Richard Raffan demonstrates why woodturning tools catch on the lathe and offers tips for preventing them. Visit www.FineWoodwor... for more woodworking technique videos.
i wish i had known you about 12 years ago, i wasted a few hundred dollars in wood finding that out the hard way. excellent work in showing and explaining why and how catches happen.
This is fantastic. I am considering taking up woodturning and was concerned by not knowing how things can go wrong. But you show exactly how the catches occur and how to use the tools safely to avoid getting them into that situation.
Simple, clear, unpretentious, sensible not gooning around trying to be a comedian, no annoying background music. High standard video complement high standard technical demonstration. Thank you so much for this superb and very helpful video.
i just learned more from this than all the other youtube videos i've seen ;) , i've been making all those mistakes and didnt know why , just inherited my dads lathe and trying to make sense of how to use it like he did
Thank you! My skew will now have a slight concave profile rather than straight. I will also stay far above the centerline to keep the tool clearance bevel against the wood surface.
Thank you very much for this video. I have tried and tried to use the skew chisel and finally just gave up and put it on the shelf. I thank I will get it down again and try once more. I just subscribed today please tell me, do you always teach or do you turn different articles too? Also how often do you post videos? You are a good teacher.
This probably had the opposite intended effect on me. Now I am absolutely terrified at trying wood turning. Main reason that it seems to be very small margins of error. Cant you run the lathe slower? Seems it will cut at hand turned speed anyway.
gamingSlasher Imagine though this had happened when you started, and you had no idea it could happen, you'd need a new pair of trousers, and would wonder what you'd done wrong, start thinking you were lucky to have all your fingers, think you'd wasted all your money etc... at least watching this you know what could happen, that it happens to everyone, and that with a skew, it's fairly safe. I've been turning occasionally as part of my general woodworking hobby, for about 5 years, and I get catches all the time. They make you jump, and they wreck the work piece, but they're part and parcel of the hobby. Watching videos like this helps me understand and reduce them. The speed of the lathe here makes little difference. Hang in there!
as one who have been wood turning as an hobby without this knowledge. this looks for a bit more advanced turners. since I have seen few that cuts in that angel. for starters I did just have it straight 0°. making is very hard for it to cut Inn to the wood. and having it on lowest rpm. it's not that scary as you think. and being caution on what can happen will make it so you won't loose those fingers.(sorry shirty English) good luck
I totally understand what you're saying it does terrify the crap out of me also. But as long as we have respect for the tools always remember safety and educate ourselves then we will have better woodworking experiences. I do cuts on the table saw and let me tell you there is no room for error when working with those kinds of machines they are unforgiving.
There was a knock on my front door. I answered and my neighbour was standing there. He had a bandage around one arm and a patch on one eye. He asked me if I wanted his wood lathe for free. I said so whats the catch?
Pretty sure he explained skew catches damage the wood not you so he's not afraid to show them all day long. Bowl gouge catches do harm you so didn't show them at all.
One of the scariest, yet most informative videos I've seen in a long time. Excellent techniques to practice while learning. Kudos to the cameraman for the wonderful, clear angles to see exactly what was being discussed. Thanks!
I'm really glad I watched this and didn't just dive in. I would have made every mistake. Especially when cutting out a bowl. I didn't know you had to roll the tool like that. Thank you for the video.
I overcame my fear of catches by running my lathe at it's slowest speed. That got rid of the anxiety factor and allowed me to focus on what the cutting edge of the tool was doing. As I got more comfortable, I turned up the speed a little and practiced more, and continued doing that until I was comfortable at normal turning speeds. I did this with the skew, bowl gouges, spindle gouges, scrapers... basically every tool that is prone to catching. This is also a great way to learn how to use the tools, not only to avoid catches.
@@dvandamme00 My Ridgid worm drive has soft start, compared to my previous Skil worm drive that would try to jump out of my hand when I hit the trigger. It's not variable speed but still a nice feature.
I'd liked it but feel more examination of the hand tools would help people. Some folks have no sense and there is alot of junk tooling out there for folks to get hurt with. That's about the only negative I could come up with.
