Richard Raffan - from log to bark-rimmed bowl. 4-Ways project #7.

[@johnwetzig760]

I really appreciate you not editing out the “oops” moments. You encourage me a lot.

[@victoryak86]

I always enjoy Richard’s videos. His years of experience and creative abilities work together to make a beautiful piece. Add to that his clear teaching throughout, making him a truly preeminent guide to anyone wanting to learn this amazing skill. Nothing can replace sitting under the tutelage of a master craftsman but these videos can get us in the ballpark lol.

[@linmal2242]

I totally agree. His turnings and technique are masterful. The only beef I have is that what is the use of a wooden bowl ? Yes, I did one at school workshop when 14, and still have it to put fruit in, carefully. Must watch for mould. OK bowl turning is decorative stuff, but not very useful ! Objet D'art only?

[@henrycoumans4164]

Real craftsmanship. So fullfilling to watch and realize that bringing woodturningwork to this level of perfection takes patience and time. Thanks for sharing. Great stuff for starting woodturners like me, in fact fruitful for all levels of experience.

[@DrevotocimradostTomasNavratil]

Nádherný cit pro dřevo a tvar. Díky.

[@emgiwoodworks]

Success was never in doubt, due to your reputation no one would ever doubt the outcome. What this video is about, same as all your uploads, is the journey of how you got there. All the way sprinkled with pro tips and a good dosis of your dark humor. I cannot help myself but watching all of it at least once. Thnx Richard! 😎

[@linmal2242]

He is an artist. Like sculpture; next to useless !

[@GeraldJensen]

The learning never stops in your videos ... Thank you!

[@glennnord2511]

I never doubt it , Your work and experience brongs out the beauty on the wood .

[@wahtiewoodturning]

The thread chasing tool as a texturing tool is a stroke of genius! Beautiful piece!

[@skember1]

A natural teacher! Thanks for all your insights. You really make a difference.

[@chrisjohnston2449]

That was a treat to watch. I can't believe how strong the jam chuck was at the end of the video.

[@harlowchandlerjr.6371]

There's a lot of value in seeing you solve problems.

[@MikePeaceWoodturning]

"Nothing more boring than a demo when everything goes right." True that! Problem solving always gets folks paying attention. Some folks are wondering why the spindle gouge is more convenient for the outside of the bowl than a deep fluted gouge.

[@victoryak86]

Mike, enjoying these four way projects you guys do. Looking forward to yours and the others as well.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

My use of a spindle gouge for profiling bowls does seem to cause a lot of needless angst despite it obviously being a pretty handy tool on smaller bowls. Many years ago I found shavings can jam in a deep-fluted bowl gouge flute when there's a hand over the flute deflecting the shavings. I had a tool to prise them out, then realised there's no such problem with shallow gouges - which are also less expensive tools. Of course it's deep-fluted spindle roughing gouges that should never be used on facework.

[@Busterblader13]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturningso theres no issues using a spindle detail gouge on the outside of face work?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

@@Busterblader13 I've found only positive reasons to use a ½" spindle or detail gouge for shaping a bowl profile. The cut is close to the rest, so the strength of a deep-fluted bowl gouge isn't required. The standard spindle gouge is preferred to the detail gouge unless detailing.

[@Busterblader13]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thank you, Richard. Im still very green to turning and didnt realize there was a spindle gouge, and a spindle ‘detail’ gouge. I thought they were one in the same.

[@HardyMarkW]

Thank you so much for sharing all of your brilliant advice and expertise with the world! I learn something helpful to use in my own work every time I watch one of your demos. Thank you, so very much. Keep being your awesome self and creating amazing work on your lathe! Sending love from across the pond in Houston, Texas. 😁🪵💗

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

And many thanks to you for the contribution. Much appreciate.

[@markhunt6177]

You have definitely influenced the way I do things when I turn.

[@WYOMINGWOODTURNER]

Richard, I love the shape of this bowl. Really well done..... Sam

[@forestturnings5732]

Very good, Richard!! It was indeed Paxton's Beautiful Woods on Berry Street in Fort Worth. Please keep teaching us on KZbin.

[@janlewis9099]

Love that rope design on the foot. ❤❤

[@lewisdye1002]

Lovely piece of "nutwood" of a variety not seen much. I was surprised (and delighted) to hear you say "I Haven't done anything like this before". And then you did it perfectly.

[@johnnyb95678]

Always enjoy learning from a master who is willing to share his learnings while he is creating. Really enjoy you sharing your expertise and creative process with us all. Especially, with such a beautiful outcome. Thank you.

[@linmal2242]

Yes, his output is beautiful, full stop. But they have little to no utility !

