Richard Raffan overcoming twisted cross-grain on a cylinder.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 เม.ย. 2024
- You see how I overcome some very twisted grain on a 75mm diameter cross-grain cylinder. I chose this blank certain it’d be difficult to cut cleanly - and got a lot more problems with the wood than anticipated. Those led to other stuff and a load of useful tips, all of which makes for an interesting video. I failed to capture the initial hollowing cuts but you can see those in my Pencil Pot video • Richard Raffan turns a...
Really appreciate seeing how to deal with very unruly grain. This is very helpful
Thank you for keeping the camera so close to the work so we can see everything. Even if I was standing there beside you I would not be able to see so clearly what you are doing!
Thank you, mr. Raffan, again, for this great demonstration and a good lesson on dealing with challenging timber. I've been lucky enough to study some of your books and to start following you on TH-cam right from the beggining and must really thank you for having major impact on my turning. I believe you are the best woodturning teacher and every time I learn something new. This is a great video on how to think in more dimensions and what to do when thing are not going as expected. Thank you, God bless.
Another masterclass in awkward turning. More tips learned, thank you
Richard, thanks for another valuable missive from your fabulous brain. I am doing a five day turning course this week and loving every minute of it. Not an hour goes by without your name being mentioned, respectfully of course...😂
I sometimes wonder if you realise how much of an inspiration you are?
Awesome insight on an often overlooked virtue in turning, patience. I love how you save pieces of wood that alot of people would toss and make something great from it.
Finesse and patience! These are teachings from a well seasoned pro. Thank you for taking us through projects that aren't necessarily straightforward. I'm constantly learning from you and marvel at your expertise ❤
What an exceptional tutorial! The comments are so precise that I can almost feel the cuts simply by looking at the pictures. Thank you so much for enabling us to learn out of your experience
Beautiful timber turning
Thank you for once again showing us how it is done. The amazing mix of grains made this one particularly interesting. Thank you for sharing all of your tips and tricks on dealing with these issues.
So much good information and photography that the missing images are quite insignificant.
Always a treat to watch and a blessing to have the opportunity to learn from you Richard.
That sharp edge did the trick , beautiful grain .
A sharp edge usually does.
Great lesson Richard.
Very helpful, thanks for the time and effort Richard.
Thank you once again for sharing your skills and patience .
Good to see a master at work with an uncooperative piece of wood. The complexity of the grain is magnificent and it is skilful to show nature off at her finest. Thank you for sharing. PS Also like the fact that you said you'd show us a roughing gouge but for the fact that you don't have one. Which suggests you (and most of us) don't need one. How come manufacturers and turners seem to be investing in bigger and bigger roughing gouges. (Is it more a matter of my tool is bigger than yours!)
For roughing spindles I do have a couple of shallow continental gouges.
Самую интересную часть внутреннюю расточка подробно не показал, а так по технике хорошая работа, браво мастеру!!!!!
К сожалению, я забыл включить камеру для этого раздела. Я упоминаю об этом в закадровом голосе.
Thank you for sharing. Like.the magnet for depth trick.
Very nice another great video. Thanks.
Thank you Richard. Your vids are always informative and entertaining. I am quite taken with your unelectric method of cleaning the shavings from the bottom. I too have pondered this problem. The Americans of course have air compressors but in attempt to lower the costs and avoid any accidental sucking I have abandoned your approach in favour of Ryobi's pistol grip battery powered low pressure inflator. Also interested to learn what angle you grind that heavy scraper to for finishing the bottom.
Glad to see the return of the sock! I love the grain in that piece. The inside seemed like it didn't have the tear-out the outside had. You started with such a large diameter for a pencil pot. Did you think that you were going to see the split disappear with a smaller diameter pot? Did the split show up on the inside?
Very nicely done, thanks
Thank you so much. It is immensely helpful to see you work and talk through the challenges of a difficult piece of wood. As for pressing the button- fuhgetaboutit!
