When I was a kid, an old neighbor of mine would do this with just a pocket knife and a piece of wood. He would carve balls inside pieces, a ball going down a spiral, several balls inside certain designs, etc. He would also carve animals out of something like a peach pit. From what I remember, he told me that the house he grew up in was built by hand by his father. Every single wood shingle on the roof and sides were cut individually and then nailed in place. His father taught him and when he got older, he put all new wood shingles himself on his new home. In fact, he built a miniature model of the home he grew up in and made it all by hand as well. Every little wood shingle done the same way. It was really impressive.

I was a full time woodturner when I was young and it’s good to see such competent use of chisels when I am used to seeing incompetent use of scrapers so often on you tube masquerading as clever woodturning. Cheers and well done.

When I was much younger, in the early 1960’s I used to watch my grandfather and a couple of his friends sitting on benches along the Ohio river carve stuff like this with pen knives by hand!!! Balls inside square blocks, balls inside balls, balks on double chain links. The stuff the gentlemen could whittle out of drift wood was amazing for us little kids to sit and watch

The craft and precision here is spectacular! Well done.

!!!Pero que trabajo más maravilloso y fantástico, este señor es un artista muuui buenísimo felicitaciones y gracias por mostrar su gran obra,,, cariños, CHILE

This reminds me of my grandfather.....always tinkering, whittling, making handmade puzzles for us to figure out, just using wood to make hours of enjoyment for us kids. My favorite game was cribbage played on the board my grandfather made. This video is the most relaxing, fun thing I have seen online in a while. :)

Hihetetlen ! Ha nem látom, nem hiszem el ! Azt hittem valami CNC géppel készült. Gratulálok az ügyes kezű MESTER nek !

This looks like someone doing pretty complex stuff on a daily basis. Respect.

c'est de grand art! Maintenant je comprend. merci et bravo!

Есть же мастера в наше время....хоть поделка и безполезная,но сделать ее далеко не каждый рукастый сможет!!!!Мастер от бога!

Quanta imaginação. Fantástico. Parabéns.

Out of all the wood turning videos I've watched this is the most interesting one.

Thank you for sharing this amazing wonderment...such skill and beauty...it was magical watching your artistry, I found every moment riveting. I'm so glad I found this and you didn't take the vid down.

FABULEUX travail ! Il faut aussi des idées et les bons outils ! Mais surtout être adroit et 👍👍 avoir des idées artistiques ! Bravo Monsieur. 😍😍

Always wondered how those were done, thanks for sharing.

WOW! What precision. Awesome!

You are AMAZING! Love watching you create your works of art!

Brilliant, great to see a expert at work. I have just taken it up at 75 wish me luck.

Bravo. Imaginative craftsmanship.

Es asombroso esté arte

Absolutely brilliant work and a stunning and remarkable product - bravo!

Видел такой в Советском журнале "Наука и Жизнь". Кажись за 70-е или 80-е годы.... Только он из нержавейки был. А процесс только сейчас понял. Благодарю автора !

Very cool! You are obviously very experienced and skilled on the lathe! My an ha moment was when you started popping the plugs out! That was a lot of work, making the necessary jigs and plugs and all!

Красота ! 👍🙏

Underrated video... amazing work👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼...I wouldn't figure out how it's done in a million years

Quelle maîtrise, félicitations 👍

Интересно. Думаю расчёты,разметка и подготовка приспособ заняло больше времени чем работа над самим изделием😏 Ну а после первой "погремушки" остальные отлетали как семечки.(судя по их количеству)😁

Outstanding work! Thanks for sharing. Do you know if there a formula to calculate the spacing between the hole centers based on the final outer sphere diameter?

I applaud your skill. Brilliant.

Gorgeous work, one of the nicest I've ever seen 🤗🤗

Мастерство превыше всего , респект , лайк !

Yeah, I done the same using a rusty penknife and an old fork! Seriously though, this is just incredible...well done mate 👍

Cara você é o máximo

WOW, great stuff

This is amazing! I watched how you did it and still don't believe it's possible! LOL! Truly amazing!

Thank you for making me feel stupid. You are very talented. I have a master's degree in physics and am incapable of doing what you do. Thank you for sharing.😁😁😁😁

I watched you do this, I still can’t get my head around it. Really cool work

Now that is some serious talent and skill!

Brother ,youre a madman ! I learned something today !

You sir are a genius. I would love to be this skilled at turning

Amazing work!! Congratulations from Brazil

Wonderful craftsmanship !

This is simply amazing. You are an artist and very talented👍👍👍!

What a piece of art! Wow!

Was simply amazing to watch wow.

Unbelievable masterpiece of art

This man is a genius!

Great job 👍！The procedure is very creative, the curing chisel is hard to make!

Absolutely amazing.

Nádhera 👍🏻❤️

Awesome! Wonderful work!😃👍🛠️🔧 Great skill!😃🛠️

New lathe? Excellent video, thank you!

умный и рукастый / видел такие китайские / теперь понял как делали

Amazed. So so praise worthy.

Woaw impressionnant de maîtrise. BRAVO

You are truly a master of your craft.

Просто круто!🔥👍

Mind blown!!! Very impressive. 😮

Excelente trabajo, cuánto ingenio, felicitaciones

Absolutely amazing 😍

Incredible use of woodturning skills to achieve a work excellent in form and function.The math concepts jig and tool making outstanding

The key for this fantastic work of art lies in the specialy made chisel !!

Класс! Просто бесподобно...

That's damn clever mate. Must have taken forever to work out the details. Well done, Stewart, south west Australia.

Very clever and very skilfull. Well done

Truly amazing!

Great woodworking skills!

Felicitaciones, hermoso trabajo.

Респектиращо! Поздрави и от България.

This is just amazing...I'm loving your videos

Sungguh karya seni yang indah... Smoga sukses selalu.. Salam persahabatan slalu...

eso fue muy bueno lo voy a probar en cuanto pueda y te aviso y mando fotos gracias

Genial! Isto é que é profissional Parabéns

Видно, что человеку нравится точить.Хороший мастер, виртуоз.Но эти изделия для души а не для заработка.

Meticulously and precision woodcraft. Hats off from India.

Great craftmanship.

Magnifique !

Du bist ein ZAUBERER!!!!!👍

Awesome 👌

Top work bud

WOW!!! Beautiful.

Я восхищён!

I watched this 3 times and i still can’t believe my eyes. Great work!

Just found your channel, your one clever bastard 🤭👍 I’m looking forward to the rest of your videos thanks

UKposts FINALLY suggested something I can get into. Am I ever going to do this? No. Clearly not. Was it worth watching? Absolutely. I can officially say I have now witnessed a MASTER laither.

This is good skill. It would be a great skill if you could make a 3 ring version as seen in some museums from ancient crafts men using manual tools. Looking forward to that.

Just wow man, amazing!

Bravo l'Artiste. Excellent travail.

Amazing!❤

amazing wood carving

Ingenious!

You made that look like......well....'yawn, yeah, we'll make this today" haha cool!

Fantastic! Congratulation!

Olá amigo. Excelente trabalho. SHOW. Abraços a 👪 e amigos. Ok

Respekt 😲😲👍👍👍 Sehr schöne Arbeit 🙏👏👏👏

That is awesome!!

Fascinating to watch, a TRUE craftsman. Liked, subbed etc 👏👏👍

Incredible craftsman.

Great to see someone picking up the mantle from the late David Springett.

So, you just started turning a couple weeks ago? Very impressive, nice work.