Weird or Cool !! 

This triggered my trypophobia

So cool to watch material flying off from “empty” space.

Oh that's looks trippy on the running lathe...tie-fighter in a blender. End product looks like a really cool sea creature fossil. Nicely done.

Coolest turning of a banksia pod ever! They're usually drowned in resin and turned into a vase or a lined coffee mug. This is beautiful and unique! Thank you!

I had to look up what a banksia pod was as I had never heard of one before. What a curiously creepy kawinkydink from down under, lol. Very interesting piece, Andy.

😮 it looks like an ancient oil burner from 2000 years ago! That is so so cool! The holes and whorls are facinating

Every single time I watch one of this guys vids it ends with showing us a masterpiece.. Best wood turner Iv seen on RU-vid.. hands down..

Never seen a Banksia pod turned this way - usually they soak them in epoxy and make them into a vase or something but we can always count on you to be different! Love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hi Andy, When you started, i was like" wtf is he going to do with that." Your level of creativity, just blows my mind!!! What an amazing piece. Love your work.

I had never considered turning a pod that way! Thanks for sharing your ideas again.

That is weirdly stunning! Hardly surprising when the family of _Banksia_ plants were named after the naturalist/botanist who took 2 greyhounds on an already overcrowded ship to Australia and all around there (IIRC Cook's "Endeavour". It's not 7am yet, give me a chance!), and noted that kangaroos could even outrun them! Anyone who loves hounds is a good person in my book, and is usually pretty weird too (we're on our 8th in over 30 years, usually more than one at a time, are often in overcrowded homes lol), so this fits perfectly! 😂 Seriously, it's like nothing else I've ever seen and is a stunning work. It's a perfect representation of his many discoveries on that voyage, along with its many difficulties. I don't know what you had in mind on deciding to do this, whether you were attempting to recognise Banks in it or not, but IMHO, you more than did the great man justice 😊

I know a word called: TRYPOPHOBIA 🥴😵😵‍💫

weird...perhaps, wonderfully unique... absolutely, I love it!!! ❤

Weird but strangely attractive. For a second I thought it was a genie lamp. 😂 ❤

First time I've seen a banksia bod turned that way. Phenomenal work, looks great!

I'm impressed with how you carve thin air. It probably doesn't look that way while you're working the piece, but the truth is revealed in the video. 🤨

That's actually pretty neat. It's unique and I have never seen anyone but you make one. Very cool piece

I think that's the most original thing I've seen done with a banksia seed pod. The irony of NOT using resin though 😂

Quite popular here in Aus, another fantastic job Andy.

Nothing wrong with weird. It’s weirdly beautiful.

Cool! Makes me want to get more adventurous with my turning. Very creative.

If you work with those seed pods again, you could put them in some yellow resin and turn them into eaten corn cobs. Add some light, and you’ve got some rally different night lights. I’d call what you made weirdly cool? 😊

It turned out really cool, Andy. I like it, and the colouring is great too. it also sort of resembles the Golden Snitch from Harry Potter if the Monster book got to it. Great job on this one, what will you come up with next?

That changeover from spinning to the reveal I audibly gasped. Almost alien and wonderful.

maybe a little weird but very interesting. definitely a conversation starter.

Veri nice

Beautiful, you can spin art from the weirdest wood piece. Bravo.

. . . . 🙃. . . . . I mean...you're right it did start and finish wierd...beautiful pattern in the wood...would make an interesting "Lamp Light" piece...super trippy when you were spinning and working on it. I like it ❤, keep up the great work mate 👍

Oooh interesting thumbnail let me click

Wow, I have turned banksia pods, but never thought of doing it sideways. Very impressive. Thanks for sharing

Would be neat to see how it looks with a small led inside.

At no point did I have any idea how the finished piece would look and I loved it. Amazing piece.

Definitely different.I’d say your the only one who could of pulled that off.next.😎😎😎👍👍👍

WOW Andy, one of your most creative projects yet and that's saying A LOT! !! !!!

Got those in my front yard and all over the place here interesting fact that they only open to drop seeds after a bush fire has burnt it and opened up all the seed pods

looks very cool, candle holder perhaps?

Is it bad that I don’t know what it was when it started and still don’t know what it is after it’s done?! Lmao

How very like you to turn one of these differently from everyone else! Stunning work!

Very weird, but eventually unusual and beautiful, very clever!

Absolutely incredible!! I can, without a doubt, say that I've never seen a banksia pod turned like that. That's why I enjoy your channel. When it comes to thinking outside the box, you say, "What's a box?".

Very unique, banksia pods are very cool

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE THING!!!!

And again, a fine exclusive work from Andy 👍. Best regards from Hans and Cheers 🍻🇦🇹.

Beautiful odd looking creature

Weird is a good description but beautiful too!

Well, now, ain't that cool! I've got a couple of those, not sure they are that large, and I always wanted to know what to do with them. Hmmm, yours may have a twin in the near future! Great job, Andy, thanks for the idea! 😊 Phil

I like it very much. I've turned a few of these length ways but never 'Cross'. I think I will give it a go to make tea candle holders.

