Hello Liz. I am sure I will be back sometime. I have cleaned and sorted the wood from last week. Roughed turned some English oak tonight. Hopefully get into the shed and do some more damage.
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.
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
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.
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.
@@GregStute Some days the morning mist is so thick that everything on the 3M deep verandah is saturated and the moist air goes right through my shed so I have a battle with looking after my tools. Take care mate and all the best.
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.
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!
@@GregStuteThank you Greg, we are well and fit but I hardly go on FB these days, about once a week as Ive had enough of the censorship. They are currently giving anything right of Marx a hard time and even if it's true doesn't stop them from removing it. No point being on there if you can only see and hear what they want. Had a disaster with a Camphor laurel slab, I didn't put enough resin on it and the weather was freezing so imagine the result lol. If at first you stuff it up try again, I'm sure I can improve my mistakes? I hope you and the family are all well mate and thanks for the concern.
I have quite a few Christmas decorations. I only frequent the Avenel market and due to kids sport I won’t be there till later in the year. Allan is my father. You can see him working in the latest video called Remys urn.
Hello Jess. I have sold some things at the local Avenel farmers market and bartered a bowl for a painting of our dogs. (I got the better deal😂). So yes happy to discuss.
@@GregStuteIt's the challenges that make for the greatest satisfaction, just turning simple things is enjoyable but when you have to sit down and nut out a problem it feels incredible to see it finally work.
@@GregStutebeen there mate, worked on aircraft for over 14 years and checked my work every night in my dreams. I guess that these things happen when we love what we do.
"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 prefer wood over resin Dave and I have some mistletoe without any resin. I try and collect mistletoe that is on the ground or dead in the trees so there is different levels of rot which requires resin. I now stabilise all my mistletoe with cactus juice to stop any movement. Would love to see some of your work. I will post a pice without resin on instagram- sitopiaaus
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.
Thanks John. Hope you are well. I spend more time wondering what finish to use. I too prefer the wood pens over the acrylic ones. I have a few different mixes that do base the same thing.
Thanks Paul. I have done a video on the shellac which will come out soon. The Redgum blank might be resurrected into something else. I am still holding the Redgum handle. Cannot put it down.
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
Thanks John. I have not turned Camphor Laurel and I have heard it may give you an allergy. I have been turning some redgum which is a dirty dusty wood.
