Richard Raffan turns two small natural edge bowls

[@kugeldrechsler866]

Hallo Richard from Austria! You are the very best teacher and woodturner i've seen in KZbin Videos! No nonsens, best explanation - pure practice !! And fine handling shown at the Bandsaw without hurts on your fingers !!! 👍👍👍

[@RayShaw007]

Superb! An experienced master craftsman at work. Great narrative and a really informative demo. Love the emergent quaility: "We'll just see what happens" and the end of project design alteration. We may start with an idea in mind and yet the wood/emergent shape somehow informs us. For some reason i found this a really encouraging video. Thankyou for sharing and let's also acknowledge your cameraman. Bril!!!

[@chriselliott726]

Since we now seem to be living in a country where very few seem to know what they are doing it is an absolute pleasure to watch someone who clearly does.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

So is this a lottery on where you live? Answers on a postcard to......

[@claudepotter7763]

They look fantastic

[@HunterJE]

So lovely to see those unassuming chunks of seeming waste wood turned in to such beautiful objects.

[@JamesBondDZero7Mi6]

I love this new mini-series of turning videos. Richard is such an icon in the turning world and is admired by many, including me. I use my book that Richard wrote "The Art of Turned Bowls" to be inspired for design elements as I create turned bowls. I have a new Vicmarc lathe on my radar and hope to purchase one soon. Thanks for all the lessons, Richard!

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Vicmarc lathes and chucks are an excellent investment which is why you rarely see them second hand on the open market.

[@garyjohnson9297]

You make it look so effortless, I love your little button tail center , I use a super bounce ball sold in vending machines for $ .50 cut in half I place the flat side to the bottom of my work , and press the round side against the work with pin and cup live center

[@mithtermiketython]

Been following Richard for a long time now but has anyone else ever noticed how he's always got the Les Nessman band-aid somewhere on him in every video? LOL Love it!

[@MD-en3zm]

I spend a lot of my time in the shop and am usually more bandaid than man too. =p

[@keithkimsten5111]

I enjoyed the video immensely. Thanks for the tutorial.👍👍🍻

[@burnleyize]

Mr. RAFFAN makes the difficult look easy and the complex gets simplified. Thank you again, sir. You are a fantastic teacher.

[@garyegbert4248]

Your you tube videos are so veryhelpful and your comments are great. I very much appreciate your time and effort to help a novice turner like me. I hope to find some good HSS bar stock to make some scrapers like the ones you use. I am amazed at how you yus a spindle gouge for rough turning. I am anxious to try that soon.

[@workmcb3838]

Richard is my "new" favorite wood turner on you tube. Experience, no nonsense comes through.

[@arloames4517]

I really appreciate you posting videos on youtube. Everything I know about woodturning I learned from you. You're doing a great job of sharing the logic of how woodturning really works. Keep it up.

[@marksteeden4824]

Totally agree Arlo

[@jackthompson5092]

Thanks Richard.

[@brianhawes3115]

Great video, as I was wondering about chucking a live edge, my first attempt I used a fostner bit to make a flat and put it on my screw chuck, worked great I got my foot turned and then went to back off the chicken to release the worm screw and realized the recess was the same size! Had to unscrew it but it had gotten extremely tight during that first operation, lesson learned, I going to try your way next , I like how you oriented the natural edge , we’re my method that was done at the drill press using shims the level it off

[@RcWoodturning]

Very cool Richard. If I can get half as good as you I'll be happy. I shift things around in the chuck all the time, but I use the tool and it happens when I don't want it too. 😆

[@janicekneule5979]

Hi Richard. I learned to turn wood a long time ago using your books and videos. I've been turning for 20+ years and I learned so much from you. I'm excited to see you have a youtube channel. Thank you for teaching me about this wonderful practice !! I look forward to seeing more ☺from your channel.

[@richardhefty]

Just found this. Really inspiring! Larger bowls take ages when you're a beginner, and these will fit on my Nan's mantelpiece. Perfect.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Speed comes with repition and practice. 100-15mm x 75mm (6x3-in) is a good size to start. The problem with smaller bowls like these is that the tolerances are a lot tighter so frustrating disasters are more likely. Happy turning.

[@marktrenier3358]

Spectacular little bowls; thanks for all the fantastic information.