Go ahead, put . . . . . put yer 'hand' in it. I like it but, it also kinda gives me the creeps. It's uncomfortably Lovely.

Wow...sketch stuff..considering how sharp they are...lots of air turning there.......looks great ..nice job!

@Jones Take. Now I know what to call it. Weeeee, not!! I didnt know how much it Really bothered me, Now I Do. Whoa, its horrible. But really, thx, needed to know I wasn't alone. Hugs 🤗 from Woobie in Massachusetts USA

There’s part of me that really appreciates the artistic merit and craftsmanship that went into this. I like that it looks like a spaceship designed by H.R. Giger. The other half of me says “GET THAT $#!+ AS FAR AWAY FROM ME AS POSSIBLE!!! BURN IT!!!” Trypophobia achievement unlocked.

Oh something new!😲

So weird.....but amazing finished project. I was waiting for some SciFi bug too pop out and bite your ass....lmfaooo...jk...😂😂

I had never heard of this type of wood. I Googled banksia pod and in the comments section of the explanation, one questioner asked "...can you smoke it?" {sigh} California Dreamin'. Great video with excellent editing and speed effects to keep things interesting.

so darn cool! 😅

I don’t normally suffer from trypophobia, but I found the starting pod vaguely disturbing. The finished piece, however, is beautiful.

I’m guessing 3,150 rpm’s. Am I close? Very cool project. I’d never think to turn one that way, but I guess no one ever thought to turn one that way…till now.

What a cool thing!! 😎

It's great, but what will it hold? I can see it with a well-dribbled church candle, or a beautiful smooth glass ornament, preferably iridescent and multicoloured, or a stem vase with one perfect rose, preferably just a bit blowsy.

I totally would’ve thought that Banksia pod would have come apart. That’s definitely different though. Looks good.

How can you say 'weird'...since when does someone turn a banksia pod? The banksia pod being turned is weird...not the banksia pod turning being weird. I'm confused as to why anyone would do that.

Never heard of a Banksia pod before. It turned out so cool! It has a real sci-fi vibe to it.

It’s actually very pretty, I wonder want it would look like with the holes filled by resin in aconflicting or even compatible colour. Thanks for sharing.

OK Andy - on the 10 scale of weird I have awarded this piece a 7. It still shows your skill as a turner but on my meter it's pretty weird!

That must have been very difficult to know how much heart wood it had, the overall density and whether it would hold together long enough to create anything at all. The finished product shows that sometimes the risk is worth taking.

I love this- reminds me of the golden sitch from Harry Potter. Apair of these made as candleholders would look amazing

This is SUPER amazing! Kinda gives me a Golden Snitch vibe 🤔😵‍💫🤯🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤟🤗😍🥰

A camera, mounted over the lathe might show some cool shots of your work, as well as give you an idea where to begin. Just putting that out there!😉

Im just amazed that pine cone looking thing didn't crumble to nothing when you carved into it. It must be really hard to stay in 1 piece even with all the holes

that 👄👄👄👄 triggered my trypophobia in an unexpected manner. The final piece is amazing though!

I have a couple of these and was wondering what to do with then. You have given me an idea. Not the same but an idea. Thanks good turning that. The Arapuni wood turner.

Incredible

And now for something completely different! Unique only begins to describe it.

What an interesting and unique piece! The strange shape it was turned to really complements the texture of the pod

Yeah, it is cool but I am sure some people would appreciate a trypophobia trigger warning.

Probably one of the weirder things I've seen. looks cool though. 😎

This is cool. It reminds me of Alladins lamp. Put a scented candle in and you even enhance that effect.

Very interesting. It reminds me of something I don’t like seeing, but still an interesting piece.

Great piece ,clever idea🎉❤

I’m going with weird, with a heavy dose of cool, depending on the angle of the view.

Trypophobia trigger, so zoomed to the end...beautiful 😊

What species of wood was that from? Giant pine nut?

Great job 🌟 Greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷

lol it looks so weird on camera like you're not touching anything. what is that? cool though!

Wow never seen one turned that way before it looks amazing Love it

Nice genie lamp but with all the holes looks like genie escaped. Good job.

I could 100% see that as a decorative piece in Star Trek or something.

Wow! What a beautiful work, Andy! 😮 Stunning piece!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

,a cool video keep up the great content.. Thank you……

Aussie here. Love what you did with that nut . You are an ARTIST.

I think it's The Grinch... "You're a weird one..." I like it!

Hearing the sound when it looks like nothing is there is TRIPPY!

Votive candle. Everything's a lamp! 😅

Looks liked a well used quidditch ball 😂 love your videos 👍🏼🙂

Wow! It's so alien 👽 looking! ❤

Bonjour Mr Andy quel superbe travail de tournage bravo . Par contre vous avez oublié de mastiquer les trous 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Well done Andy. Never seen a banksia pod turned this way.

That is the most disturbing sea creature/pine cone thing I have ever seen.

WEIRD. DIFFERANT, but very nice.

Whilst I love this, you've got to do another with resin infill!