Richard Raffan turns a vase in response to the third 4-Ways project.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- The project for this, the third 4-Ways project, was to turn whatever you like from a 6-in cube. I decided on a vase with beads. You see beads come and you see them go as I try to improve the design. The vase warped, as anticipated, and consequently you get to see how I blend a trued foot with a distorted profile.
Here are links to the other 4-Ways videos:
Sam - • Four Ways to Turn a CU...
Mike - • 4-Ways Cube Woodturnin...
Tomislav - • I MADE THIS FROM ONE W...
4-WAYS comprises Sam Angelo, Mike Peace, Richard Raffan, and Tomislav Tomašić who suggested that having a few turners publish their approach to one project on TH-cam at the same time should be interesting.
I olo e that you dont require any gimicky tools to achieve a fantastic piece. A true sign of a craftsman
There wasn’t but 4 comments so I had to . We are having the privilege of watching a master at work.
I agree.
Always a pleasure to watch, and learn from a craftsman. There's to many woodturners on you tube that think they're craftsmen.
Very nice project!
Beautiful little vase turned from a cube Richard.
Richard..Amazing turning with ease of skill. I really like the vase
Another example of your amazing skills, nothing fancy just Woodturning at its best by a master, explaining everything that is happening straightforward and easy for people like me to watch in early my days I used to restore and make furniture but always wanted to learn wood turning. Hopefully now I’m retired watching you will help me achieve that one of my bucket list?
No reason why not. Turning wood is very addictive.
You are truly the master! I learn so much from EVERY video you put out... really do appreciate you!
Thank you once again! Love the way you critique your design and willingness to alter and change your thoughts. Great 4-way!
You have such a good eye for form. Very impressive work
Sir, you are truly a master. Thank you so much for sharing your thought process, your experience, along with your great teaching technique. Thank you!
Everything you turn seems to turn out amazing ... Tx ! ... If you don't want to lean over the bed of your lathe to do the insides, just turn it in reverse and cut the back side of the inside. Works for me ... : ) ... love your stuff.
You can only do that safely if you can lock the chuck on to the drive shaft, which I cannot. I turn very few enclosed forms.
Great vase Richard! The beads looked good but the vase without them is even better. Very interesting and educational watching the four of you turn your own things from one idea. Thought I might see a three-sided bowl from a cube but that would be the idea of a fifth. Thank you for sharing!
Take care, Dave
I really appreciate watching the saves that we all make yet few leave as examples on TH-cam. Thanks Richard
Richard,
I enjoy all your videos, but this one I found to be especially enjoyable. For
me it was just the right mix of technique, design and craftsmanship.
We are all very fortunate to have someone with your skills and artistic eye who is willing to pass his expertise on to others who enjoy the craft.
I hope you will continue sharing for many years to come
Love it very much, the sense of design on the fly is impecable🤗
Loving this bowl and the way it developed.
Thank you for explaining all your thoughts when you are at the lath .They all are great .
My woodturning career started with you, and I often read your books and still learn new experiences. Thank you for your blessings from China.
Thank you for many technical insights that you shared in the creation of this piece.
Good to see you are still going at it, Richard!
Enjoying following the 4 Ways series.
It was interesting to see how you dealt with wonky bottoms.
You have an amazing eye for perfection I can relate to that myself and you explain everything to us all what is going on in your mind when you are working on a piece of turning brilliant
Nice one Richard.
And, beautiful!!! Thank you.
Likewise your thoughts on when to use inertia sander versus power
Super nice job on both Thanks Richard
Fantastic to watch and learn thanks
That's a really elegant piece Richard and a great call on the cross grain orientation.
I turn wood hoping to leave something behind, a piece that my grandchildren might hold on too and pass along. You my friend are leaving a library of work, experience and knowledge. I hope you know what a great thing you're doing. I've watched so many of your videos, I hear you in my head when I'm turning... your like an old friend my friend! God bless you!
Like yourself I too aim to make stuff, mostly bowl and boxes, that will be used and survive generations. A few dozen of my bowls, boxes, and sets of spillikins are in major public collections, but I'd rather someone was actually using and enjoying them day to day.
Magnifique 👍
Very nice, RR! The eye toward continuous improvement as you work the turning in gold! Keep ‘em coming, please.
Richard, not only Do you have an amazing eye for detail, but you are constantly feeling your turning To feel the shape and thickness of the peace you are working on ,not everyone has that ability to feel the shape they are trying to achieve?
I want everything I turn to feel good as well as look good. Curves need to be smooth and the weight carefully distrubuted to create a truly satisfactory piece that does more than just look good. It needs to feel good when handled. That's why the form and balance are far more important than the wood grain if a piece is to survive generations.
That is a lovely piece. As always seeing you decide how to shape and design depending on the wood and the moment is thought-provoking. I watched this one last of the four and saw hollowing rigs in action there. It does seem to make it less hard work! And the dusthood dancing towards you certainly showed how much vibration it caused. The first jam chuck you used almost made it look like there was a large stopper, reminding me of an Etruscan wine jar and cup I once saw. Many thanks once more.