Today 16Dec19, I used my New Excelsior Mini lathe for the first time, I recall using a lathe in a shop class in 8th grade.. I am 63,, lol.. I still recall the tool catching the wood on that very day in shop class. I am glad you were kind enough to post this video. It is a welcomed sight to prevent disaster Thank you ....
Thank you sir, you've helped clear up a number of points for me, to the extent that I'm even going to gather my courage and pick up a skew chisel again!
Aloha from Hawaiʻi. Iʻm a sports photographer and carver by profession, and have recently started turning small bowls and found your channel about 2 weeks ago. I am greatly appreciating your videos! Thoroughness in explanation, always discussing caution and safety, and helping me learn that with patience, practice and proper technique , I can start off small and turn some pleasant little projects. Mahalo ā nui no kou manaʻo! Much thanks for your knowledge. -Eddie
this is probably the best wood turning information on TH-cam. I really appreciate the amount of detail you've given and with this knowledge I have gotten much better at turning bowls. Knowledge cures fear.
I'm waiting for my first lathe to arrive, so I'm trying to soak up as much info as I can ahead of time. This video is helpful in that it teaches folks to respect the lathe and focus on what you're doing. I have to admit, I'm a little nervous about working with a lathe but just like any other tool it will take time and practice. I'm not new to woodworking, just the lathe and I've always thought the lathe was the most dangerous tool in a shop next to a table saw. Thank you for this video. I'll definitely look for more safety tips on this subject.
I've been woodworking for many years however never explored turning, just recently I begun to turn and this video is an excellent touch on the use and misuse of turning tools and techniques , thank you for a wonderful lesson.
so helpful. I just started turning about a month ago and couldn't figure out why I was catching while attempting bowls. now I know and can be much more safe. Thank you
Excellent video. I'm completely self-taught and I had no idea I was using my skew the wrong way all this time. Maybe I'll try a bowl again after all... and may not get a catch with the bowl gouge this time!
Very well done video. And thanks for explaining the reasons of the catches... For beginners, the catches are what we are afraid of... Vincent (from Belgium)
Excellent video. I'm currently looking to purchase a fairly basic lathe to see how I like wood turning and this is one of the best videos i've seen for explaining how and why catches occur. I have to admit though, the first catch you showed on the video made me jump slightly. haha. Most videos out there typically explain how to use the tool properly, but don't go into how and why a screw up happens. But I guess most people aren't confident enough to intentionally catch a gouge for a demonstration. So hats off to you!
LBCAndrew my husband started with a bolt and a nut and a cordless drill than bought a 40$ Craigslist tile saw old school with 3/4 horse motor belt driven the saw blade spindle had a 5/8 nut on it he took a 5/8 drill chuck and spun it on used that for a month. With a lot of freehand cussing and trying to make a rest out of scrap wood bricks and a lot of c clamps he bought a 70 year old running shop smith and is now teaching me if you love it start with the same start making a few rings with a nut a bolt and cordless drill and for faster results add a angle grinder with flap disk lol but try to make some simple ring and if you keep trying to be better on purpose than chances are you got the bug
Question: You address the angle of the bevel, but I'm having trouble with two other angles now that I've got a skew chisel. One is the angle of the tool on the toolrest. You don't keep it flat on the toolrest, but rather rotate it slightly so that only the bottom edge is on the toolrest? How does this figure into catches? The second angle is that of the two hands. Bringing the right hand further out will change which part of the tool is doing the cutting. How does THAT affect catches?
Sr. Much respect for your knowledge and instructions. I really appreciate your explanations, I can see you really really know what you are talking about. Thanks a lot!
Excellent, the best. Unfortunately, my english is not enough as to catch all details. Would be possible to insert subtitles, in english? The translation would be more easy. Anyway, the best explanation that I could found until now. Thank you!
After growing up, and realizing just how easily things can go wrong, it blew my mind that they had us use these in 7th grade untaught and unsupervised. I'm surprised we had no major injuries.
Great vid on the mistakes we make and why.. Should be more like this, so that people who Really want to start turning can use for reference. Top marks for this one.. well done team.
