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Ok back to the grinder for another lesson 😢!! I’m learning the light touch doing well with the scrapers but those compound curves are still a challenge!!

Keep them coming Kerry mate, with the talking. Helps me immensely. As a newbie to turning I'm getting a lot from you. Cheers buddy ! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Kezza! It’s 3am, in sunny Connecticut USA, thinking about getting out to the shop when I thought about me YT mate and what’s he up to. I watched this latest vid and have to say mate you’re a star! The flying sandpaper onwards the end had me in stitches but you put a smile on my face and I’m ready to do some turning myself. Your the best mate and us old guys are never too old to learn a few tricks from you young blokes. Keep on keeping on! Cheers

Kerry, A fine video on wet sanding with oil. I have not seen such a thorough discussion & visual before. I appreciate you putting this together. Gonna give it a try, with product available here in the States.

The look on your face when the lathe launched the sandpaper was hilarious! Nice work (as always) Kezza

Not getting to go to AAW or SWAT this year. It’s all good but got some medical procedure that are going to keep me occupied this year. Classes are starting to grow and they are starting to make goood cuts and it has sparked there creative sides. Lots of fun. They will see something on the internet and we talk through it and they just take off and do it. One of the ladies made some great figurines of a boy and girl figure. Sorry for getting long winded but they are really making me proud. Can’t wait for the next one see you soon

Please continue the talking. Having you share your thoughts as you progress through a turning is very helpful and great learning tips. I really appreciate you sharing your expertise and experience with the TH-cam audience. Thank you!

Nice work

Nice Kerry. It’s great that I don’t need subtitles or translation. From one Aussie to another 👍

Excellent. Some great hints in there.

I would hate for you to not talk through your thoughts. Your personality shines through and truly makes these videos enjoyable. Such a great job. Glad you have been able to crank these out

Kezza, you're a dag, mate. Keep it up old son!

I enjoyed this, it felt like me and one of the lads were out in the shed talkin sheight havin the craic 😁😂 I felt as if you're lettin your real self show more in this video, ya "corrected" yerself when ya said "me" and changed it to "my"....... Be yourself lad, dony try to talk all "proper", talk as ya would in everyday life....... It feels more "friendly"; to me at least..... But I'm Irish and we talk funny, so dony take my word alone 😂 Feels like I haven't heard the whiplash in a while, I'm glad ya brought 'er back lad 😁🤙😂 itll never happen as we're nearly on opposite sides of the world...... But you're a character id love to have a pint with 😁

Believe me, it's so much just about saving time, having a remote for the dust collection keeps you from sanding without it on because you are not going to take "all that long" so you don't bother to walk over to the switch. You will find you use your dust collection more often. I never apologize for using a remote for my dust collection.

Thanks for the video, have you tried the TCT blades, you will find them really awesome. The large blue circle markers, can you tell me where you got those. Have been looking for some time.

Loads of great hints and tips. Well done video.

Loved when you opened the chuck too wide and the jaw fell out! Hubby and I are absolute beginners and have done exactly that , and had to fiddle around to get it back in properly. We bought a vintage lathe along with a bunch of accessories, but are lacking a chuck screw, or face plate, and I am trying to figure out exactly what to order to get going . I ordered a face plate, but it appears to not be machined properly, and won’t screw on. The lathe came with two 4 jaw chucks, but it seems we need something more in order to secure a piece to cut a tenon. It is rather confusing. Anyway, fun and informative video.

Really helpful video, as usual, thanks. Congrats on the bowl contract, well deserved.

Good suggestions all the way through. I also made the mistake of buying too small a bandsaw. I still haven't upgraded it due to finances. My biggest gripe with it isn't capacity but power. Thanks for sharing Kerry! Now get cracking on those 700 bowls!! 😂

Awesome job Kerry. Love the equipment videos. You are so right about getting the equipment you need We may have all went and bought little and outgrown. I like you moved up to the 5 horse and have yet to find a need for anything else. When I use for roughing out I use the woodmizer double hard and just switch from 7 degree 1 tooth per inch and the 9 degree for my hard woods and softwoods. When we cut our lumber up for the school classes we can do in a day what used to take us 3 on my little jet. Great job again big guy👍

Great insights Kerry! Pricing new blades right now!!

