Richard Raffan turns firewood into small bowls.

[@ronbeckhaus7326]

In the time I have been watching your videos, I have learned a great deal about the use of scrapers which has improved my turning immensely. Thank you Richard for all that you give to the turning community and especially fledgling turners like me. I'm 66 and have been turni g for 3.5 years. Cheers mate.

[@leftmono1016]

Similar for me, using a scraper to get that internal profile spot on almost feels like cheating!

[@laurencefelton2335]

When that rag caught, I jumped so much that I spilt my coffee! Thanks for being so generous with your time. A little story to (hopefully) make you smile. Recently and quite out of the blue, a museum bought a large batch of my bowls. I was all ready to feel quite pleased with myself... until I found out they were to be used as props in dioramas of peasant homes! That puts me firmly in my place: simple and utilitarian.

[@Sealight007]

I love your small bowls. My granddaughter is visiting and I showed her this video and we went down to my shop and made a couple of bowls. I wish more young people could see the magic of turning a log into something on a lathe. It is magic in so many ways.

[@woodshopsquared3183]

Just turned my best bowl ever and owe a lot of it to your videos

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I'm delighted to have been of some help.

[@WhoGnu08]

I had forgotten how brilliant this is. It pays to rewatch all of Richard's videos.

[@chadholt6235]

Thank you, Mr. Raffan. Weather you intended to teach in your videos or they are just for entertainment, I have learned a great deal from you. I appreciate you. Cheers, from America.

[@terryyancy3957]

Always good useful info in your videos....I'm learning,. Thanks again

[@micheleheddane3804]

I love your channel.the pieces you make are so delicate and you make it look so easy, sign of an expert

[@sneggysteve]

Love your videos Richard. No fancy tools or gimmicks - straight forward, easy to follow and always something to learn.

[@davidcrandell1172]

Thanks Richard. Thats another cracking video.

[@davidbaxter5132]

Coincidentally, I have just come in from the workshop having turned three small bowls from 'scrap wood', in this design; like you, I hate to waste any useful wood! I like the idea and comment/ reply earlier about a salt bowl and scoop - that will be next. Your 'validation' for using scrapers in the bottom of the bowls is also appreciated, again, it made sense to me, but as per a previous comment, it felt like 'cheating'; no longer, I love your practical 'no nonsense' approach - I learn so much; thank you for sharing with us.

[@kugeldrechsler866]

Yes, all that Richard says ist pure information without any nonsens in a wonderful presentation ! Many thanks to him! 😃

[@joesmith1574]

These are pretty cool! Now I know what to do with those off cuts instead of burning them.

[@oldcharlie5533]

Wishing you a happy and healthy new year..

[@naturaIIydifferent]

Happy New Year! Great little bowls, and great use of otherwise scrap wood. Thanks for all you do!

[@boooshes]

Nice little gems . Thanks.

[@kreegan]

I'm so glad you started this channel, Richard. I watch every video as soon as I see it posted, and I learn something every time. Happy New Year!

[@MichaelKieweg]

Quite a nice ensemble! Best wishes for 2023 from Germany

[@tomislavtomasicwoodturning]

Love those tips on saving every litlle piece of wood....Nice bowls Sir as always 👍

[@Stillnapie]

I used to make these for a local kitchen store as condiment bowls, (as learned from your original videos of course!!), They were of course destroyed by Amazon but I learned a lot about getting fast!

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Nothing beats repetition for building speed and effeciency. My 50mm salt bowls always sold better with a small scoop.

[@nareshKumar-br2yj]

​@@RichardRaffanwoodturning 🙏🙇 respect

[@Mckmake]

Richard shows us mere mortals what can be achieved! absolutely brilliant bowls

[@danielalbertin5936]

Awesome, Thank You

[@clydeschuyler]

Wonderful use of leftover wood, Nothing is scrap.

[@hfbowerndesigns810]

Great ideas and techniques on how to mill and use the most from each blank, thanks for sharing Take care Richard Cheers Harold

[@johnvaness8445]

Lovely video, thanks very much!

[@jimphilpott902]

I wish you well in 2023. We all have a box of cutoffs just waiting to be made into miniature bowls!

[@josephpotterf9459]

Thanks and Happy New Years to y’all

[@robandsharonseddon-smith5216]

Thanks!

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Thanks you!! The dust extractor is a small Jet very close to the lathe and bandsaw. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqjYd3hnYpukeJI.

