Richard Raffan completes two thin part-turned bowls
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- In this, Part 3 of a trilogy, I complete the two smaller bowls saved from inside the larger box elder bowls roughed out in 4 Bowls From a Short Box Elder Log, • Richard Raffan gets fo... . First you see the two profiles turned, then the insides completed, after which the bowls are reversed to complete the foot. Finally you see the four bowls gained from the original log.
Very very nice, you’re a very skilled man
Mr. Raffan, thank you so much for the great education. I have learned so much from watching you. I am still a struggling newbie, but really appreciate all you do. I hope you have a Happy Christmas!
Very nice Richard. Thank you for sharing. Have a great Holiday and stay safe.🙂🙂
As one of the other commenters pointed out it's mesmerizing for a hobby turner like myself to watch the ease and surety with which you move through the process. Small errors get corrected easily and it's obvious that you apply the solutions to turning situations that you have honed in the past. I really enjoy your presentations and eagerly await the next.
Conventional "wisdom" says to turn the lathe speed down when sanding. It appears that you don't although I may have missed speed changes that you did make.
If you don't turn down the speed is that because you achieve a better final cut with the tool than most of us so don't need to or am I missing something else?
I tend to sand at a higher speed as I find it results in a more even finish. I suspect it's because the combination of higher turning speed and movement of the sandpaper doesn't result in tiny lines from the individual granules on the paper.
I turned for 20 years without variable speed as it was too time consuming to change pulleys for sanding. Now we have variable speed lathes I'll drop the speed if I don't feel the abrasive gripping the wood, although more likely I reach for a new piece of abrasive.
Hai sir your video new ideas turning 🏺🏺👍👍👍👍
This might be the first bowl / box project video where you did not use a shear scrape with your skewed scraper to refine the outside!
I still find it amazing how easily you move through the process. The sign of a craftsman who KNOWS his trade!
May you have a very blessed Christmas, bud!
Lovely bowls Richard
Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to you and yours
Take Care
Cheers my friend
Harold
If you are ever looking for an idea for a video, it would be great if you could do one on the various types of sanding you use and when/why you choose each. Sanding may not be the most exciting part of turning, but that’s all the more reason to try to understand it and reduce the amount of time doing it! I’m often confused as to when to use a power sander, when to hand sand, and when to use an inertia sander.
Thank you for all you do Richard. Your work is top notch. Merry Christmas fine sir!
I love your work I wish I had more friends like you with common interests
I’m glad you used Boxelder since I’ve thought it very pretty wood yet others discourage it’s use or vastly underrate it. It is hard, doesn’t warp as dramatically as others and can have some beautiful grain. In our region we get some gorgeous red streaks and cancerous inclusions that can be highlights in the piece. Based upon your video, I will no longer pass up free Boxelder wood. “Near enough is good enough.” Like that!
We get the pinky-red too and occasionally birds-eye figure th-cam.com/video/dIUB91EGmbA/w-d-xo.html. Sadly the pinky-red fades in a few years although it's not fast enough to notice.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thanks for the reference. Just watched it again and gained more out out of it. Thanks.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Does flame elder always fade away?
@@MD-en3zm It's safe to say all colour in all woods fades. That's why the shape or utility of what you turn is so important as it's those qualities that ensure the survival of a piece.
Another fantastic video Richard. I really enjoy watching the little tricks you use to get out of troublesome spot. Thank you for not editing out mistakes, we learn more from you showing us how to fix those than just having a "perfect" video.
A demo when everything goes right tends to be pretty boring.
Merry Christmas my friend
Would it be possible to have a 1 min video just to demonstrate honing of the scrapers? How to hold. How to strike the hone. How determine when needed. A better look at the hone and how you hold it. What grit you recommend. Things like that. Please and thank you.
Request fulfilled. th-cam.com/video/98gCdVQ5F9I/w-d-xo.html
Richard, your work and videos are so educational. Very nice indeed. Merry Christmas.
Very good Richard, more lovely bowls, the feet are certainly interesting. Reminded me as well, our Apiarist told us the Hives we Agist are just about ready to harvest. We get honey, and I specifically asked for Wax, which he mostly discards as people don't want it, so I may also be getting Wax from other Hives he has on other people's properties.
Hi Richard
Thanks for another gem,very relaxing watch after spending three hours turning a cross grained piece of swamp Kauri.another tip gained the use of another bowl to chuck up and clean up the base.
Thanks for sharing
Regards
Thanks for this and all the other great informative videos you do. Best wishes for you and yours for a very Merry Christmas and a great New Year. Cheers, Tom
Another great video! Thank you Richsrd. Merry Christmas.
I just get mesmerised watching those lovely shavings! Happy Christmas
Thank you, perfect timing, as you know I'm making bowls for the soup festival and this video has really helped. Also thank you for your reply yesterday. Cheers Dave from central Portugal.
And Merry Xmas, looking forward to more years of turning from you.
Richard! As always, a simple and elegant embodiment! But the question may be, you live in Australia, why do you practically not sharpen eucalyptus trees? Why didn't you use oil, but only wax in the last work?
I turn eucalypts when I come across suitable trees, usually for green-turned wavy bowls and distorted pots. Eucalypts are very prone to warping, twisting, and severe splitting, on top of which the colour rarely appeals to potential customers. To finish I tend to use only wax on dense woods, although there was a bit of boiled linseed oil on the wax.
Many thanks, Richard, and Merry Christmas!
Many thanks for your generosity, Michael.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Richard, it's a small token of my appreciation for all that you have shared through your books and videos.
Beautiful set of bowls Richard.
Very nice! The push cut purists should be happy with that one😊
Hi Richard. Are there varying qualities of Bees wax? we're always told that it shows finger marks due to its low melting point? but I notice you use it a lot?
I'm sure there are wide range of beeswaxes. I'm using wax off a 60x30x30 cm block known to be many decades old before I was given it about 25 years ago. I've never been aware of finger prints on my bowls other than the one time I was persuaded to use a popular commercial finish. The bowls were finished for me by the manufacturer and displayed in an exhibition I had in an upmarket gallery in Melbourne. Fortunately he only finished three bowls: they didn't sell but most did.
Lovely elegant bowls, and very clearly explained. Will the rough you used to hold them get finished? Or is there some defect in the wood? Merry Christmas and many thanks.
There is a defect. At 27:04 you see the big split that ensures this embryo bowl remains a chuck.
Do you have any videos before you down sized? I love to watch your videos.
I made about eight videos with Taunton Press most still commercially available. Turning Wood was shot in 1984, second ever woodturning video. Del Stubbs was the first, shot a week earlier. www.richardraffan.com.au/books-and-dvds/
Really gorgeous little pieces, and you make it seem trivial to get these results. Thanks for showing these.
Let's say run-of-the mill for me. I've been turning similar bowls for a living for over 50 years and made several thousand.
Thanks Richard all of these turned out so nice . I would like to try the 2 in one bowl blank method but a bit afraid of self inflicted oops :)
No pain, no gain...
Great set of bowls from the one log. What is the second smaller sander you used at about 23:30 ?
That's a Vicmarc Rotary Sander. It freewheels against the spinning wood.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thank you.
Thanks!
Thank you.
This dude is doing it all wrong. You have to sand it with 80 grit first for like 15 minutes to get the tool marks out.
I used to find 60 grit is more effective, then 80...
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning All jokes aside, as a new turner, watching your videos is mesmerizing and I hope to one day be half as competent as you. Love your videos. Thank you for sharing.