Many people learn a lot from hours of being told what to do , one little mistake can teach so much more !!!!! a lesson they will NEVER forget ,thanks so much for the lesson.
The reason you make the mistake is because you don't know what you're doing wrong. Him illustrating WHY you make the mistake is a lot more informative than YOU making the mistake. That was an excellent "Mistakes" tutorial.
This has been very useful. I've just restarted wood turning. My previous experience was 60 years ago at school, so I'm more then a little 'rusty.' I've been getting 'dig-ins' and snatches, and it happens so fast, that its impossible to detect what happened. These explanations will at least give me some situations to avoid.
Thanks for a very clear, simple, to the point explanation without any waffle. Spotted this at a good time as I am just learning/practising how to use my skew chisel. I got those very neat cirles around the wood and couldn't figure out why. Now I know.
Nice video, very informative. Scared the sh*t outta me every time it caught! I just got a mini lathe for my birthday, so I'm trying to learn everything I can and this definitely helped me out. Thanks!
If you can find away to lock your work in you can run in reverse . Then the tool just fly's off the part. Wood lathes should have a left handed thread, and no more catches? I've been a machinist all my life, I know how to cut. I'm just now learning how to use a wood lathe. IT'S FUN. But not the catches.
Thank you for making this video! I am just learning how to use a lathe and the tools it came with. I’m really grateful that this video exists because it help me understand how to use the tools and lathe better. So again thank you.
Just starting into wood turning, excellent and very educational video, thank you. Makes it very clear exactly how the catches happen and how to avoid them
I'm new to this sport. Thank you for explaining the physics of why it catches. I now have an understanding of what I am doing and why. Best video I have seen explaining the basics of wood turning.
I just put new bearings in an old Craftsman wood lathe. I ran a 3/8 stud all the way thru to tie in the work. Now I'm going to run in REVERSE with tool upside down and see if I can eliminate tool catches.
I know this is an old video, but franly, this was one of the hardest videos for me to watch in a long long time, I was practically jumping out of my chair watching those catches. I have done wood turning since I was a teenager back in the 90's in high school and I don't recall ever getting a catch so that shows how lucky the stupid can be.
This is an excellent video! It makes me just as freaked out as making all these mistakes on my own lathe (by accident) does, but hopefully it'll help me avoid them. Then again, the more videos I watch the worse I seem to get!
Hes not kidding with gouges and cutting bowls, still have a gouge stuck it the ceiling left it there after it caught an flipped straight up and stuck in the drywall, its there to remind me not to do it the wrong way ever again.
I am half way through this video and have already learned quite a bit. I have been doing lathe work for about a year or so now and in 5 minutes you have explained several things that I have been doing incorrectly with catches. Thank you. I have subscribed and look forward to more of your videos.
I'm just getting into wood turning and I found this very useful. I never really thought through before how the tool was in contact with the wood and the rest, and how that could result in catches like this. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have a couple of your books, but there is nothing like a video to get the full concept. I know how to use skew, but your explanation on why it catches makes sense.
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I jumped each time that happened. Good to know they are manageable. Thanks for demonstrating proper tool use.
i wish i had known you about 12 years ago, i wasted a few hundred dollars in wood finding that out the hard way. excellent work in showing and explaining why and how catches happen.
Im glad Ive watched this video before setting up and using my lathe for the first time. You are a natural at teaching!!
This is fantastic. I am considering taking up woodturning and was concerned by not knowing how things can go wrong. But you show exactly how the catches occur and how to use the tools safely to avoid getting them into that situation.
Simple, clear, unpretentious, sensible not gooning around trying to be a comedian, no annoying background music. High standard video complement high standard technical demonstration. Thank you so much for this superb and very helpful video.
Very good and clear guide! Now I just need to get home and practice!
i just learned more from this than all the other youtube videos i've seen ;) , i've been making all those mistakes and didnt know why , just inherited my dads lathe and trying to make sense of how to use it like he did
An extremely good teacher for first timers
Fantastic stuff. I'm just getting started in woodturning, and this kind of information really helps!
So many nuances. Thanks for the detailed explanation.