[@craigpennifold3498]

Great work Richard. I always learn something when I see you turn.

[@MickyBellRoberts]

Richard, you are amazing.

[@glencrandall7051]

Very nice little bowls. They didn't take much time either. It just goes to show that there is no such thing as scrap. They are just off-cuts waiting for the next project. Thanks Richard, a great demo.👍👍A fitting end to 2022 showing that nothing goes to waste. 2022 has been interesting, enjoyable and educating. I believe 2023 will be more of the same. Thank you for sharing. Have a great New Year and stay safe.🙂🙂

[@DiemenDesign]

Another great video, thanks Richard. Always learn something from you.

[@tricolorturners]

Small, but big use! Happy New Year!

[@annievoindrot8795]

Tout à l'air si simple quand on le voit faire un grand monsieur du tournage sur bois j adore merci encore

[@jackthompson5092]

Great idea for using up scraps Richard. Happy New Year.

[@tomcoker9882]

Thanks Richard for another inspirational video. Now I have a use for all those cutoffs (that my wife always ask “Why are you saving those?) other than making little tops, nobs or what-nots. Thanks for a great idea. Hope you have a wonderful New Year. Cheers, Tom

[@naturalmystics-kd9vt]

Happy new year to you Mr Richard

[@ivanbukh7576]

Happy New Year, Mr Richard!!!!!

[@PerikovRemont]

👍👍🔥

[@timemachinewoodturning876]

good job

[@davetyler8214]

Thank you!!

[@michaelheyward7668]

Very nice!

[@robandsharonseddon-smith5216]

Wow. I'd definitely throw those away! Please would you do a talk about your dust extraction setup.

[@mbahsir]

Good job

[@julioc410]

Muito bom! Seus trabalhos são excelentes. Admiro muito seus vídeos além de aprender muita coisa. Obrigado!

[@vasilyvalkevich6923]

Отличная работа мастера!

[@DustySplinters]

Richard, Do you have a ready market for such small turnings? I'm guessing your celebrity status makes the far more collectible than others. THX for all you have done to advance our craft.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

No is the short answer. I've not sold anything to a gallery for about 15 years after my main outlet closed after the GFC in 2008. Since then I've accumulated a few dozen bowls from demos and video shoots which go on sale at a couple of sales opportunities with the ACT Woodcraft Guild. I expect eventually I'll sell the lot to some gallery for what I can get.

[@DustySplinters]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Interesting, always wondered if these were just teaching tools, or If you actually had a market for them. Thank you for the reply. Happy New Year 2024.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

@@DustySplinters In the 1970s I sold hundreds of 2-in salt bowls with a scoop, but these small bowls are more to show what can be done with small off-cuts. A few have sold as ring bowls.

[@DustySplinters]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning I find it interesting the old world views of Europe and UK are so different than the same times of USA and even elsewhere. Then there was the total change in mindset as the internet advanced and on-line mass shopping of mass produced merch.

[@claudepotter7763]

I think that was the first vidio I seen any one turn white oak plus kiln dried I have so much white oak can you do a vidio on a much bigger bolw thanks again for sharing

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

These were offcuts from a board provided by a customer and I don't have any more. I never turn kilned timber if I can avoid it. You'll find some videos featuring larger bowls in my Bowls Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLBAvwOB0lJTTc60DsBQBdmVCCEyDdXnkt. I'm unable to turn anything larger than 290mm diameter since I downsized to a Vicmarcc VL300 lathe.

[@nickjan67]

The moment when the polishing rag caught on the wood made me flinch and reminded me of the admonition never to use rags but paper towels!

[@amirgharavi1581]

nice

[@kendavidson6755]

Thank you fir your excellent video please can you tell me what dust extractor have you got the suction sounds very powerful I have a standard Rutland HVLP but the suction is nothing like yours

[@lmpoet]

I love watching your videos, you have been my turning professor for years, first in print, now on my phone! Do you ever turn larger anymore? It is sometimes challenging to translate the techniques I see you use to 14 to 18 inch bowls and would love to see a video on it! Either way, thanks so much for continuing to share you knowledge!

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I downsided to a smaller lathe mostly so I wouldn't be tempted to accumulate piles of large timber and blanks when I had no market for the end products. In 53 years I've turned about 36,000 bowls of which fewer than 4000 were over 12-in diameter, with only about 50 over 18-in. The techniques are the same but slightly slower in execution with a bit more concentration on moving the tool precisely.

