take care of your...

Just a thought Vern (again) it might be worth trying some "ribs" siliconed on the back of big gulp, just to stiffen up the "sound board" as it were!:D Some stiff plastic? (or even 3 ply) maybe from...

Enjoy Harry:2tsup:

Good job Hughie:2tsup: Looks like we are a fairly versatile bunch, woodturners. Lend our hand to welding etc. But my welding is not as good as yours. My welds are refered to as "bird sh_t" by experts!

I like your set up all round, Vern. Chisel rack, flexible sanding rig etc!:2tsup:
How far away is your extractor? Is yours on wheels (and near by?) and you move it around, or is it outside? is...

go Bob:2tsup:

I used to have an ABN, as a sole trader, (building days) but relinquished it this year, as I hadn't realy used it lately, (quite a few nil returns in the last few years because I worked in the public...

Chooks, that's the answer!:D 6 hens, and a chook run. Chuck in your vege scraps and the wood shavings (oh, and of course the stuff that comes out of the chooks rear end- and I don't mean eggs!), and...

Nice one Sean.:2tsup:
I have yet to progress past the bowl and eggcup stage, but not long now, and I'm going to have a crack- excuse the punn!

A lovely job Al. And yes the inside is just as important! Ever look at a customer and a turned wooden object? I worked in a craft shop once, and they pick it up, smell it, look underneath, and look...

Good one Vern. I have been wondering myself! I know my VL175 has a locking ring, and in the manual it shows it as a 2 part ring, and the manual says, " the two part ring will grab half on the...

That's a nice system, Bob:2tsup:
I couldn't help but notice what looks like a bare fluro tube above your lathe?
I recently put a double fluro over my lathe that had a plastic diffusor cover as...

Hope you all have a wonderful time, and I'll be thinking of ya and wishing I was there:2tsup:

Now you got me blushing:B :B Here is a pic of a cylinder hone. It says on the package that this particular one goes from 2" to 7" which is a fair range, and it is only possibly a matter of replacing...

Good score!:2tsup: I reckon it's Hairy Oak too.
I picked this up from one of the turners who was demonstrating at the Brisbane Wood Show in 06, for $5. Nice fella too!

We are getting a bit precious here!:o Innovation means taking risks, doesn't it!! We have regular debates about art versus craft, and how have we reached the end of developing the vessel etc etc....

Just a thought, especialy for inside goblets and the like or inside cylinders. Has anyone done up an engine and used a cylinder honing tool?
I have one which is basically 3 little wet stones that...

Boooring:D

What's the big gulp adaptor Vern? I just use the end of my 4 inch flexible hose and lash it to the lathe, but it nearly backfired on me the other day. I sucked in a fairly large lump of camphor which...

What about the foam they use for surfboards? It is far easier to shape, although I am not sure how thick they make them. You could always glue them together if they are only say 75 mm thick. I am...

Wayne, I like improvisation. "Necessity is the mother of invention".The photo shows me cutting off the bottom off a big bowl blank, with the chuck locked down on the lathe. Saved a lot of work with a...

Lovely bit of wood Ern. You could call it "Australia" The missing chunk looks remarkably like the outline of Aus, minus QLD, NT and the top of WA.:D

Hi John. A lovely bit of Rose She Oak, and Ern certainly did it justice!:2tsup: I checked the site you posted John, and presume it is the same "Forest Oak" I have around these parts? I might have to...

All nice work Pete.
I know the Corkwod, although Ihave never turned it. It looks fantasic! (Look out Corkwod trees!) The Bumpy Ash is local to Brizzy? And did you hand carve the fluting? Was it soft...

All very nice work Wayne. I like the Camphor peice with the Queela inlay.:2tsup:

Al, I don't know if you have got much ocean around Texas, but I agree if "you don't ask you wont find out"! I draw similar parralels with woodturning and my other hobby, fishing!:B I was doing the...

You might be surprised Vern! All that "bush tucker" is very much in "vogue" in the big smoke.
Native Lemon Myrtyll,, etc etc?

Nice job on the M&P Ern. I was away trying to catch Winter Tailor, so I was a bit late in replying.
Alas I did end up carefuly sanding the dimple off:B I suppose if I was mass producing them, I...

All realy nice work, Al. Is hackberry soft? Looks a bit like our red cedar in grain. I really like it:2tsup:

Well, apart from really sharp gauges, and chisels, (and good attitude and skills) I discovered something recently. I had a small "dent" in the tool rest, and I lived with it for a long time, but...

I find the old super glue (good quality woddturning CA), is great for pulling up those early cracks. You can get it in a few thickneses, thin, medium and thick. Thin is great for getting down and...

Thanks Ern, for starting that thread:2tsup: Sanding is a nessesary evil, I know, although I love using the skew, and that sanding free finish, when I'm corageous enough- (those "dig inns" scare the...

Matey, can't really comment on the bowl because the photos are so blurred.:no:
Is it your camera, or are you saving them in a very small format?:)

Nice job on a very pretty bit of silky.:2tsup:

Further to that, and I know I am straying from the subject, but "having just drunk a strong coffee" on a bitterly cold morning (god knows what it must be like down South!) I would have no qualms...

It's great to read all the comments so far.:2tsup: I guess I go a bit cold when I read heavy intellectual critiques of the state of wood turning (vessells).
I read some of it, and saved it for...

Your a creative fela Skew!:D Has the little grub got a bit of tape across it's mouth? A bit of a noisy critter is it?
Great work:2tsup: Is Corian an acrylic is it?