Thank you so much for great video, perfect job
Superb shape and the small details are perfect
I have heard of people using very thin shellac on such pieces and then recutting the surface because the shellac will make a brittle layer just bellow the surface to keep the grain from breaking bellow the cut line
Flooding tricky grain with CA super glue or shellac is a common way of 'fixing' difficult grain so it can be cut cleanly. I've usually cut blanks that are easier to work.
Coincidentally, I've been doing the same today with split Olive wood. Lots of filling with epoxy resin, blacked with charcoal! Quite tedious stopping and starting, but the results are worth it. (Not financially!).
Great tips again Richard. Thank you
This was fascinating. I am not sure I would have your patience. I probably would have put it in the stove-LOL. I love that fingernail gouge.
Nice to hear you keep some of your own work with nice figure.
To clean the dust from the inside I often use a ear pump.
When turning the piece, are you always planning ahead to make it the right diameter to use with the shark jaws to prevent leaving chuck marks? or do you have enough different sizes that its rarely an issue and just "go with the flow" and hope for the best?
If only a slight reduction in diameter is required to have a piece fit a chuck, it seems foolish not to fit the piece to the chuck, particularly when that saves rechucking to remove any chuck marks. Taking a finished piece from a chuck whilst saving a step involving risk and time always seemed very sensible, at least to me. I hate to miss an opportunity to show it's possible.
Excellent demonstration. Effectively turning by trial and error, it took me several years to learn to modify a tool to fit the job at hand, so thank you for sharing and sparing others much frustration. I have found that a linseed oil-beeswax finish is not very durable on a much handled item like a pencil pot. Does this concern you?
Here I use plain beeswax rather than my usual boiled linseed and beeswax mix. Both provide an excellent base on which a patina can develop with use and/or ongoing polishing. In the long run much handled wood develops a deep patina patina that comes only from constant handling or use and never from a bottle or can. So I'm not concerned: it's my finish of choice.
do you use finishes other than bees wax?
Many burls have cross grain. Are the techniques here applicable to burls? And curly maple?
I adopt a similar approach with all crossgrain and burls, curly maple and fiddleback included: rough shaping with sweeping pull cuts, then shear cuts, then scraping and shear scraping if necessary. Burls are generally a lot easier to work and respond well to shear scraping.
All things being equal is there a reason to use epoxy over CA if CA will fill the gap
CA doesn't last more than a few years. I had two kaleidoscopes made using CA from a well-known maker that fell apart after about 8 years, and knots I'd fixed with CA in bowls I made that loosened in about 5 years. No such problems with epoxy.
Nice piece of work Richard. However the video is a bit long. I, personally, have difficulty keeping attention after about 20 minutes. Still, thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
When persuaded to put videos on TH-cam my intention was to show competent turning in real time because there was so little to be seen on TH-cam. I'm beginning to reconsider but continue to think showing projects in real time provides a lot of people with useful insights into the craft. You can always watch in instalments......
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning I don't mind when your videos run long. There is no fluff in them. Every second is valuable.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Please continue in real time. I find it frustrating when a video doesn't give a clue as to how long it took to perform a task. Fair enough, we don't need to see all the sanding, for example, but you always provide us with useful commentary and information: I learn much from every video, and Yes, I often watch the longer ones in instalments!
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning I don't think your videos run long at all. Compared to many other TH-cam woodturners, your videos are short. As others have said, there is no fluff in your videos. In my estimation, your videos are the best for actually learning woodturning. Or at least for trying to learn woodturning. ;) The real time aspect is invaluable. It shows how woodturning happens in real life, how problems arise, and how to solve the problems. I stopped watching the other TH-camrs because too many are sanitized productions, seemingly more oriented towards entertainment than education. Though you are entertaining as well.
I agree with the many others here. Your videos are not at all long. They are packed with valuable insights and solutions on how to handle challenges as they come and this can best be done when we see it in real time - seeing it done in real time by a world class professional provides so very much more. Thank you Richard. Always wonderful to see you work.