Hollowing rigs are the way to go if you make a lot of hollow forms and especially if they're deep: so much easier than tools with very long handles.
Very interesting. Really like the shape. This is the second of the four videos I've watched thus far. It is so interesting to see the different approaches you are all taking.
What are your thoughts on mesh sandpaper versus conventional on your power sander?
Really excellent work! A great learning experience as well! Many thanks.
You make it look so EASY!
I get reminded of the story of an artisan being asked about his craft.
He said,” There is not a thing I do that the average 12 year old couldn’t do…. With 50 years experience.”
And that is very close to the truth.
How true. Practice and a bit of repetition does help.
Thanks!
I think the beads had to go when you decided to make them proud. They didn't look too bad up till then. In the end, it's a good piece and a good video. Thanks.
I love it
I love these monthly videos. For the 6” cube challenge would you turn a pair of three corner bowls?
I’d love to hear more about your dislike of uniform thickness. You say it isn’t interesting. Do you have a particular design idea you follow? A gradient perhaps? Or do you just not care very much about wall thickness and just thin it until you decide it’s ok? Love to watch you work. Thanks
I went through my thin-and-even wall stage 40-45 years ago. I got to really considering wall thicknesses when writing Turned Bowl Design (which became The Art of Turned Bowls when republished). Generally I find even wall thickness in a bowl or vase impressive as a technical achievement but rarely as rewarding to handle as a form in which the weight is unevenly distributed. I don't have any set rules for shape or proportions: I just worry away at the form until it looks and feels right at the time. Those I consider the best become the benchmark for future pieces.
In the end, the turner is probably the best and most critical of his work. The "look" is what gets it in someone's hand. But it's the feel that puts it in their heart. Would you agree with that statement?
@@donntisch365 Well put. I've watched people in galleries picking up bowls, including mine, and hanging on to mine whilst putting others down. So the feel and balance is very important even though we might not immediately understand what makes a bowl so appealing. Flashy grain doesn't make a bowl good, only briefly attractive.
Hi Richard
Beautiful piece,great to watch you turning,and sharing your lifetime of experience,”4ways” what a great idea that was best entertainment to watch.
Regards
you mention “I don’t want an even wall”. Could you say more about that? You like it thicker as you go down? In my limited experience I have heard to minimize the risk of cracking during drying and even wall thickness is best. Love your videos. Thanks
Roughing out very green bowls or other forms, an even wall and even density of grain make splitting less likely. Picking up a vase like this I expect to feel more weight towards the base so the wall thickens gradually from about 6mm at the rim to 14mm in the base. I commented on the wall evenness because so many turners seem to be preoccupied with thin and even wall thickness. I went through my thin-and-even wall stage 40-45 years ago, then got to really considering wall thicknesses when writing Turned Bowl Design (which became The Art of Turned Bowls when republished).
Thank you. Thats a little beauty. How thin did you get it?
I wasn't aiming for ultra thin or an even wall thickness. I went through my stupid-thin stage around 1980. This varies from around 6mm at the rim to 14mm towards the base.
This is a very good entry in the four way challenge. You haven't put a finish on though. What will it be? 🙂🙂
It'll probably get boiled linseed oil when it's dried out, but verdigris isn't out of the question.
Richard, thanks for your reply re hones. For a vase does one use a waterproof finish, at least for the inside ?
Personnally I'd be putting dried flowers in wooden vases, but I suppose you could try waterproofing them . It's something I know nothing about.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Me neither !
Why spindle rather than bowl gouge? Thank you sir!! Beth
1. Spindle gouges are less expensive than deep-fluted bowl gouges. 2. Shavings never jam up in spindle gouge as they can in a D/F gouge. 3. I show that spindle gouge can be used on facework, contradicting the widely-held myth that spindle gouges should never be used for facework. It's only deep-fluted spindle roughing gouges that should never be used for facework.
Teacher I want to ask about the direction of the lathe .my lathe which is an entry level lathe go the opposite direction .is it better for the clock wise direction ?
If your lathe has the headstock to the left it has to run anti-clockwise, otherwise the tools cannot cut the spinning wood.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thanks for the advice .I just wondered
@@apostoloskokalis3431 Some lathes have reverse which can help create a smooth surface shen it comes to sanding.
I have an individual who trolls my live videos on TikTok, who claims to have trained with you in the 1970s. What I find hilarious is that I use the same techniques you do today, which he despises, and we get similar results. He's stuck in 1973, we're striving for a future fire woodturners to come.
I'd be fascinated to know who that might be. You could message me.....
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning His name is Don something. He claims he was a student of yours - but there's no way to know if that's true. I just find it hilarious that he can't fathom other techniques exist.
I notice that you cut 'uphill' occasionally, but I keep being told to always cut 'downhill'. Can you enlighten me on this please? Thanks
The cutting downhill rule is for centrework when the grain aligned parallel to the lathe axis. This vase is cross-grain and therefore facework. I explain the difference in the Basic Stuff video th-cam.com/video/-cPfARpklVI/w-d-xo.html
Good decision to remove the beads
"Not terminal....just annoying." 🤣😂
I prefer "beadless."
I'm still oscillating on that one but generally go for less being more.