Richard Raffan turns a she-oak bowl

Рет қаралды 10,787

Жыл бұрын

This 120mm x 50mm bowl is turned from the centre saved in the Simple Bowl Coring video. For in-depth explanations of the tools and techniques you need to refer to my books and videos, and particularly Turning Bowls. www.richardraffan.com.au/book...

Пікірлер: 47

@pbpleased7936 Жыл бұрын

I continue to marvel at the openness of the woodturning community and its inherent willingness to help one another. For you to have the patience to present to the plethora of us underling idiots amazes me. For that I am grateful. Thank you!

@johnlavarine8155 Жыл бұрын

Mr Raffan, it is truly a pleasure to watch a true Master at work. I am fairly new to turning and watching the ease and precision that you turn is amazing to watch and learn from. Your videos help all turners, new and experienced, that are fortunate enough to find your channel. Thank you for taking the time to produce such quality videos.

@pamlico53 Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your presenting these no nonsense , highly informative videos. So thankful for having access to your demonstrations. A true masterclass every time. Doesn’t get any better.

@RichardRaffanwoodturning Жыл бұрын

Well thank you for that. Making videos is my new hobby.

@MarklTucson Жыл бұрын

Wonderful looking bowl, really appreciate the opportunity to watch you turn. And to think that little bowl would have wound up a pile of shavings if you hadn’t cored it out

@JohnInWaterdown Жыл бұрын

Thank you for series. I am enjoying the episodes, especially as a follow up to your many excellent books.

@j.a.d.creations Жыл бұрын

love watching your very tutorial videos Richard, skills and knowleged are top level.

@WhoGnu08 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful bowl, a nice piece of timber. Your use of the scraper informative: how you use it to shape and finish the surfaces. What a lesson! A great complement to your books.

@paulmartinaitis6207 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard for all the effort in putting these videos up - very much appreciated!. I have learnt turning from your books and DVD's over the last 20 years and these youtube vidoes really add an extra dimension...

@victoryak86 Жыл бұрын

There is beauty in the simplicity of the small bowl done with such skill and precision. The wood is particularly beautiful especially with the oil wax finish.

@jamespeelecarey Жыл бұрын

I began woodturning about 2004. Most of what I know I have gleaned from your books and DVDs from Taunton Press. This seems like a good chance to say thank you. I hope you keep making these videos. There's so much nonsense out there, these are a joy to watch.

@RichardRaffanwoodturning Жыл бұрын

Many thanks. I'm glad to have been of some help.

@luvwud Жыл бұрын

So nice to watch a craftsman at work. Richard that must be the longest I've seen you sand anything lol. Lovely bowl. Take care Geoff

@downsouthwoodturning Жыл бұрын

Great work. Thanks for the education

@trurex007lee7 Жыл бұрын

Amazing skills, but what is even better you still love to turn after all these years.

@wilfredourzagaste5473 7 ай бұрын

Muy bien maestro un abrazo desde Tarija Bolivia

@RichardRaffanwoodturning 7 ай бұрын

Gracias

@jackthompson5092 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful little bowl Richard.

@hfbowerndesigns810 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful bowl Richard. Take care Cheers Harold

@RichardRaffanwoodturning Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@raydriver7300 Жыл бұрын

A beautiful bowl in 13 minutes! Maybe after 40 years of practice I’ll be that competent. Unfortunately I’ll be 110 years old. 🌞

@RichardRaffanwoodturning Жыл бұрын

You can be that competant within ten years - I'm well out of practice...

@johnkriplean1148 Жыл бұрын

another excellent demo. thanks much. where are you living-looks like it might be cold.

@tricolorturners Жыл бұрын

Boy, that was fast. I was a bit winded watching;) Thanks, Richard!

@RichardRaffanwoodturning Жыл бұрын

And there I was thinking there was a lot of messing around with the sanding.

@tricolorturners Жыл бұрын

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Actually, I appreciated the messing around with sanding. It made me feel better. My ego usually has me sticking a tool back inside…

@user-ky7ji2tu3j Жыл бұрын

Спасибо за науку.

@RichardRaffanwoodturning Жыл бұрын

Не за что

@keithdexter8710 Жыл бұрын

I have to ask, what kind of oak is, she-oak??

@ronreynolds8207 Жыл бұрын

when you're honing the scraper edge are you making the edge crisper or trying to raise a burr on it or a bit of both? when i hone my scrapers with a diamond card i tend to pull up to try to raise more of a burr and have even heard of folks using a carbide rod to replace the burr with a hook like a cabinet scraper. looks like you're honing both up and down so guessing it's more crisp and less burr. nice bowl. :)

@glencrandall7051 Жыл бұрын

I have the same question about the wood spieces. What is she-oak. What you turned looks a lot like mahogany. But whatever it is you certainly did it justice. 👍👍Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

@murrayralph2353 Жыл бұрын

It’s an Australian native species. It’s not a quercus but a casuarina en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casuarina

@christopherharrison6724 Ай бұрын

Do you ever use shellac as part of your finishing process?

@RichardRaffanwoodturning Ай бұрын

I tried shellac decades ago and found it totally unsuited to utilitarian pieces.

@stevenhansen8641 Жыл бұрын

🕶

@nljack123 Жыл бұрын

I don't have any experience with the boiled linseed oil and wax combination as a finish, but have seen you use it on many videos. Does it hold up over time? If not, how do you touch it up?

@RichardRaffanwoodturning Жыл бұрын

I hope my bowls will be used. If used for food they'll be washed in hot water and detergent which removes the finish. I put a label on each bowl that advies what to do. Bowls in daily used can be treated like a wooden chopping board: washed and left to drain, oiled very occasionally if you feel you absolutely have to. If a bowl isn't going to go near water it can be polished with any furniture polish, preferably beeswax-based, but that's not essential. Regular polishing, say weekly, soon produces an antique-like patina you'll never get out of a bottle or can.

@nljack123 Жыл бұрын

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Thank you.

@user-oh3kj6rt3p 11 ай бұрын

Did you say you used Bees Wax to finish?

@RichardRaffanwoodturning 11 ай бұрын

Correct. I use pure beeswax, often mixed with boiled linseed oil on the wood as it spins on the lathe. .

@oshgcan3350 Жыл бұрын

I don't like the tenon left as a foot. I see how it is quicker, but I like when you make a jam chuck and remove the tenon.

@RichardRaffanwoodturning Жыл бұрын

If you don't care for footed bowls, that's a curious personal preference given the long tradition of footed bowls in many cultures. If you don't like the idea of a foot being used as a tenon that's simply ridiculous and shows a lack of imagination or lack of chucks. Why add a needless extra step in the bowl making process if you can avoid it.

@oshgcan3350 Жыл бұрын

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning While I have your attention... Please convince the publisher to print more Richard Raffan Turning Boxes. The used books sell for more than they cost when they were new.

@craigpennifold3498 Жыл бұрын

Leaving a tenon foot, or not, is entirely a design decision. The shape of the tenon foot lifts the bowl from the surface on which it is resting and provides a nice complement to the bowl design.

@RichardRaffanwoodturning Жыл бұрын

@@oshgcan3350 Best to contact Taunton Press direct as well as myself. They might even have a few copies left in their warehouse.

@oshgcan3350 Жыл бұрын

@@craigpennifold3498 I'll grant you it can be attractive, but it looks tippy. I can just see my popcorn spilled on the table.