Thank you! My skew will now have a slight concave profile rather than straight. I will also stay far above the centerline to keep the tool clearance bevel against the wood surface.
Just learning to turn. Thanks for the information.
Thoroughly enjoyed your video. thank you for the well presented information.
Thank you very much for this video. I have tried and tried to use the skew chisel and finally just gave up and put it on the shelf. I thank I will get it down again and try once more. I just subscribed today please tell me, do you always teach or do you turn different articles too? Also how often do you post videos? You are a good teacher.
super sa comme video merci à vous de montrer toutes ces conseils tr bien .
This probably had the opposite intended effect on me. Now I am absolutely terrified at trying wood turning.
Main reason that it seems to be very small margins of error.
Cant you run the lathe slower? Seems it will cut at hand turned speed anyway.
gamingSlasher Imagine though this had happened when you started, and you had no idea it could happen, you'd need a new pair of trousers, and would wonder what you'd done wrong, start thinking you were lucky to have all your fingers, think you'd wasted all your money etc... at least watching this you know what could happen, that it happens to everyone, and that with a skew, it's fairly safe. I've been turning occasionally as part of my general woodworking hobby, for about 5 years, and I get catches all the time. They make you jump, and they wreck the work piece, but they're part and parcel of the hobby. Watching videos like this helps me understand and reduce them. The speed of the lathe here makes little difference. Hang in there!
Totally. It really makes me not want to try doing bowls at least. Yikes!
Agreed! Scared me right out of the gate.
as one who have been wood turning as an hobby without this knowledge. this looks for a bit more advanced turners. since I have seen few that cuts in that angel. for starters I did just have it straight 0°. making is very hard for it to cut Inn to the wood. and having it on lowest rpm. it's not that scary as you think. and being caution on what can happen will make it so you won't loose those fingers.(sorry shirty English) good luck
I totally understand what you're saying it does terrify the crap out of me also. But as long as we have respect for the tools always remember safety and educate ourselves then we will have better woodworking experiences. I do cuts on the table saw and let me tell you there is no room for error when working with those kinds of machines they are unforgiving.
Great information, thanks.
I put together a lather out of barn. Old delta.. I don't anything about lathes. But sure on one thing.. I don't have a clue what I'm doing
looks so scary to me. Thank you for your sharing. I sub.
There was a knock on my front door. I answered and my neighbour was standing there. He had a bandage around one arm and a patch on one eye. He asked me if I wanted his wood lathe for free. I said so whats the catch?
haahaa! Knot Bad, Bro!! :D
Hehe WOOD you believe it, a lathe joke
Lol now that's a woodworking joke.
I know! The catch is there's a family of rabid raccoons living underneath the lathe and one of them bit his arm. Oh, and he happens to be a pirate.
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Ultimate Dad joke!
I have never watched a video and jumped so many times!!
I was kinda watching through my hands like a horror movie all the time.
I think it just was me 😂
Yes and I still jump when it happens to him
Very good teacher, explains in detail.
First time I saw it and it made me jump and cringed.
Catching on purpose...this guy must have some ginormous plums.
No bigger than yours or mine. The difference is that he knows exactly what he's doing and why (and when) catches happen.
Yeah, the plum between his ears is huuuge!
Pretty sure he explained skew catches damage the wood not you so he's not afraid to show them all day long. Bowl gouge catches do harm you so didn't show them at all.
Skew...supported...even still I puckered up a little.
Wow, excellent video. I'm still learning lathe tooling techniques and this may have been more useful than anything else I've read.
One of the scariest, yet most informative videos I've seen in a long time. Excellent techniques to practice while learning. Kudos to the cameraman for the wonderful, clear angles to see exactly what was being discussed. Thanks!
I'm really glad I watched this and didn't just dive in. I would have made every mistake. Especially when cutting out a bowl. I didn't know you had to roll the tool like that. Thank you for the video.
I overcame my fear of catches by running my lathe at it's slowest speed. That got rid of the anxiety factor and allowed me to focus on what the cutting edge of the tool was doing. As I got more comfortable, I turned up the speed a little and practiced more, and continued doing that until I was comfortable at normal turning speeds. I did this with the skew, bowl gouges, spindle gouges, scrapers... basically every tool that is prone to catching. This is also a great way to learn how to use the tools, not only to avoid catches.
