Richard Raffan turns a Treasure Box in oak
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- Here you see me turning a 200mm (8-in.) diameter Treasure Box. The wood is kiln-dried American white oak which sheared on me twice - so so you get to see how I coped with those unexpected 'design opportunities'.
I've got so much to learn, all your videos & your books have facilitated my journey in wood turning. I can't thank you enough.
I loved watching the process on this piece and hearing the ongoing design train of thoughts, adapting to the way the wood reacts to each step. Excellent 👍🏽😊
Richard, I also enjoy watching you and you’ve changed my approach in many ways. I’m using scrapers much more. The type of scraper you use as a shear scraper is a shape I’ve not seen before and it’s a good bit thinner than other types of scrapers. From where does the tool come? I’d love to own one.
Your grandson is one lucky young man. Really appreciate you sharing the design process you go through while making these projects and especially appreciate how you adapt to unexpected events such as occurred with the knob. Really like the overall shape that resulted.
It's the unexpected that provide the interest and insights as to how to cope with common occurrences. I'm still happy with the result.
Happy birthday to granson🤗 he will enjoy his treasure box.... Love the problem solving as always 👍
Thanks for showing your methods of problem solving. The final product is excellent.
Thank you so much for making your videos. You got me back to turning. I do need to make some pepper grinders. Again thanks
I too have as many books authored by you that I could find. Required reading in my opinion! The attention to detail is amazing! In my estimation there’s nothing better than a master teacher willing to share his expertise, you sir are a gem for the entire wood turning community! Keep keeping on Richard!
Many thanks for that boost to my ego. Making woodturnng videos seems to be my new hobby.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Don't you also want to write a few books about turning in the Czech language? 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
Thanks white oak is a good fire wood here in eastern USA prized for it’s easy splitting and hot clean burn. Make’s beautiful furniture and boxes as well. Great save and video.
Great piece. That was an interesting problem with the knob. Oak is not a wood I turn a lot of, but nice to see what the troubles are that I could get in to.
Your grandson will have a Treasure for a lifetime with this Box.
The process of thought that you share is very beneficial.
Thank you very much from East Texas.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Very interesting and informative 👍
I always appreciate your style of turning. Very professional yet relaxed. Wood is wood and going through the modifications needed as the wood speaks to you is more educational than the finished product - which by the way turned out wonderful
Hi Richard
Thanks for another informative and enjoyable turning session,allways something else to learn from your videos I’m still an apprentice learning from your skills .
One gets locked into set ways after 30 years very refreshing seeing other methods.
Thanks for sharing
Regards
It’s nice to see how you deal with problems and design element changes. Thanks
Great looking box Richard. I am sure your grandson will treasure it.
I enjoy hearing him verbalize his "on the fly" design thinking.
Great stuff, and with the knob at the end shows how to overcome these things that can happen at any time.
I must watch your videos 5 days a week. Most mornings over a cup of tea in bed. I have learned so much, it's amazing. I'm part way through making 200 soup bowls for a soup festival here in Portugal. All local green wood, oak and mimosa so far about 50 drying after first turned. I am gaining lots of experience from this project as they start from a fresh cut tree. I think I will donate them as it's a local charity event. More money for our small village. Thank you so much for your help you have changed and much improved my life.
I'm glad to have been of some help. Turning a couple of hundred bowls is a great way to instill some muscle memory and enjoy some shavings.
Boss, I can relate to that white oak! I encounter a lot of oaks around here and they are ALL “ dusty” woods.
Wish you’d wear at least a dust mask. I think most of us would like for you to be around for a good bit more. PROTECT THOSE LUNGS!
( imagine: lecturing Richard RAFFAN!)
As a production turner I always had some form of dust protection. At first it was just a face mask soon augmented by a dust collector. Then for 30 years I wore the Airstream helmet you see in my books augmented by a bigger dust extractor. As you can see, the dust unit I have now removes most of the fine stuff that's the most dangerous.
Richard. I keep saying it Fantastic show. Jimda.
