Richard Raffan turns juniper firewood into spatulas and tiny bowls.

In a length of sawmill waste I find eight spatulas and two small bowls. You can see the bowls being made in the Juniper Test Bowls video. The spatula is in the Juniper Spatular With a Skew Chisel video.

[@johnnyb95678]

Thank you for showing us how to look at a piece of wood and get the most out of it.

[@Sealight007]

always good. Best teacher ever!

[@jackthompson5092]

Wow $180 from a piece of fire wood. Well done Richard.

[@josephpotterf9459]

Thanks Richard

[@bobking6323]

Bob here from New Zealand. I have shamelessly copied your style and techniques over the last year and my confidence and finished work has improved out of sight. Thank you.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I'm delighted to have been of assistance.

[@whittysworkshop982]

Love it! Turning is one thing; but first we have to know how to saw our blanks........ Many thanks, from a real beginner, youre my favourite teacher 😁

[@glencrandall7051]

That piece of Juniper produced quite a number of useful pieces. I wish I could think like you when it comes to parting out a piece of timber. I think I am learning but I have a long way to go. Thank you for sharing.. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

[@terryyancy3957]

Watching your videos have helped me improve a great deal. I have gained so much from your book "The art of the turned bowl."(which I keep readily available in my shop) I just now am getting comfortable trying your shear scraping techniques. I recently purchased every signature scraper of yours and they are a game changer for me! Such a pleasure turning wood and not having to sand my way out of torn grain) Thanks again for this channel it has helped me more than i can put into this message!

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I'm glad to be of some assistance.

[@jorisdemoel3821]

For some reason KZbin decided to show suggest these videos in reverse order. Excellent to see you figure out the most economical use of the wood, and the end results. How would one go about buying one of your turnings? Thanks for another instructional video.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

They're in the order in which I published them. Regards buying a piece, pleases come through www.richardraffan.com.au/contact/.

[@jorisdemoel3821]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Yes, it was just KZbin being weird

[@emgiwoodworks]

Hi Richard, thnx for another helpful video. I have a question if I may: Back in the days when you were production turning, how did you ensure to have enough (dry) wood of the right size available to make what customers wanted?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I usually had several hundred bowls rough-turned turned to standard sizes seasoning. Off-cuts from the boards from which I cut bowl blanks were squared and kept for as long as possible, often over 10 years, for small projects, mostly boxes and small bowls. Several times I've sold off several palette-loads of surplus blanks. In Britain in the 1970s I had a several tons of 30mm thick London plane boards seasoning for breadboards and trays. Any surplus cash was invested in freshly sawn boards or burl.