That's kind of reassuring, I'll start woodturning very soon and this video get me anxious to start. But at least it will help being prudent
Oooh I like that. Thanks for that tid-bit of advice. I just barely bought a lathe.
I now am afraid of the skew chisel but I must overcome this.
old reply, but still gold (from another learner). i just wish i could make my circular saw a variable speed. damn i hate single speed devices
@@dvandamme00 My Ridgid worm drive has soft start, compared to my previous Skil worm drive that would try to jump out of my hand when I hit the trigger. It's not variable speed but still a nice feature.
Special experience and expertise I like and really follow your example in getting extraordinary results ,,,👍👍🧡
Could someone please explain why some people did not like this video??
I'd liked it but feel more examination of the hand tools would help people. Some folks have no sense and there is alot of junk tooling out there for folks to get hurt with.
That's about the only negative I could come up with.
Never mind making the cameraman jump. I jumped watching some of those!
Top notch work. Thank you, Mr. Raffan.
Yeah... I've wanted to learn how to lathe for a long time. This video is going to save me time and money... because I'm going to stick with carving.
we need more videos from Richard Raffan!
Agreed!!
Yes please!!!
You are scaring me in this video! Great video Fine Woodworking Richard Raffan Rocks!
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Today 16Dec19, I used my New Excelsior Mini lathe for the first time, I recall using a lathe in a shop class in 8th grade..
I am 63,, lol.. I still recall the tool catching the wood on that very day in shop class. I am glad you were kind enough to post this video. It is a welcomed sight to prevent disaster
Thank you ....
Thank you sir, you've helped clear up a number of points for me, to the extent that I'm even going to gather my courage and pick up a skew chisel again!
I hear you, I just chunked out a piece myself recently.
Aloha from Hawaiʻi. Iʻm a sports photographer and carver by profession, and have recently started turning small bowls and found your channel about 2 weeks ago. I am greatly appreciating your videos! Thoroughness in explanation, always discussing caution and safety, and helping me learn that with patience, practice and proper technique , I can start off small and turn some pleasant little projects. Mahalo ā nui no kou manaʻo! Much thanks for your knowledge. -Eddie
Excellent video. Invaluable information for those of us not already experts in turning. Thank you.
Best 12 minutes I've spent all year. This explains what I'm doing incorrectly. No more "exciting" catches for me. Keep up the excellent work!
It's no coincidence that this video has 1.4 million views at the time of this comment. Very well done!
this is probably the best wood turning information on TH-cam. I really appreciate the amount of detail you've given and with this knowledge I have gotten much better at turning bowls. Knowledge cures fear.
This guy only has 8 fingers and one eye today.
I'm waiting for my first lathe to arrive, so I'm trying to soak up as much info as I can ahead of time. This video is helpful in that it teaches folks to respect the lathe and focus on what you're doing. I have to admit, I'm a little nervous about working with a lathe but just like any other tool it will take time and practice. I'm not new to woodworking, just the lathe and I've always thought the lathe was the most dangerous tool in a shop next to a table saw. Thank you for this video. I'll definitely look for more safety tips on this subject.
I have no idea where in the world you are, but I would recommend joining the local wood turning club and/or getting some tuition from a professional.
Just had my first turning experience... Almost immediately had a catch: The points of a roughing gouge digging into the work. Tool rest too low!
Great explanation... Very professional.. Best regards from Chile
çok başarılı, insanlara incelikleri öğretmek için kendini tehlikeye atıyorsun, benim için çok faydalı bir çalışma oldu ( turkish )
I've been woodworking for many years however never explored turning, just recently I begun to turn and this video is an excellent touch on the use and misuse of turning tools and techniques , thank you for a wonderful lesson.
so helpful. I just started turning about a month ago and couldn't figure out why I was catching while attempting bowls. now I know and can be much more safe. Thank you
Newbie appreciate this so much..still jumped annd i can see how i may get hurt..
Very informative for a new woodworker. Thank you so much for the information.
Realmente claro y al punto. Muchas gracias.