[@beardedwoodpecker]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us Take care Yiannis (Athens Greece)

[@brianstapely1288]

Thanks!

[@peterhapeta1236]

One word, awesome. Gonna love learning from you Richard. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@marksteeden4824]

Really enjoy these video's, Richard, you are a great teacher, constant commentary, step by step makes it easy to understand and hopefully learn from. As a beginner I am in awe of your skills and experience.

[@paulsimmons390]

Very Careful and very precise Great work I see why you are the dean of wood turners

[@rocioneyra2150]

I recent bought The Art of turned bowls" and wonder if you were in YT. Glad i found you. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Greetings

[@DougMilleratWoodSpunRound]

Thanks again! Both bowls are beautiful.

[@terrysharp908]

Excellent as always, thanks

[@tricolorturners]

Really enjoyed that one, Richard! Certainly a different project video for you.

[@PatriciaSamHouston]

A pleasure to watch…..beautiful bowls

[@trurex007lee7]

Sweet bowls. Easier to make and I’m sure would make someone happy.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Not so sure about easier to make once they get thin.....

[@trurex007lee7]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Oh not easy for me that’s for sure, especially as thin and delicate as yours. Mine would be a little thicker walled. Your mastery is enjoyable to watch and learn.

[@michaelfelixb1316]

Klein und fein👌👏 wunderschön gemacht 👍

[@tallerpinocho]

thanks Richard and Dave for the video. A lot of information to process and try. I need to review again with spanish translation.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

My apologies for not being able to help with the translation. Hopefully I'm good for your English.

[@gordroberts53]

I am learning so much! Thanks for sharing!

[@stevenhansen8641]

Thanks Richard,very nice. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the time and effort.

[@craigkeller]

A true Master. Thank you 🙏

[@selinawilliams3232]

Beautiful! love the form!

[@DiemenDesign]

Very nice Richard. There's just something about small bowls. I tend to move more of them than larger bowls, but I think that's due to visitors to Tasmania not being able to take larger stuff with them, I usually end up shipping larger items. Not sure what it says about me, here I am watching you turn, when I should be packing up my workshop for our big move on Tuesday, lol.

[@DiemenDesign]

And thanks to your Camera man (sorry missed his name), for asking questions, and getting you to explain what your doing further. This really does help us understand your thought process.

[@boooshes]

Nice work.

[@vernsteinbrecker3759]

Great job, they look awesome

[@mnp1964]

Nice job love the grey one if you want to get rid of it you can give it to me lol I really like the way you take the time to tell us and teach us new turners how to turn thanks

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I thought to keep the grey one, but there's usually a price or offer too good to refuse. I might be a retired professional, but I'm still happy to sell what I make. You can always message or email an offer...

[@victoryak86]

Is there anything more done to the live edge finish wise? Of course retaining its natural look but with oil only? These are truly lovely bowls.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Generally that's it. If there are bits of fluff or anything on a spikey rim, I use a stiff brush much as you might brush brushing shoes, carrots or potatoes.

[@victoryak86]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thank you for that info. I really like the look of those bowls. Appreciate such a craftsman as yourself sharing your knowledge with us! Have a great day.

[@Dominicaislandmon]

The more you learn the more you understand and benefit from his short comments. At first they make no sense because of your ignorance of the subject then they some times become hilarious. i.e.. If I sharpen the rest I could just move it in..... Bahaha Thanks Richard, I'm beginning to learn a lot from just your short quips.

[@MD-en3zm]

Why is it that when I try to sand my bowls like you do, I get tons of cross grain scratches? I get a good surface off the gouge/scraper, but even fine grit sandpaper leaves so many crossgrain scratches that I end up spending an hour or 2 sanding and then still have to hand sand to remove them.

[@amospeterson3251]

Thanks a bunch Richard! AmosP

[@lefteriskareliswoodturning6554]

Nice work from a master!!!!!I wanted to ask ..if there is any rule or advice for speed when sanding?? Thank you in advance Mr Raffan

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I want to feel the wood dragging at the abrasive, which means the abasive isn't skidding across the wood.

[@lefteriskareliswoodturning6554]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Thank you !!!