Congrats on the big order! I'm sure they will be very pleased with the results. Where did your nickname come from?

Great video and love your pup!

Thanks for this video. Having the support tools for the lathe is just as important as the lathe, itself. Also, the safety reminders! With all the attention on table saws, a bandsaw is often overlooked as being one of the most dangerous tools in the shop. Also, the reminder of positioning so you can be aware of your surroundings is another overlooked safety aspect. Keep 'em coming and help us all stay safe.

Good job Kerry, congratulations on your new order.

I am going through that now. I got a new lathe Laguna 18/36 and when using a spindle gouge the handle was down by my belly button. So I got a 4x6 which is probably 3 1/2 x 5 1/2. The 6 " side was too tall so I used the 4 " side. That did not feel right. (sounds like the 3 bears doesn't it). I had some exercise mats that are 1" thick and used 2 of them and it feels a lot better. Now the funny part after watching your video. I measured to the mat and it was 43 1/2 inches. I am 5' 11" which is 71 inches. Checked your chart and 71 inches calls for 43 inch spindle hight. I was 1/2 inch off by pure guessing. Thanks for the info.

You taught me something today Kerry. I’ve been turning for just a couple of years now and I would say I’m still a novice. I tend to use mortises on my turnings because it always seemed easier to decorate the bottom with a few lines and a center circle for signing. I’ve used tenons before but always thought they became more work at the end of the project since you have to flip your piece around and turn the tenon off. However, I never thought about the strength and safety aspect of it. And now that you had explained that the fibers are stronger being drawn in rather than pushed out on, it made perfect sense. It truly seems like common sense so now wonder it eluded me. lol. I, like many others on here, appreciate that you are proudly trying to keep woodturning alive and well, hopefully passing on the tradition to others. You’re doing a phenomenal job man. If I ever make it to Australia one day, Id like to buy you a beer.

Hi Kezza - really great looking bowls. I love the oil finish on wood and am not a fan of the 2 pack glossy finishes that make the wood look like plastic. I’m going to try your technique next time I turn a bowl. You must have a reliable source of camphor laurel blanks. I am going to check around my area (Sunny Coast) for some shortly. Cheers.

I've taken to turning everything off in the shop when I'm done. Especially battery chargers. A mates brother lost his whole shop and ute to a battery fire overnight...can't be too careful

Thank You from New Hampshire USA. This video was a great share.

Informative video, thank you. PS: it's Cole Jaws not Cold jaws :-).

Business cards and a website are on my to-do as well. I need to register my business, though. I'm not interested in using my full name as a working trademark.

Clever!

That's..... a lot of bowls. 🤯🤯

The 2nd option, (internal jam chuck) looks like a great option for very thin bowls/vessels, where you'd want to apply compression pressure which keeps the shape of the piece, as opposed to applying force which spreads it apart, and possibly cracking it. Thanks for sharing that one!

Thank you for the great primer on different ways to chuck bowls up to remove tenons.

Great video. Another method not requiring special tools is to get handy with a grinder and sander - place a soft pad on a work bench and finish off the bottom. This often takes much less time than setting up anything on the lathe. It does, however, limit the finished bottom to what you can accomplish with hand tools. If you know ahead that this is how you will finish it, you can turn a nice decorative foot that doesn't require much to be done . Also, if you choose a footed bowl with proper dimension, often no extra work is required after the inside is completed.

I wish I could just sort of fling the tailstock onto my lathe like that. I have to fiddle around with the piece that goes under the ways and get it just right. There is an American, Canadian, or Australian made lathe in my future.