Excellent video. I'm completely self-taught and I had no idea I was using my skew the wrong way all this time. Maybe I'll try a bowl again after all... and may not get a catch with the bowl gouge this time!
Very well done video. And thanks for explaining the reasons of the catches...
For beginners, the catches are what we are afraid of...
Vincent
(from Belgium)
Excellent video. I'm currently looking to purchase a fairly basic lathe to see how I like wood turning and this is one of the best videos i've seen for explaining how and why catches occur. I have to admit though, the first catch you showed on the video made me jump slightly. haha.
Most videos out there typically explain how to use the tool properly, but don't go into how and why a screw up happens. But I guess most people aren't confident enough to intentionally catch a gouge for a demonstration. So hats off to you!
LBCAndrew my husband started with a bolt and a nut and a cordless drill than bought a 40$ Craigslist tile saw old school with 3/4 horse motor belt driven the saw blade spindle had a 5/8 nut on it he took a 5/8 drill chuck and spun it on used that for a month. With a lot of freehand cussing and trying to make a rest out of scrap wood bricks and a lot of c clamps he bought a 70 year old running shop smith and is now teaching me if you love it start with the same start making a few rings with a nut a bolt and cordless drill and for faster results add a angle grinder with flap disk lol but try to make some simple ring and if you keep trying to be better on purpose than chances are you got the bug
Schönes Video 👍würde mich freuen wenn ihr mir auf meinem Kanal vorbei schaut 😉
This dude is risking his safety just to teach us how to wood turn
Excellent. Cant get enough of this no nonsense simple approach. Nice one
holy crap...five seconds in and my heart jumps out of my chest. Thanks for that :-/
Question: You address the angle of the bevel, but I'm having trouble with two other angles now that I've got a skew chisel. One is the angle of the tool on the toolrest. You don't keep it flat on the toolrest, but rather rotate it slightly so that only the bottom edge is on the toolrest? How does this figure into catches?
The second angle is that of the two hands. Bringing the right hand further out will change which part of the tool is doing the cutting. How does THAT affect catches?
Sr. Much respect for your knowledge and instructions. I really appreciate your explanations, I can see you really really know what you are talking about. Thanks a lot!
I watching this like its my job. Never even used a laith.
Excellent, the best. Unfortunately, my english is not enough as to catch all details. Would be possible to insert subtitles, in english? The translation would be more easy. Anyway, the best explanation that I could found until now. Thank you!
Жаль, что я не владею английским. Меня заинтересовал способ крепления заготовки на станке. Привет из России.
Excellent. Surely a "must see" for any prospective woodturners (and maybe some current ones). Thank you.
This wood turning business is really hands on with moving parts and catching tools. What are the chances of keeping a full set of fingers?
After growing up, and realizing just how easily things can go wrong, it blew my mind that they had us use these in 7th grade untaught and unsupervised. I'm surprised we had no major injuries.
Thanks for the informative video, I just got a lathe and after watching this. I think I have a lot more videos to watch before I fire it up.
You definitely earned my subscription, this was very concise very instructive video on the dos and don’ts of lathe work
Perfect demonstrations. Only experience would allow this to be done on purpose with out injury. Great job. Thank you!
Great vid on the mistakes we make and why..
Should be more like this, so that people who
Really want to start turning can use for reference.
Top marks for this one.. well done team.
Many people learn a lot from hours of being told what to do , one little mistake can teach so much more !!!!! a lesson they will NEVER forget ,thanks so much for the lesson.
The reason you make the mistake is because you don't know what you're doing wrong. Him illustrating WHY you make the mistake is a lot more informative than YOU making the mistake.
That was an excellent "Mistakes" tutorial.
This video gave me anxiety. It was very educational, but still.
fantastic vidio Richard please do one on sharpening your tools as they look as if you could shave with them. Peter evans
at about 1:15 Richard says, "always use the tool long point down." Doesn't he actually mean "long point UP?"
This has been very useful.
I've just restarted wood turning. My previous experience was 60 years ago at school, so I'm more then a little 'rusty.'