[@Laikeen]

that camera is out of focus during a long time, but very good explication of M. Raffan

[@kedelig2011]

Thanks for yet another fine video. From around 17:00 and again from around 34:00 you use a wide scraper for the inside. The short corner of the scraper has a notch. Would you mind telling what that's used for? Can't quite tell from the viewing angle if it might fit the edge of a tenon or a recess?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

The left side of the shear scraper is rounded so it slides along the rest, which means one side of the left corner is rounded, so the corner isn't really pointy. Consequently I flatten the end of the rounded side. It allows me to shear scrape (with the tool tilted on edge) right into a corner. At 13:45 in the Wide Rim Dish video you'll see the corner of the shear scraper used to decorate the foot.On skew chisels with rounded sides I flatten the portions adjacent to the bevels to create sharper long and short corners and produce a more useful bevel side which you'll see producing very fine shapings in endgrain.

[@kedelig2011]

Thanks very much. Very interesting idea/feature, I'll copy that straight away. SO glad you took up making videos again.

[@sethwarner2540]

@ 17:00 "that doesn't sound very sharp" . Here's a man that knows his tools intimately! Just wish we could see inside the bowl!

[@davidbockel5749]

Were these burl cutoffs? You exposed some absolutely gorgeous grain patterns! How fast were you turning there? I notice that your gouges have very short shafts. Is that for better control/less vibration? Thanks!

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

These blanks would have been firewood but for th grain. I knew there should be a bowl within each. The lathe speed was in the 1600-1800rpm range. The tools are elderly and near the ends of their use as gouges. I never use a longer tool than necessary. The rest was close to the point of cutting - I see no point in wasting good steel when you don't have to.

[@brianhenry5834]

Richard, what is the chuck you use for the second bowl? I am not sure what you are calling it. Thx. Brian

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

The chucks are Vicmarc VM100s, the jaws gripping the foot are Shark Jaws.

[@denisvienat849]

Magnifique Richard bravo 👍👏🇨🇭

[@mubinanwar2301]

How much price of this nice bowls nearly??

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

They sold for about $150 each.

[@jmbcorreia72]

How do you prevent from damaging the bottom when reversing the bowl on the chuck? Love your videos!

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

That's the point of the small disk of MDF at 45.45 to46.02: it's thick enough that the conical centre doesn't reach the bowl.

[@jmbcorreia72]

I meant when you reverse the bowl to hollow it. Before hollowing, you finish the bottom. I was wondering if the chuck doesn't damage the finished bottom. Because you need to secure it tightly to do the hollowing.

[@jmbcorreia72]

21.20 in the video.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

If the foot is the same size or slightly smaller than the chuck, dovetail jaws without bevelled rims like my Vicmarc chucks won't leave a mark when the jaws grip in a corner. The wide-rimmed dish also came straight out of the chuck finished with no chuck marks on the foot.

[@tomislavtomasicwoodturning]

Just woow😀

[@steinroehder]

Thanks for not cutting the video so as to hide all the little adjustments and mid-work decisions. Much more informative this way.

[@larryfetterman3528]

Nice very Nice

[@keawoodturningstudiohawaii1183]

Great turning, now lets buy a second camera and have picture in picture and or a few different camera angles.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

You mean like many of the other videos... Unfortunately Dave Segal who has the cameras and recording gear is moving away, so I'm having to come to terms with shooting my own videos.

[@pjseiber2774]

VERY VERY 👌

[@josephgosselin1808]

Hard to learn very much with only the above camera angle!

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Sounds like you didn't watch the whole video. If you did, I'm wondering what more you were hoping to learn or see. This video is primarily about extracting and shaping a bowl profile from an unlikely blank. From above you get a much better idea of how gouges and scrapers are used and of course you do also see shavings coming off the tool inside the second bowl.

[@josephgosselin1808]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thx for responding. Although I did watch whole video, I did comment before doing so. I did notice, almost on que, after posting comments that you did switch Camera angles. Both cameras at once is the most informative as you can watch exactly where on the tool, cuts are being made and exactly where in the bowl the tool tip is. Either way, love seeing ALL your recent videos. Signed, former student!

[@joeydupre6153]

Richard, I know you know the dangers of linseed oil-soaked rags, but it might be wise to mention it to new folks that are unaware of the phenomenon.