Neat!!!

What? no wonder I suck at this! .001 degree off and BAM!

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Howling with laughter. I loved to watch Bob Ross and I believe he would have enjoyed this. Well done.

Great pumpkin idea. I can't wait to make one. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks, Tim!!

That pumpkin head bears a strange resemblance to someone we know. HMMMMM. Bill

I like it. You done good Tim.🙂🙂

He's so cute! I want one lol

❤❤cool thanks 😊😎

so the ceramark. you spray the whole part. are you removing everything but the lettering with laser? or is the laser activating the ceramark and and curing it where the letters are?

WOW!

More often a poor man's (copycat) Jacob's Chuck is a heck of a lot less than those specialized hex tip drill bits

Been there, done that! Got a T-shirt to prove it!

Looks great!

I really like your videos. Thank you for posting it .

Wow, "bowled" me over!

That is completely taking away from the artistic aspect of the whole thing you might as well just go out and buy it, it would cost a hell of a lot less.

Another extremely easy way to turn a sphere is to... 1). Turn your timber round between centers slightly larger than your desired sphere size (standard round cylinder).... 2). Then use lathe indexing and tool rest to accurately mark a centerline down the entire length, each side of the cylinder length, as close as possible - measure center at cylinder length and mark centerline (remove cylinder from lathe)... 3). Flip the cylinder vertically and refit at the points between length and mid centers (as marked in step two).... 3). Turn the endgrain down (partly cutting air) working your way down through the shadow line, until you turn it down enough to closely match cylinder tupe size - making as clean cuts as possible... 4). Remove the now a sphere workpeice and refit between soft cork type holds as seen here... 5). Cut a round circle from scrap material (appox 1/3 of sphere size), using the likes of a holesaw, then cut a slightly smaller internal hole within the first circle - creating a large-ish ring. Hold sandpaper of your desired grit over the ring and begin sanding the sphere pressing the ring and sandpaper against it periodically rotating the sphere which will only remove the high spots on the sphere leaving a absolutely perfectly accurate round sphere.... Work your way down through the grit until happy remembering to rotate the sphere regularly between your soft centers to ensure it's perfect round. Confused... follow the above steps, it's actually quite simple. Theres No special equipment, holders, fancy tools or high end mechanisms holders required! Happy Turning Foke 👍

You now understand friction, congratulations my friend!!!

I like the body armor!

Hope you normally use a dust mask. Easy to get lung problems and allergy from wood dust.

You always address the hot topics. Good job!

So is this down to the incorrect speed, tool sharpness or even wood grain? Never turned so I am curious

Creative idea!

Impossible! I thought you were perfect all this time... <GRIN>

Sir I hope this is a teaching video. It looks like me turning.

Fun project.

Too funny! Bill

You just missed the turning challenge on the Wood Barter forum. We just did a challenge for turning small.

That has to be 1 of your all time best! Your camera man must have come up with that idea! Lol

Your Stumpkin looks amazing.

glad ya left the little bit of shell on top!! :D

Very well done.🙂🙂

They would make really cool drawer knobs! Light them from inside with an LED for a neat little display.

I couldn't keep the song from South Pacific from playing in my head, 🎶Bloody Mary's chewing betel nut, Bloody Mary's chewing betel nut!🎶 nice project!

Just watched your video. You did a great job. I think I gave you a finial with it ? You should do a follow up making the final 😁

Really neat, Tim. It looks like resin. Bill

I’ll be trying this method on the Tagua nuts that have been knocking around the shop for years.

Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing

Very clever, nicely done. Stay safe.

I found out they are also called areca nuts from the areca palm tree in the Philipines. At first I thought they were buckeyes.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_nut

With the edges you ground down on that hex key reminds me of a deburring tool.

That's sweet. I have a bunch of those in my cabinet I have never used.

All I get when I look these things up is the drug effects you get from chewing these things. Hope you didn't inhale too much of that dust Seriously though that turned out amazing, fantastic work I wonder if you could get similar results with a nutmeg seed? Ive noticed the same texture inside, but I doubt that'd be turnable

That turned out so great. Can't wait to try one.

Cool!

Very nice video wondering if you use a brad drill bit when drilling the wood blank. Your videos are all very informational thanks again for your time