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Thank you christos. appreciate all the positive comments encouraging to push myself further.

Thank you ver much Mick. I try to see if I can find the pic. of the timber for you.

it turns easily and smells nutty, making you feel hungry. If you'd like to try it we can arrange for a swap, just PM me.

Bellow you will see the famous Texas Pecan crotch wood bowl. This one had be cut down in 2011 due to storm damage and in came form our downtown area from a historic distirct Called King Williams...

smifii, very nice work and if you don't know the timber you can send me some and I'll turn it for you and we figure it out.:q
Beside these, I like the shape and I have to agree with the guys above...

first of all thank you for your positive comments and I appologize for the descriptions. I went on line and typed it all out and then I had trouble with site not being responsive. However, here they...

Hi, all, it's been a while I posted any pic.s of my works and here ae the recent ones.

Wheelin, thanks for sharing the pic. it looks very nice.

Any one ever turned anything out of this tree timber, I was looking at the pictuers of it and man it looks like it should be beautiful timber for turning?
And if you did , do you still have some of...

Would it make it easier if I paid the shipping from here and you pay yours from my side? After all it's the spirit of sharing the joy of turning with different wood with a fellow turner. If anyone is...

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I just wanted to stop by and let some of you who wer hesitant to know that I completed two exchange with two membes here and I think I am happy I'll wait to hear form other recipients to see if they...

Bob, I just sent a med size flat rate box of mesquite which the size was 11x8.5x6" which weighted 13.5 Lbs (6.12 Kg) for $49.00 I don't think that was very much and the recipient is going to be able...

Sorry, folks, I didn't mean to drop the ball on this thread. I had to deal with two deaths in my close friends family and we were also blessed with 5.5" of rain after having no drop of rain in entire...

Oh, BTW, don't shape it like a fake gun or baseball bat or give it a sharp point either you never know what they can construde. Just leave it in balnk form.

when I just recently visited my Mom in North west part of USA (State of Washington). Fortunately God has given them such a lush land and plenty of woods and different species. After I contacted the...

Skot, I can appreciate your suggestion. The reason I am requesting a swap like this is that I make a friend in the process and also, the other party as well as me are a true turner and there is a...

Scott, I am a bowl turner, and would like to exchange blanks for whatever purpose you'd like to receive yours. I have lots of pen blank, however, my concentration is on flat wares and bottle stoppers...

Any one has any of these woods who like to swap with some American wood? Not for pen blanks though.

2nd this.

You 'll be willing to trade with some one in USA? You got some nice stuff there for bowl and small box turning. If interested please PM me. Thanks.

Oiliver,
I looked at your profile and noticed that you are a student so I gather you would be on a limited budget to work with woodworking. I am in USA and don't know very much about Australian or...

Herbie, she is right, however a looking at a brain anatomy and how different part of brain is dedicated to different senses, one can lern that a part in the brain is dedicated for hearing and when it...

Allan, firs of all don' t feel that you are alone. My wife knew about my hearing problem when she marreid me and then it got progressivley worse since mine was due to a childhood measles and by the...

3 toed sloth, Sorry you don't ahve any names under your profile for me to address you.
First of all you are a teacher so lets define the word "Aid" as in hearing aid. It simply menas an aid to...

Bob, those symptoms are I think common among people with hearing problems. I combat the TV problem and I have done it for many years now that I don't longer remember when I did it. Here is what I...

that might be true, however this lathe is not that old fo r it to fall apart already.

Joe, you are indeed right, but when you build the things you engineered youdidn't build them to fall apart this quickly. what I was trying to say that for the lathe not being used that much, this...

Well, around me I keep running into lots of wood turners who have hearing problems, then I keep reading or hearing from pros that "you can tell by the way the bowl blank or the cutting tool...

Well today I made a very interesting discovery. I was wrong about the cost of a large flat rate box to Australia, it is not $15.95 it would be $60.00 instead, so those of you who voiced a concern you...

Well today I made a very interesting discovery. I was wrong about the cost of a large flat rate box to Australia, it is not $15.95 it would be $60.00 instead, so those of you who voiced a concern you...

Her are the pics.

Joe, the point I was trying to make was that Grizzly's attitude is that since it is out of warranty then it must be junk and mine is what about all those tractors and heavy equipments that people...

Thank you,Sorry you don't have a name for me to address you properly.

Whilly, this wood is so interesting that I have seen it in grayish tone, orangy tone and most that I get is the color of Mahogony like mine. I will make the burl fo it as soon as I can get the lathe...

Sorry, you didn't post any name in your profile for me to address you.
Yes, mesquite I rekon will grow in the Souther part of your country had anyone took the seed and palnted it. It needs very warm...

Cam, the terquise is in little chuncks and pieces and the larger crevice which was natural was deep and so I used what I could find to fill the holes and then ground some of it in morter and pestle...

I recently made this in March 2012 as a gift to my 82 year old mother. She was very proud as she didn't know that I can do this then she bragged about it to whoever could see it. It's made fromTexas...

John, I'll be waiting to hear form you.
BTW, folks my best friend is married to a nice Australian lady who is very talented and tought me lots of things in turning and specially bottle stoppers. She...

Dang, if I only was brave enough to figure your site and evidently I wasn't. However if you tell me the USA members handles I make sure to bug them with soem of those goodies form you.
I think that...

I Like to start with bowl blank and as the trade progresses then move on to pen blanks and other stuff. I try to post pic.s before I send out anything to make sure it would be of your liking.

I just checked on line and One American Dollar= .951367 Australian Dollar
So it's not the dollar difference it's the postal rate charge that differs. But, at any rate I am not asking anyone to do...

I am sorry I don't follow you. The way you are looking at it is not fair since the exchange rates are not the same. I am sure that Aussie $ has value in your country so does $ in America. The purpose...

Well, you'd see when I put up the pic. form the cross section that the darn thing looks like that your looking at piece of white toast it has so many bubbles in the cast.
I am sure our friends who...

It seems that if the lathe was built in 1998 or so, I am not too sure since they left the date unmarked and there is no stamping on the placard. On the other hands I notified the US consumer...

We are going to try to see if it can be done the way Kev. explained. BTW, I got some of your banksia pods last year from a friend for penturning and I remember he wrote hobby pieces on the custom...

Well, first off that is one beauty and you did it justice. And, I also like to know how until I go dizzy and I will no longer know the time of the day. Very nice and unusual design. :2tsup::o

Any one here owns this lathe? I am having some major problems with it like first tool rest post broke off, I had it welded 3 times and finally snaped off then tightening handles for the banjo and...

Beautiful work and I can't beleive their sizes. I'd like to hear how you did the lids with different color wood. BTW, I love the finishes on them.

For cutting logs (wet) you need a sled. Google or use youtube and put log cutting sleds and you get the directions as how to build them. Caution! By no menas try to cut the log on its long side being...