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Always welcome, I'm glad that you are enjoying the pieces. That one is actually a well weathered epicormic butt burl.

Beautiful job Greg, our Aussie timbers are magic if you treat them with respect and give them your time as you have done here.

Really like this !! Will be giving it a go. Thank you.

When you were up here last weekend, I forgot to give you a few other pieces including 4" bamboo from northern NSW.

G'day Greg, I went to a blind school until I was about 10 years old so can appreciate the challenges you're overcoming. The eyes came good and I even drove a car for a few decades but now the peepers are back the other way and I haven't driven since 1995. As Ned once said "That's life". Remember when poetry was a big part of our education system and kids had to learn not only the European and American stuff but all about our home grown talent as well. Good days. One kid I knew did the best rendition of "The Play" I've ever heard, had us laughing till we cried. Sorry about the sleep mate, it hits me once in a while and drives me crazy but mostly I'm away in seconds and don't move until nature calls. I enjoyed the show, thanks mate and happy turning.

Very nice. Did you make the small ball on the clapper or purchase them? If you did purchase, could you please advise where. Thanks, Myles

Great little project, thanks for sharing! Good sound and video also!

Looks like a perfect day to me. Living in CA, the past few weeks have been 100+ degrees everyday. I’d kill for a cloudy rainy day.

I've been saving root balls and other pieces for you. Is there any way to make contact privately? Liz from south of Ballarat.

I can think of worse ways to spend a day, good on you Greg.

Excellent. It was meant for it!!

The colour does make the piece, great job mate and nice chat, it looks like a fun project.

Hi Greg. Another lovely bowl. Julie is sitting here with me and said "I wonder if Greg finished repairing the statue you had in your back yard" . I have finally assembled a slow-speed rikon grinder with 180 & 360 grit CBN wheels. All I have to do now is learn to use the sharpening jig. Not as easy as all the advert say. Have a great day. Paul

Love the video

A very nice bowl Greg and if that yellow box was anything like the yellow box I've split for firewood it would have been hard as hell! Like you I spend many hours making a piece and then to sell it for $20 seems to be robbery so I just give the things away, my sister has a house full of bowls and tea lights and has asked me not to bring around any more lol.

Great work Greg. You can use brass electrical conduit fittings for threaded inserts. I have pallets of mistletoe burls. I run a small scale milling operation just south of Ballarat. You are welcome to mill ends.

That came up very nicely Greg but I have no debt you had to edit the sound at the end! It's happened to me and the air turns blue for some reason.

Cool.

Beautiful job Greg, I can see why you like the results so much. I use Loktite anti seize on my lathe bed and it's worked really well at preventing the rust.

Great looking piece but I winced so hard at 3:59 when you almost lost your piece by hitting the tool rest into it while it was still running. Should get into the practice of stopping the lathe before you adjust your rest, you can easily catch the piece and either destroy it, hurt yourself, or both!

Being retired I can look back at my days off and remember how precious they were. You mentioned your butcher, we had a stroke of good fortune, friends on a near by property gave us 2 lovely lambs and with no fences on this place how could I keep them in? In the freezer of course so my wood band saw got used as a meat saw. Everything is now covered in sawdust to absorb the moisture and dry out the fat and meat "dust". In about 2 days I'll brush and blow the rubbish away then give the saw a strip clean for good measure. All the best mate.

A beautiful job Greg, one of the fellas at the Men's Shed is about to start making them for the local funeral home.

Threaded inserts. Something I've been experimenting with a lens filter step rings. Cameras with interchangeable lenses have threads on the front of the lenses so you can screw different filters on. Common sizes are (in mm) 49,52,55,58,62,67,72. Step rings allow a 55mm filter to be used on a 58mm lens and vice versa. So, if you get a 55-58 step up ring and a 58-55mm step down ring you get a threaded insert. They are usually make of aluminium and may have some writing on but it actually works quite well. In the UK camera shops often sell used equipment and may well have a drawer of step rings to look through. Worth a look maybe!

Delightful!

Good on you mate, it's great to see that the Aussie community spirit isn't dead.

Your work is amazing. 😊 BTW I just worked we are 2nd cousins. Will try to make the market. Thank you.

Hello, I was wondering about your Christmas decorations. Do you sell at markets. Btw are you related to Alan

Use really cheap plastic bowls, buckets, and cups to make molds as they are a lot easier to remove.

Try using totao boat resin. Stuff is exquisite and cures very quick.

Hello, do you sell your work?

Hi Greg. That sure is a lovely urn. The colours are just right. Paul

Gorgeous work and colors and the grains Beautiful

Really nice work brother, I'm sure Remy will appreciate it. Sorry for your loss

looks nice man

Very nice presentation and photos!

Enjoyed this one Greg, the turning and the playing looks like fun.

Hi Greg. Great turning, as usual. Hope you and your family had a great and safe Easter. Paul and Julia (Buninyong)

Beautiful job mate, I've never stabilized mine, perhaps it's time I did.

What a great looking lathe. I've seen a few Stubby lathes here ind the US... serious tool envy!

I miss the commentary my friend. a beautiful piece! The Vicmarc jacket reminds me of the sharpening jig I bought from them, I love it.

That really turned into a beautiful bowl Greg. Well done, but I do like your commentary too. 👍🏼

"Digitalis?" "No, I'm keeping it a secret.". Sorry Greg, Devil made me do it lol. Well done mate, it's good to see local and church history being preserved for future generations.

Gday Greg Love watching you turn mistletoe I have a few pieces - do you make any without resin? I don’t mind resin but like the natural look and keen to make some without but worried they may not hold together Any advise would be greatly appreciated Cheers mate

I love that Bull Oak, about 2 weeks ago I made 2 acrylic pens for the Men's Shed, they had an order. All went well but I prefer timber. I have now gone through my red cedar scraps and cut them into blanks plus I found some western red cedar which got the same treatment. I make my own shine juice, mix up shellac, add an equal amount of linseed oil and again an equal amount of metho so you end up with 3 times the original volume. Apply it with a cotton cloth and 3 or 4 coats should do it.

Hi Greg. Nice tooth pick holders and a lovely shed. Sorry about the redgum blank. Paul

I have a reaction to Gidgee if I am not wearing my respirator, considering its one of my favorite timbers I make sure I am protected so I can keep using it. I love cypress and havent reacted to it yet, it grows like a weed around here. For the little nubs nubs I use a sloyd knife or spoon carving knife, I find a better result and easier to use. As I am not using them all the time I have found a cheap one from amazon has done the job

Well done mate, Cypress is one of my favourite timbers but I haven't tried turning it yet. By the way, I get a similar reaction to Camphor Laurel.

Those are an awesome way to use up scraps of nice wood up. Great shop tour. Keep on keeping on.

This is stunning amazing 😮