Richard Raffan turns a small pot from green elm.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ม.ค. 2024
- This is the first of six videos showing what happened to blanks I cut from the slab in • Richard Raffan convert... . You see all the turning in real time and some nifty chucking for turning the base. The pot is 60x60mm, 2⅜-in x 2⅜-in.
"A little pot with attitude", I like that. Really like how the wood distorts and adds character.
I like this piece. In my own turning I’ve shied away from using green wood and letting it naturally warp, mainly because I didn’t want someone (not a turner) to think that was the best I could do. Such a silly reason, but confession is good for the soul. Now I feel like I have a license to make something other than shiny symmetrical objects. Thanks for the lesson.
Everybody I’ve turned stuff for is immediately attracted to the warped bowls. They have a character that fully symmetric items don’t.
I am SO very grateful for the series of videos that you have been making!! How I WISH that these had been available when I was beginning to turn some 23 years ago. Thankfully, I DID have your several books.
There were videos that became DVDs and some are still available. www.richardraffan.com.au/books-and-dvds/
I never think of making little things on the lathe but the more I watch you Richard, my curiosity is growing. Making bigger bowls is my goal but they take so much time, especially if you’re a twice turn turner like myself. I get bored too easily so I think I’ll try a few small pots or cups in the future.
Thanks for making and posting. Always informative and entertaining.
That pot is all "Guuuurl, please" lol.
I love it!! Awesome video, Richard
Putting a magnet on the banjo to temporarily hold a tool is really smart. So clever, Richard.
Excellent! I love how you just get on with it. No messing around 👌
Very nice - great follow up to the bandsaw video - always learn something from your videos.
Thank you Mystro. I feel i am making ever move with you.
If only i made them in the real world.
Another beautiful little pot. Thank you for taking us along on the adventure. Watching you work, I always learn something. Thank you!
So nicely done and very enjoyable to watch.❤
Bonjour Richard. Je trouve votre tournage superbement réalisé ,le résultat final est magnifique. Vous donnez l'impression de tourner dans du beure .L'orme ,les outils ou bien les deux ?Chapeau et merci .En plus vous expliquez parfaitement et tout est clair.👍
Du bon bois et des outils tranchants facilitent la vie.
Beautiful little pot Richard.
Love your Richard always inspirational and informative.
Nicely done Richard. Interesting idea of using the magnet for depth measurement. I like the little pot shape. Would have liked to see it with the three feet. I love the way the shape changed as it dried out. Thank you for sharing. Have a great 2024 and stay safe.🙂🙂
I first saw Richard using a magnet for depth measurement and now I use it religiously. No more funnels for me.
Richard...that form is similar to the mate in my country (Argentina)...great job, thanks, Sergio
"A little pot with attitude." I love it.
Thanks Richard.
Thank you sir. Wouldn’t be nice if if some made a set of jaws that would clamp perfectly over a beaded foot.
That's what's all Vicmarc and some other manufacturers' jaws do, but the diameter being gripped has to be right for the jaws you're using as in my Jaws not Marking the Wood video th-cam.com/video/DV2T6oJgCi4/w-d-xo.html
Nice work dude. Such a beautiful piece of wood 💖💖
For the love of god, can we all just chip in and get Richard an air compressor? Love the channel.
I agree. I’m in.
Many thanks for the thought, but dont want an air compressor. I've rarely had room for one and now I'm in my 80s I'm trying to downsize. I've nowhere to keep one and they're noisy and there's enough noise as it is.
Throughout the video you kept the POV through the camera up close where we could see everything in a lot of detail. Even pores in the wood. Thank you!
What is POV?
@@johnmitchell1614 point of view.
Oh thanks Woodbee, those pesky acronyms. 🙃@@woodbeeturnings
Thx for the magnet trick😊
Using the magnet is inspired
The only thing predictable about drying green wood is the beautifully unexcepted shape it reveals. We think we have an idea where the wood will go but there is always a surprise in the end. Your elegant design allowed the wood to show it's stuff.
Will you continue to microwave this piece or let it air dry before you get your "finishing socks" out?
Lovely!
Do you put a cup of water in the microwave with the piece? I’ve been told this reduces the power going into the piece
No. That's only necessary if you're heating something dry like a heat pack. My understanding is that microwave ovens need moisture.
Thank you!
Great content requiring about .02 worth of wood!!
Lovely little piece and amazing what's a microwave
very cool
Here in the midwest US, we have multiple species of Elm each with unique wood characteristics. I am very curious about the particular species of Elm you are working with. I have used green American elm for warped pieces because it has very stringy grain and dries thin turned without cracking. What species of Elm is your piece? Thanks
I'm told that specific elm tree was Ulmus Parvifolia, (as distinct from U. Procera) & was grown in a well watered area next to a sheep pen, about 1km from the Murrumbidgee river
We have those around here and call them Chinese Elm. Thanks for the reply; curiosity satisfied.@@RichardRaffanwoodturning
Mr Raffan. Do you ever rough turn green spindle blanks to a cylinder and then dry them?
No is the short answer. Apart from spillikin sticks and a few spatulas I've turned very very few spindles for 50 years. Blanks for those were usally seasoned but didn't have to be. 40 years ago I was supplied with seasoned blanks for 10 chairs and a pair of beds.
Did the post split when it cooled?
It appears the "three little legs" are on the floor of your shop.
Very nise🏺
I'll turn green things from time to time and I always get splitting and cracking I never get just warping. is there anything to do about that. or is it just piece to piece?
Even density of timber helps and no prior splits in the blank. Some woods distort much more than others. Amongst my favourite distorters are oaks, casuarinas, banksia, madrone, eucalypts.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning I turn a lot of walnut, you can see my profile picture is a live edge walnut that turned out beautifully. The only problem was it was wet (very wet) I was getting splashed as I turned it. Since it's dried it's all but fallen apart in the bottom.
@@CharnavinT.Charnuvanik Walnut is usually pretty stable so there might have been micro splits from the heartwood you didn't spot. I usually have the the ith near the top of green turned bowls and pots.
Rubber bands might work even better where you were using plastic.
I don't think I hade space for a rubber band, but I'll bear that one in mind.
At what speed did the rolling take place? The lathe doesn't have a potentiometer? Are you running at constant speed?
As I start turning I tell you it's 2000rpm. I can vary the speed electronically and might have but I don't recall. There's usually no need working on this scale.
Did you apply beeswax before or after the microwave? Thank you.
@@lynnwalker6818 The finish, boiled linseed oil, went on once the wood dried, after microwaving.
Will you eventually put some sort of finish on it? If so, what?
At the very end you see it after it was oiled with boiled linseed oil. It might yet get a verdigris or rust finish or a mix of the two.