[@jorisdemoel3821]

Happy New Year, sir. I'm always very happy to see the use of as much of the wood as possible, it feels like true respect for the material to me. (As well as economically sensible of course.) You mentioned kiln dried wood is not your favourite, does it dry unequally or cause the composition of the wood to change somehow? And would you normally (in production) do all the outsides in series and then work on the insides? Thanks very much as always for sharing your knowledge.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Kiln dried timber works very differently to air dried. In production I woudl do a batch of outsides in the morning, then hollow them in the afternoon, much as in kzbin.info/www/bejne/opKlgZSmpcqmhpo and kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmG9nHeopdSFgck.

[@Cancun771]

Neato!

[@waldocorsair]

Richard, great name by the way, for a project this size, why don’t you keep the vacuum on continuously. Thanks for posting.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

When not shooting videos I have dust extraction on all the time.

[@WooDGooD-308]

Good job💯👍👏 Happy mew yaer 2023🙏

[@ndpurvis]

What company manufacture the scraper used on the outside of the bowl? With the rounded edge

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

It's either Henry Taylor, Hamlet, or Sorby, probably Henry Taylor.

[@ndpurvis]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thanks! I think I found the part numbers HS150 and HS151. Now to track some down in the US

[@Huttify]

What is your ratio in time on sharpening tools and turning?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Much of that depends on the wood, but I try to use wood that won't take the edge off a tool too quickly. It takes me less than ten seconds to touch up an edge on a highspeed grinder and much of that time is the grinder coming up to speed. I've never thought to work out the ratio of sharpening to turning time. In most videos I start with sharp tools and don't often have to regrind or hone.

[@executive]

what did the bowls get used for?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

They can be used to hold anything - salt, nuts, rings, screws, pins. The list is limited only by your imagination or need. These are in stock ready to be sold.

[@ronreynolds8207]

i've rarely seen you do much sanding in reverse - when do you choose to use it and why? excellent example of why you never wrap the rag around your finger, by the way. also i'm not sure if you mentioned the speed - about 2000 RPM?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Speed probably about 1700-1800 rpm. I sand in reverse when I can feel a patch of endgrain proud of the surface. I try to avoid kilned-dried timbers where raised endgrain is more likely to be a problem.

[@davefallow3469]

Great video, everyone a gem. Do you do teaching? If so from where? I live in Central Portugal but am happy to travel.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I'm in Canberra, Australia. Unfortunately I've had to give up workshop tours although I can only manage the occasional day of hands-on. However these videos are very similar to the demos I used to do at symposiums and woodturning clubs. You can email me via www.richardraffan.com.au.

[@milasiroky3301]

Dear Mr. Richard, do you know where in the European Union I can buy Face plate 3 in 1 jaws? I can't find them anywhere. And also the three-stage jaws on the VM100 that you also use.Thank you.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

You need to ask Vicmarc Machinery vicmarc.com. I'm sure there is a place in Germany. Or you can make your own screw chucks: kzbin.info/www/bejne/baG0daBnqdmgp6s.

[@milasiroky3301]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturningI wrote to them, but they are closed until January 30, 2023, so I will wait for a reply. Many thanks for your willingness to answer me, Richard

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

@@milasiroky3301 vicmarc.com/distributors/europe

[@milasiroky3301]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Awesome Richard, I am very grateful

[@robertcornelius3514]

Small Bowl Lives Matter.

[@peterhalstead7281]

Nice work but totally wrong wood oak has tannic acid in it and stains very easily, better to use beech, birch, maple,teak, etc.

[@twoblacklabs]

While you may be correct as to what woods stain easily, I think you’re missing the point of the video. Utilizing small scraps to produce nice products. Great work on the video and bowls!

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Totally wrong for what!!!??? What a bizarre observation. And what's wrong with wood getting stained - which is inevitable with use.

[@DonnJaegger]

RICHARD I LOVE WATCHING YOU BUTTTTTTTTTTT MAKE SOMETHING OF SIZE NOT barbie doll bowls can i ask who is buying this stuff from you reply to me because the united states people dont go for that as far as i can see unless they need a barbie doll accessory im not mad but realize what does anyone do with your tea cupsot some of the other doll house accessories maybe im wrong and i respect your honesty in showing you mistakes but i just donr get who buys this stuff

[@naturalmystics-kd9vt]

Happy new year to you Mr Richard