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10+ years ago mate and I'm pretty sure it wasn't under protection!

PS just spoke to my old work place mates out at the Govt herbarium(sp) and they said it's not a protected species up here as...

Smiife, the larger ones were around 450mm dia down to 200mm dia. A lot of the larger ones had tubes in them though. There are still a huge amount on that property but we only took the stuff that was...

Cut heaps on a private coastal property up here in the N.T. The sap really clogs up the chainsaws and will stuff up one's eyes too! The colouring is much more darker than in the photo with much less...

Hey Vern, Any ideas on a lift for a S1000?

I'm in the same boat as you Neil. Have both Munro and Woodcut and find always preferring the Woodcut. Even use the WC on my Monster deep hollowing tool.

Enzo gave us a demo when we visited him at his Vermec workshop a few years ago. He definitely had your round "eye" to the front.422012

Brings back memories of using old VCR wheels as hot glue face plates. Some can be used in compression or expansion mode in a chuck.420564420566

Enzo manufactures poly cups/cones that screw into mt live centres for this purpose

Have one of Enzo's original to suit a Vicmarc VL300 and it is still working great. It didn't have a centering pin like the later ones but Enzo gave me a new main shaft with a pin when I had a trip to...

Moby I can assure you that the pieces I turned were legally collected.

I was given some from south of Alice Springs, Old Andado Station awhile back and it also had a purple brown colour to it. It's where it gets its name from - Acacia Peuce and it is the hardest wood I...

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Willy would you know what this tree is up at Kings Park in Perth? I was up there two days ago413981

Lol!!

Mine was signed in 2001 when he gave a demo up here in Darwin

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What ever works for you I always say. Have numerous wooden and aluminium handles bought and homemade but I have mainly started just taking aluminium ones to suit from pen turning to heavy stuff. The...

Neil it says he listed it on 25/01/2017. Oops, I misread and was referring to for sale ad in Gumtree

Here's a Carbatec set up for my Stubby405415

It looks like some of the red/brown mallee that I have turned but coming from Tassie, I dunno. Yes it's a shame that the inside was turned away unless they saved it. The bottom is just flat and might...

Saw this burl bowl advertised on a local Darwin for sale site for $30.00. Was thinking of buying it to chop up for resin casting. I soon changed my mind when I saw it and that it was 450mm approx dia...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEN5GkoeIbY

Hope this one works!

Have a look at this long winded demo www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEN5GkoelbY

Good call Woodturnerjosh. Just checked my refrigeration pump and it's 4.2cfm which works fine on my Stubby. My Gast pump is 4.5cfm and always pulls over 26 hg

Yes it will be suitable. I have a similar refrigeration vac pump as a back up for my Gast oiless vane vac pump.

It's just a rubber edging seal I bought from a local foam and rubber shop. There must be one near you or maybe a Clark Rubber shop. Any closed foam will do or knock off someone's foam mouse pad. It...

Made a 500mm dia bowl for a baby photo shoot and made a vacuum chuck to finish the bottom. It was made out of 150mm dia upvc pipe off cut glued to a pine base and a small face plate. As you can see...

Vicmarc grinders are Asian made to their spec. Stand corrected if not. Mate up here bought one and it runs fine by him.

Oddy, The "newer" one was made by Brook Crompton & Betts in Australia and the older one's tag is a bit faded and scratched but I guess it would of been made here too. I inherited it from my dad well...

[QUOTE=Oddy;1989612]At the risk of hijacking this thread... what (new) grinder brands have people had luck with for their CBN wheels? I have recently purchased a CBN wheel but found that the runout...

I have a blue wheel for rough stuff

A fellow woodturner up here has a T7 and said it was the antz pantz but like you said, he got sick of the slow speed. He now wishes he got his cbn wheels earlier and saved himself a small fortune. I...

Woodturnerjosh, Look up Ken Rizza of woodturnerswonders.com. in the USA. Ken sells cbn wheels and also sets of spherical washers which help align wheels on grinder shafts. If you go to his site the...

I got a couple of these from I think Home Depot in the States for about $30.00. Of course they are 110v but I run them through a 240-110v converter. They are over 5 years old and are still working...

Re SuperCheap pressure pot. If you want to remove fittings and suction tube under lid easily, just heat with a gas torch to soften the gunk they use to air proof fittings. Sorry if someone has...

Just be sure to get tracked postage. Greg is very helpful and responsive at Kilian Tools

You could also try Kilian Tools in Canada

Here are some more from...

Geoff what finish did you use on the pen that I won?

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thanks for the great pen I won in the raffle. It's on the way to Darwin

I'm with TTIT. Living in Darwin it's always HOT. I got my house and shed roofs coated with a white reflective product by Dulux which works a treat. I can't recall the product name but Dulux will know.

Typical Darwin safety boot eh. Actually I wasn't turning at the time as you can see by the clean lathe but looking for my allen keys.

Pat, most of them fell on me and the rubber mat in front of lathe. Just a few scrapes, bruises and choice words.

Moby, I'm replacing it with one Iv'e got tomorrow.

This is what happens to unbalanced, over loaded tool drawer cabinets. The orange one fell towards the lathe when I opened the drawers. Apart from the tools, there were pen parts spread all over....

Love it Brendan

Got a heap of Musk burl blanks from Tassie over ten years ago. Never turned any so must give it a go.

This is our haul from Gympiehttps://www.woodworkforums.com/images/attach/jpg.gif P10 Caravan Park for Maryborough woodies

Enzo is a genuinely good bloke. Visited Enzo's workshop to have a look at his cnc machines via Turnfest. Got talking about his ball jig that I bought of him and told him mine was an early one and...

He has to be good as he's my twin from Darwin

We were down there when they first got the castings for the "secret" 600 a while back. It was good to see the finished product. No, we didn't think to ask Marco as they were flat chat but we got some...