How to Turn Banksia Pods in HD - Woodturning - Paul MacMenamin - Long Island Woodturners 

This fellow knows what he is doing.... as a woodturner from downunder, I agree .....These things are sooooo much fun to turn

Very nice demo.

That was truly stunning, very intricate detail and so uniform, three thumbs up (when i grow an extra hand)

Thanks, I have done a few of these pods and people that see the natural pod then the turned piece they are in awe.

Beautiful piece of turning from something quite ugly. Really enjoyed watching. Many thanks for sharing.

Great job!!! I wish we could have seen your cuts better.I pretty much know what you did, however newer turners would appreciate this view! Thank You!!!

Beautiful piece, thanks for sharing 😊

A Beautiful piece of turning i think Banksia seed Pods are awesome when you can see them finished, The one i turned exploded i had a catch on one of the holes it was going to be a bud vase it ended being a small candle holder lol. Thanks for sharing. Pete

nice film.well made.will show to my woodturning club. thanks andrew

Great Job Paul and thank you!

Nice job Paul.

That awesome feeling, when you feel happy while watching any woodcrafting videos, but in this one you meet your trypophobia face to face xD

Great demonstration!

Here is a cool idea, hollow out a central cavity that breaks into the back parts of the small seed cavities, so you have a hollow form perforated with natural holes, but before that is done you fill each seed cavity with epoxy of different colors...so you have a hollow form studded with little colored windows...then you can put an LED array inside! Put it on a copper pipe or bamboo cane as a lamp stem or arrange many of the same in some weird part see pod part UFO chandelier...Antonio Gaudi would be proud... You could in theory do the same thing with Cholla or even Ashe's Juniper wood, turned or not, but to do that with Banksia pods would be spectacular...

great work, very very nice wood

Pulled it off there, slammed down like. Bam. Made this from that creepy, but neat looking piece of tree stuff.

Nice video on using Banksia pods. It would be nice to just add some info on turning speed, tool you are going to use, what “the plan” is, your thoughts on sanding paper. 100, 150, 200, 220, polishing compounds. There were lots of opportunities to teach a bit that went to ground. But, i still learned kind of what to do with the handful of pods i have laying about. Thnks

It's a learning curve for sure. I still can't use it right with the tool standing up. Try using it flat on the tool rest to gain some confidence back then try it standing up.

that came out nice

I wish you guys would explain a lot more so it could be useful:. ie tools being used ,speeds used for different cuts, sanding, etc. Also it would be more useful if you showed the cutting on the tool side so you could see your cutting procedures. You do a great job on turning a nice piece but it doesn't help me much..

Mostly "Found wood" most of my wood I collect after storms. Recently Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy provided a lot of Maple. Also cherry, Walnut. Some I turn green some sits around for a while and gets spalted. For this demo I used Banksia Pod

thanks for the video, what kind of sand paper do yo use?

Parabens pela criatividade (muito bom)

is the dust from this pod dangerous? (or the hairs that are underneath the bark). is it necessary to wear protection for your lungs when turning?

Paul has an etsy store if you search MacMenamin and a Facebook page; Tree to Table.

The bits that fly off them are not seeds the seeds have already been released from the open holes

it's in discription as well as in the title, read... (it's banksia grandis)

Good demo but your supposed to put the red tripoli wax on first to buff out the fine scratches then your white diamond wax then carnauba wax as your final polish

tiene una avilidad unicamuy bueno

this is not an instruction, but a demonstration

Very Instructive. contrary to some.

great video.I cannot use a skew I am alittle nerves to use a skew.

11:25 noot noot 😁

this should be titled, "How to polish the turned Banksia pod"

WHAT KIND OF WOOD YOU USE? Please.

is the dust harmful to lungs...other then normal..

Wonderful piece of turning but all those holes just makes me uncomfortable looking at it.

Sounds tough on the tools

Ok but what is it?

gloves + lathe = broken wrist