Richard Raffan turns a cross-grain tripod pencil pot.

See how I turn a 65mm (2½”) diameter cross-grain cylinder using a spindle gouge, then turn set of beads using a grooving tool I made from elderly ¾-in skew chisel. You see how I handle the scrapers when hollowing, overcome archetypal hollowing issues, use a sanding dowel, carve the feet, and finally stick it in the microwave to dry and distort it.

[@jayscott306]

Another fine pot, Richard. I've been watching for years and waiting for the right green wood to try green turning and letting it warp. Monday a Mayday tree was cut, Tuesday evening I won four pieces at our club meeting, yesterday I turned it, finishing the foot today. I managed to leave some nice inclusions, and it is warping, magnificently, without cracking. Thank you for the continued education.

[@jimphilpott902]

I have watched you turn this project in several videos and love the results each time. The slight beading is such a nice touch. Thank you again for your generous sharing of knowledge and skill.

[@bobh5616]

So many years of experience and expertise - thank you again for sharing your thought processes

[@user-lt3qd9pz6o]

Brilliant as always Richard. Thank you for sharing your expertise l learn so much from you. Keep putting out the great videos.

[@glencrandall7051]

Nice piece of work Richard, as usual of course. Nice color contrast. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

[@jackthompson5092]

Beautiful little pencil pot Richard.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

The legs give it that little extra touch! Nice!

[@johnnyb95678]

Thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge. The pot turned out so beautiful. Thank you!

[@MarklTucson]

A very neat looking pot; that elm really looks great. It's very instructive hearing you talk through the details of your design process. So many different take-aways from this video. I have a similar rotary burr and have been waiting to get the appropriately sized chuck for the Foredom rotary tool I got from my Dad -- had never thought to chuck it up in the lathe. Am definitely going to give that a go; mine is more triangular so should work well for putting feet on boxes or other turnings.

[@DennisSuitters]

Thanks for sharing Richard, always enjoyable watching you turn, and the snippets from your thought process. I'm going to make some pencils pots after watch this, as I have a bit of Tasmanian Blackwood that will work perfectly, only I'm going to cheat and use a 100mm Forstner Bit to hollow them out, then finish them with a scraper, mostly due to laziness, but mostly due to not having a long scraper such as what you used.

[@davidskillestad7093]

Excellent turning. Kudos

[@DacaTimberworks.]

These look fun, i like how you encourage warping. To me the warping in some items just help them look organic and natural. I have a piece of hss i need to make a square end scraper out of and try your pots.

[@raydriver7300]

Interesting as always. Thank you for sharing your expertise 🌞

[@DavidBird-uu8km]

Very nice another great video. Thanks.

[@ChessTurner]

Perfect job, thank you so much for great video

[@peterscherle2853]

Wonderful work, I am curious how u made the beading tool, was there a past video?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

The grooving tool is an old skew chisel. The vee-grooves we ground on the corner of an 80-grit CBN wheel. Others were ground on the corner of an aluminum oxide 80-grit wheel.

[@josephpotterf9459]

Thanks

[@garyegbert4248]

Great video Richard. I have watched it twice now and am amazed how you use gouges and scrapers deep inside the pots. I have made several pots like this but there is no way with my tools and four years of experience I could do what you do. Most of my pots end up getting drilled out with some minor gouge/scraper work inside. Maybe in another 30 years I will be brave enough to try. Thanks for all your great videos.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Longer handles are a great help when deep hollowing. Ideally handles should be five times the length of the tool.

[@kenvasko2285]

I really enjoyed this one. I saw some things I could do better. I think by making the base a little wider helps exaggerate the final warped curve shape. Was that intentional? The feet are a good addition, too. Nice design!

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

More intuitive I suspect.

[@richardbufton3605]

Hi Richard
I've been doing some small Ash boxes but I keep getting tear out and wondered how I can minimise it.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I'd need to see the tear out. You can email me via my website www.richardraffan.com.au/contact/

[@richardbufton3605]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thank you Richard I will send email tomorrow.

[@stevehood10]

might have to start bringing home nukers from hard rubbish, the cook's going to object if I start doing that in the kitchen. Saburrtooth do a cylindrical rotary burr, they work well in a Dremel.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I now have a range of cylindrical and conical rotary burrs.

[@mootnmike]

👍

[@williamno.1450]

is there any method of drying that causes more warping, or will it warp the same in different amounts of time? Does the microwave make it warp more?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Microwaving achieves in a few minutes what will otherwise happen in a few weeks as the wood dries without help. Elm usually distorts more that here, so this was somewhat disappointing. Other timbers likely to distort dramatically when turned green include oaks, , holly, banksia, casuarinas. th-cam.com/video/ZvZ5k4IzqpQ/w-d-xo.html

[@drewclements04]

What helped you make the decision to not cut a tenon like a typical bowl? Im currently turning my first mug and went with a tenon. Im twice turning because i don't want this specific piece to warp.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

First, a tenon tends to waste wood so I prefer this approach. Second, this is crossgrain, so a short tenon is would be nothing like as secure as it would be on an endgrain cylinder with the grain running into the chuck jaws. .

[@drewclements04]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thanks for your response! It makes sense! I'll try one without a tenon next and see how it goes!

[@singe1978]

What jaws did you use as i am looking for the same but due to several lots of brain surgery my memory is damaged and i struggle to remember the names of things😢

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I'm all Vicmarc chucks, using Shark jaws in place of the standard jaws sold with the chucks. th-cam.com/video/qKLjtu6n2o8/w-d-xo.html

[@singe1978]

@RichardRaffanwoodturning thank you for the advice much appreciated! 😀

[@burnleyize]

First! Wahoo!
Nice, nice, nice!

[@ericbergen4155]

What rpm are you turning at ?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I can't recall, but it would have been around 1200-1600 rpm, starting slow and increasing the speed once the blank is trued.

[@davidskillestad7093]

I always cut the corners off with my band saw first. Less waste....

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

You see this blank being cut in th-cam.com/video/4Qj0tKIRGGE/w-d-xo.html. I'd love to know how you would achieve less waste.

[@mootnmike]

Less waste?

[@eltay3]

Rounding on the bandsaw simply takes more time for a similar result.

[@davidskillestad7093]

@@mootnmike yes I use the cutoffs for other projects instead of sweeping it off the floor and into thetrash..the trash... LESS WASTE...

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

@@davidskillestad7093 I'm not sure you appreciate this is crossgrain. Had the blank been long grain and cut from a board rather than a slice of endgrain I'd have had some possibly useful sticks. I'm not known for wasting material.