You are an awesome Grandpa! Beautiful gift for the little guy to have for a life time 😊
Thanks Richard for another educational video. I have a question; in most of your videos that I’ve watched you applied the bees wax first, then used the oil soaked rag to burnish it in. This time you used a lot of oil, then the wax and finally burnished it in with the rag. What was the reason for the change? Then I’d like to thank for leaving in the chip out on the nob, not once but twice, and how you fixed it. Thanks again for the informative videos. Please keep them coming. Cheers, Tom
With dense timbers I tend to use just beeswax with a bit of oil to thin it and make it less shiny. I'm not a fan of high gloss, especially on anything purporting to be utilitarian. On timbers with more open grain like this oak I slop the oil on so it penetrates the large pores. Some woods really suck it in. Then the wax on top keeps the oil in the pores whilst it cures/dries. When the wood is a mass of small splits and fissures (like many burls) I use just oil because if I hold wax to the spinning wood it collects in every nook and cranny. This looks terrible and it difficult to remove or melt into the surface. When using both oil and wax, I'm essentialy mixing them on the wood so it doesn't matter too much which goes on first. It's a finish that benefits from ongoing attention, especially if the piece isn't used.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Thanks for the thorough explanation. I appreciate you sharing your vast turning knowledge and skills with everybody. Cheers, Tom
Your on going TH-cam stuff is a great gift to all. Thank you
Unfortunately, your little time-out to hone the edge happened off camera.
Thank you Richard.
Fortunately there's a video on honing a scraper. th-cam.com/video/98gCdVQ5F9I/w-d-xo.html
Very nice covered box...I am sure it will be a treasured gift..
Too bad the oak sheared that way but nice recovery. I'm not anywhere near your skill level but I've had to learn to design on the fly myself. Usually works out acceptably. Or it hits the waste pile.
Just curious what you use for your quick honing of the scrapers etc. Is it a diamond hone or something else? I've been going straight to the grinder every time. Adding a quick hone like you do seems to be a good addition to my methods.
Coming to terms with enforced changes to a design is often how we discover a new direction to explore and hopefully gain a few insights into either the wood, the process, or the technique. I too usually go to the grinder, but mine takes five minutes to come to a halt, so in the video situation honing is quicker and quieter. I only hone scrapers as I dont want a micro bevel on gouges or skew chisels. They're diamond hones.
Slightly domed. Reasoning? Thx.
If you mean the lid, why not. It looks good to me and is typical of my crossgrain boxes. Otherwise I've not a clue what you're referring to as it's a year since I made this video. I need a time reference to know what your're wondering about.
In our turning get-togethers, we used to shout "Spontaneous design change!!" when we would hear the odd catch or split. That white oak is some tough stuff.
Beautiful box !
Beautiful box Richard and as always plenty of pointers to take on board.Can I ask about reverse sanding as I notice that you have done some on other projects.Would you explain why you do it,how you decide when to do it and if it benefits any particular timber?.Maybe a future video because it is a bit of a mystery to me.Thanks.
I have the same question!
Think mowing the lawn with an old-fashioned reel lawn mower. The cut grass tends to lie in the direction of mowing.
Similar with wood grain. The tool tends to flatten grain. Sanding in reverse stand the grain up and the sandpaper cuts it off.
@@OregonOldTimerWOODTURNING Yes, that part I understand. My question is how you address the same problem on a lathe that doesn't reverse.
@@jimdillon4278 My first lathe wouldn't reverse. Had to power-sand with the lathe off.
@@OregonOldTimerWOODTURNING Nice analogy.
very helpful video. Thanks.
I really enjoy watching your videos. wish your voice was louder and other sounds from turning was lower. very hard to understand your comments
I'm doing my best. For a prefessional production you neeed to get hold of the videos I made with Taunton Press: www.richardraffan.com.au/books-and-dvds/
Hello, dear professor, which wood is better or worse?
That depends on the project and where you live and what's available. I like turning ash and pear.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Thank You🙏
Beautiful!
Richard , would you share the type and brand of sandpaper used on your projects Thanks Gary
Colour Coded Grit www.veneerinlay.com.au/product-category/sandpaper/emery/ It might be difficult to find outside Australia.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Richard , veneerinlay directed me to Craft Supply in the US to purchase the color grit. All is good.
@@garysobolewski3674 And thanks from East Texas