Another beautiful piece Mike. Many thanks for all your videos, inspiration and time given to your followers. Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy 2025.
Very Nice. I like the idea of half smooth, half 'Hedgehog'. I was going to suggest ( teaching Granny maybe), a boot polish brush to buff the Hedgehog section. That is what I used on mine, and yes I used orange oil. Happy New Year Mike
Great vid Mike and job nicely done. Just a clarification for you. Mallee trees dont have burrs. A typical full grown Mallee will be about 7 to 10 metres tall and will have about 12 or 15 trunks, all about as thick as a mans forearm. They are perhaps more of a shrub than a tree. All of these trunks emanate from a large root ball and what you have in your lathe is a part of a Mallee root ball. Mallee grow in low rainfall sandy country in the southern part of Australia stretching from western Victoria through South Australia into Western Australia so they are not in short supply despite the efforts of a hearty band of wood turners.
Not a criticism Mike, I'd just like to know why you did this job the way you did. Did you think of doing an off centre turning with the tenon on the flat, reversing the bowl and leaving that porcupine surface as a wing and feature of the piece? Well done my friend, I enjoyed watching you work.
Hi John, on the day I went the way I did. There are many options for pieces like this, in the end you have to make the choice. Thanks for watching and commenting, much appreciated. Cheers Mike
Mike, that turned out amazing, super well done mate, never had the pleasure of turning it, again gorgeous piece,
Kind regards From Will 👍 😊
Thanks Will much appreciated mate.
Cheers
Mike
Lovely piece of burr and you did it justice. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much appreciated.
Mike, one again you are a Master on the lathe. Best wishes to you and your family. For us here in the USA it shall be very interesting. 😢
Thank you very much for your kind words they are really appreciated.
Another beautiful piece Mike. Many thanks for all your videos, inspiration and time given to your followers. Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy 2025.
Thank you Steve, and the same to you and yours mate.
Thanks for sharing Mike, enjoyed your insight to the way you work out your plan of attack, another beautiful piece.
Thanks Ian much appreciated.
...wow!...just amazing grain in this piece...and you did a wonderful job to show it off...👍
Matt
Thank you very much Matt, appreciate it.
Very Nice. I like the idea of half smooth, half 'Hedgehog'. I was going to suggest ( teaching Granny maybe), a boot polish brush to buff the Hedgehog section. That is what I used on mine, and yes I used orange oil. Happy New Year Mike
Thank you Pete ... and a great tip as well 🙂
Very nice piece of work Mike. Burls are so interesting to work with. Yours is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Have a Happy New Year.🙂🙂
Thank you Glen, and the same to you and yours my friend.
A 'beaut'Mike😅 All the best for the New Year👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Thank you Alan and the same to you and yours my friend.
Mr. Waldt beautiful job .
Thank you Larry much appreciated.
Very nicely done Mike, stay safe.
Thanks, you too!
Very beautiful piece
Thank you Dan.
Beautiful piece of wood. Great turning. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much Doug.
Well done. Don’t know if I would have tried using that tenon. Glad it worked out.
Thanks James much appreciated.
Very nice turning. I look forward to seeing more next year.
Thanks Mark much appreciated.
Stunning! The wood that is!! Great job Mike
🤣🤣 thanks Gav.
Good work, love your content, keep it up ... happy new Mike!
Thank you Peter I appreciate you saying that.
Good start to the new year Mike and a lovely bit of wood
Thanks Barry.
That turned out lovely, Mike!
Happy New Year, mate!
Thanks Billy and the same to you and yours my friend.
Incredible! Thanks for sharing
Thank you Edward much appreciated.
Hi mike happy new year to you both a really nice bowl excellent work as usual
The same to you and yours Paul and thank you mate.
Beautiful work of art, I am glad to seethat you're doing well
Thank you, appreciate it.
Beautiful 🤩. Happy New Year 😊
Thank you Ann and the same to you and yours.
Nicely done Mike! Happy new year sir
Mark
Thank you Mark and the same to you and yours my friend.
Beautifully demonstrated and made mate! Happy new year to you both,Bram
Thanks mate and the same to you both as well Bram.
Very nice Mike. Happy New year Geoff
Thanks Geoff and the same to you and yours mate.
Gorgeous!
Thank you Robert much appreciated.
Lovely Job
Thank you Tommy. Cheers!
Great vid Mike and job nicely done. Just a clarification for you. Mallee trees dont have burrs. A typical full grown Mallee will be about 7 to 10 metres tall and will have about 12 or 15 trunks, all about as thick as a mans forearm. They are perhaps more of a shrub than a tree. All of these trunks emanate from a large root ball and what you have in your lathe is a part of a Mallee root ball. Mallee grow in low rainfall sandy country in the southern part of Australia stretching from western Victoria through South Australia into Western Australia so they are not in short supply despite the efforts of a hearty band of wood turners.
Thank you Ray, thanks also for the in depth information, very much appreciated.
Beautiful
Thank you Rick. Cheers!
Nice one Mike
Thank you very much appreciated.
That's a really nice piece of wood
It certainly is the star of the show Albert.
Not a criticism Mike, I'd just like to know why you did this job the way you did. Did you think of doing an off centre turning with the tenon on the flat, reversing the bowl and leaving that porcupine surface as a wing and feature of the piece?
Well done my friend, I enjoyed watching you work.
Hi John, on the day I went the way I did. There are many options for pieces like this, in the end you have to make the choice.
Thanks for watching and commenting, much appreciated.
Cheers
Mike