Gidday! I’m a British born Australian now living in the USA, and love woodworking especially wood turning. I make entertaining and informative videos for anyone interested no matter the skill set.
My goal is to provide “how to” videos but with an entertaining slant that is fast action and holds the viewers' attention.
Safety is my utmost priority. Ill cover essential safety measures, tool handling techniques, and protective gear, so you can pursue your woodturning passion responsibly, should the mood take you.
Disclaimer: My videos are for entertainment purposes only. My methods are not necessarily advisable. You are responsible for your own safety. If in doubt, DON'T DO IT!
Hello, that has become a beautiful bowl, the colors complement each other, it turned out well. 👍👍 Yes, I know what it's like after making a resin project. There are so many resin shavings, and they are everywhere.
People learn from the thing you do right AND the things you do wrong. Thanks for sharing what can go right and what to avoid happening. Love birch. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.
John excellent work in all your projects. You are an amazing. Question , when you add that white in and it swirls after. Trying in gold but not working in river table. What am I doing wrong. Thanks for any help. Keep doing outstanding projects. Glenn
Thankyou! The white paste called angel white which I normally get from an Australian Supplier www.lerezexpressions.com, is mixed with 2oz clear resin. I use casting resin in my projects that don't need the slow cure deep pour resin. So I pour the main resin that has a translucent dye (see through) in my case the blue alcohol dye, then I pour the white mix on-top, lock down the pressure pot and let nature take its course. So what happens is the casting resin is thick in some places and thin in other places. This causes thermic "eddies" as in river eddies, and the white is swirled and dragged around causing the effect you see in my video. Sometimes I get thermic cracks which I fill with gold tinted resin after the original pour cures. Yeah, pouring casting epoxy this deep/thick is not recommended but so far "touch wood" it's worked out for me. Let me know if you want to know more. BTW this won't work with deep pour slow cure epoxy.
Thanks so much getting back to me. I understand everything you say. Guess what I’m asking is have you ever tried other colors besides the white angel paste? Can you imagine your white eddies in gold? You the first I’ve seen doing this and I love. Do you think it would work in a gold paste? I saw your black dye then you dabbed with something and it turned turquoise and that was amazing. Let me know about gold please. Thanks so much.
My Gosh, that was plain stupid. If you are going to cut off one protrusion while the piece is on the lathe, why not the other one too. No shield on the bandsaw blade? You are lucky your hand did not get pulled into the bandsaw with that guard all the way up. You ought not to give instruction on RU-vid.
Good spotting mate! Yeah the blade was close to having to be changed. Plus the sideway forces cutting circular always makes it worse. There were many issues in this whole thing leading to an inevitable disaster. I always keep my hands away from being anywhere close to that blade. It looks close but believe me I always keep in mind that accidents do happen so keep a safe distance. A lesson learnt by myself. Thanks.
The piece of birch was rounded on the bottom. The blade moves in a downward direction. As the cut advanced the downward pressure pulled the wood at an angle to the blade causing the blade to be “pinched” by the wood cut. This stalled the band saw and snapped the blade under the table. Morel of the story is always have the wood flat against the table.
Wow, thank you! What a pleasure it is to feel the wood directly after a new sharpening of the tool. It’s one of the things that make me passionate about wood turning. I think from your comment we both know that feeling. True? Cheers!
Nice piece, but a couple of thoughts. A darker color with the white and I wasn’t thrilled with the bottoms finish. I could see the cut marks or lack of sanding, just on the bottom so it’s not huge, but I saw it. Still nice though.
Thanks mate. Yes I’ve since refinished this bowl in sealing it with epoxy table top. This leaves an entirely different look but one a customer wanted. I’ll post some stills in my community posts this week. Let me know what you think. Cheers!
CRICKY YOU BLOODY RIPPER🏅🏅🏅 that turned out so epic. I just turned brown mallie burl natural edge bowl, just for the something different. Keep the dream alive son Aussie Aussie Aussie GDAY MATE from brisbane Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
I have a Mallee burl I'm getting ready to turn. I'm have trouble deciding if I want to save all the little spikes or turn them down to show the grain of the wood.
It’s a challenge mate. The Burl caps I’ve had so far havnt been big or round enough to turn down the outside. If I turned the outside on this project I would have ended up with a much smaller piece. I like the natural beauty of the outside texture and time will tell if my customers like it too lol. Cheers mate!
@@bespokewoodartistry1517 Even though my piece of Mallee burl is small I think I'm going to remove the spikes to show the wood and end up with a very small bowl.