I've been getting 'dig-ins' and snatches, and it happens so fast, that its impossible to detect what happened. These explanations will at least give me some situations to avoid.
Thanks for a very clear, simple, to the point explanation without any waffle. Spotted this at a good time as I am just learning/practising how to use my skew chisel. I got those very neat cirles around the wood and couldn't figure out why. Now I know.
Thank you for this video! Now I know why this happens. Very well explained!
Thanks for this very useful and entertaining video. For me as a newbie to woodturning I really appreciate your Catch-Collection !!!
Thanks a million for the video. Have some idea why the gauge takes chunks out the wood for me now.
Nice video, very informative. Scared the sh*t outta me every time it caught! I just got a mini lathe for my birthday, so I'm trying to learn everything I can and this definitely helped me out. Thanks!
wish I saw this video before I ruined 2 bowls that ripped out of the chuck and flew across my garage scaring the crap out of me
If you can find away to lock your work in you can run in reverse . Then the tool just fly's off the part. Wood lathes should have a left handed thread, and no more catches? I've been a machinist all my life, I know how to cut. I'm just now learning how to use a wood lathe. IT'S FUN. But not the catches.
My blood pressure is high for some reason after watching this!
Thank you for making this video! I am just learning how to use a lathe and the tools it came with. I’m really grateful that this video exists because it help me understand how to use the tools and lathe better. So again thank you.
Just starting into wood turning, excellent and very educational video, thank you. Makes it very clear exactly how the catches happen and how to avoid them
Scares the crap out of me! Lol I would rather have a catch then a table saw kickback any day!
I'm new to this sport. Thank you for explaining the physics of why it catches. I now have an understanding of what I am doing and why.
Best video I have seen explaining the basics of wood turning.
I just put new bearings in an old Craftsman wood lathe. I ran a 3/8 stud all the way thru to tie in the work. Now I'm going to run in REVERSE with tool upside down and see if I can eliminate tool catches.
I know this is an old video, but franly, this was one of the hardest videos for me to watch in a long long time, I was practically jumping out of my chair watching those catches. I have done wood turning since I was a teenager back in the 90's in high school and I don't recall ever getting a catch so that shows how lucky the stupid can be.
I love this guy! No matter what level this is a good video. Just getting started back to turning after four years and badly needed these lessons!
Learning so much from this video. Would love to see some of these things in hi-speed slow motion... call the slomo guys?
This is an excellent video! It makes me just as freaked out as making all these mistakes on my own lathe (by accident) does, but hopefully it'll help me avoid them. Then again, the more videos I watch the worse I seem to get!
I didn't know this was dangerous. All the pro videos on YT to classical music make it look easy and pleasant.
Very helpful for us beginners. Thank you for the instruction. Could you do a video demonstrating how the various tools are to be properly used?
I can't seem to figure out why my chisel keeps catching when doing the inside of a bowl... any solutions?
A tool will always catch when the wood descends on an unsupported portion of an edge. You should be using a gouge inside a bowl, not a chisel.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Sorry, I meant Gouge. But thank you!
After the first few it started to look like one of my Xmas trees when I'm having a bad day lol
Very informative. Clear explanation on why and how catches happen = learning how to avoid them. Thank you sir.
Hes not kidding with gouges and cutting bowls, still have a gouge stuck it the ceiling left it there after it caught an flipped straight up and stuck in the drywall, its there to remind me not to do it the wrong way ever again.
I am half way through this video and have already learned quite a bit. I have been doing lathe work for about a year or so now and in 5 minutes you have explained several things that I have been doing incorrectly with catches. Thank you. I have subscribed and look forward to more of your videos.
I'm just getting into wood turning and I found this very useful. I never really thought through before how the tool was in contact with the wood and the rest, and how that could result in catches like this. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have a couple of your books, but there is nothing like a video to get the full concept. I know how to use skew, but your explanation on why it catches makes sense.
Impressive to watch a craftsman who is not afraid to show us what can go wrong. Very informative, thanks for sharing it with us.
Thank you so much for a simple thorough explanation of these types of catches! This will improve my turning skills 100%!
Excellent teaching and demonstration Mr. Richard. Appreciate your contribution.