[@DiemenDesign]

That's a lovely little bowl, and as always another lesson full of tips and knowledge. Thanks Richard.

[@forestturnings5732]

Richard, I can still learn from you just as I learned from you upon your visit to Fort Worth, Texas decades ago! Your teaching style is very clear and simplified. Thank you, sir.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I remember a workshop in a Paxton's there about 30 years ago. Very high energy hands-on with about 15 lathes and 15 grinders and a lot of noise. Started at 8am, and everyone except me exhausted and gone by 3.30 or so. There are some very memorable workshops.

[@alanneel2749]

What an education! I have now watched this video 3 times … so many subtle learning points. Thank you!

[@tonywatson5551]

what a beautiful and unexpected piece. Love your out loud thinking process and problem solving. Great skills and loads to learn from. Thanks Richard Tony

[@linmal2242]

A great artist showing his technique, but application? I'd rather have plastic or Corelle !

[@robertprobert7236]

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[@robertprobert7236]

Love. Watching. Richard. Turning try. To remember. What. Tool. He Uses

[@jimphilpott902]

I thought this bowl was going to get the best of you, but you won out in the end! Watching you design and turn projects is always enjoyable. Thank you.

[@MarklTucson]

These 4 way videos are so instructive; seeing how each of you approach and execute a project really provides an interesting perspective. Appreciate how you show the complete project and adjustments made as the project develops and issues are encountered. That pistachio wood really has some interesting colors.

[@linmal2242]

Wonderful technique and instruction. But utility? Not quite nil !

[@grahampower6924]

Richard, you have once again shown your amazing skills at solving problems so easily when you are turning and it evolves into something quite unique. That’s what I love about your videos 👍

[@jackthompson5092]

I do like natural edge bowls Richard. Well done.

[@danderson2930]

Thanks Richard for your continuing comments about the sounds of turning. Video is instructional and entertaining.

[@johnmonsoniii9970]

I ADMIRE your work and learned a lot! Love what you discovered in that piece of wood. Thanks for sharing.

[@garthkeck2003]

What a different approach to live edge turning. Thanks

[@edwardukleja4583]

Hi Richard, I enjoyed this video because it demonstrates the need to be able to “modify” a design as you work. Something I seem to do all the time!

[@PBUCKY1969]

Beautiful piece Mr Raffan. I understand you are constantly seeking perfection in your work but natural edge pieces highlight the perfection of nature, and in this piece you have brought it around perfectly. All the best!

[@fern6114]

My deep respects, also for showing your little failures, regards from Luxembourg 🇱🇺 europe, 63 young beginner

[@annlaurie1484]

Beautiful little bowl, good to watch the whole process. 😊

[@StrideAheadinc]

Beautiful piece. The wandering edge is so lively that to the unitsiated is would appear mysterious. i'm inspired. Bravo, Mr. Raffan.

[@tbjokerst]

Richard, You have been my main woodturning inspiration ever since I bought “Turning Wood with Richard Raffan” almost 40 years ago. I made a copy of your “If you have no failures you’re not trying” page from your “Turning Boxes” hanging over my lathe. I think of that page often in life. As a hobbyist, I’ll never be as accomplished as a turner, but I’ll always keep trying! Thanks for sharing your experiences over the years in books and videos!

[@ned711]

I, too, often referred to “if you have no failures you’re not trying “. Richard, you have influence many lives, and we’re all grateful.

[@glencrandall7051]

What a beautiful piece of wood. And you gave it a very interesting shape. A great entry to the four way challenge. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

[@davidmorgan7522]

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with us Richard! I always learn something from your videos. That pistachio has some gret character and color Tke care, Dave.

[@MikeWaldt]

A superb demo Richard. Your years of experience made the project look easy, even with design changes. Great video.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Many thanks, Mike

[@billy19461]

I was fascinated watching you turn this bowl. I don’t particularly like live edge bowls and have only turned two or three. It was very pretty.

[@sneggysteve]

Great video as always. I love the way you show the "mistakes" and the way to resolve them.

[@tomislavtomasicwoodturning]

Great work Richard, that pistacio looks great..... Never saw till now that kind of outflowing rim on natural edge bowls.... Great stuff as always and this time we really did 4 completely different bowls😉

[@jabetzler6145]

Always appreciate your art, skill, and sharing years of experience.

[@valeriehenschel1590]

Enjoyed your design changes on the fly. They turned out well. Beautiful collaboration between what the turner wishes to accomplish and what the wood wants to allow.

[@brettgl21]

I always learn something from you. Thank you.

[@micheleheddane3804]

Beautiful organic look to it, my hands itch to feel it

[@stevenhansen8641]

Very nice Richard. Thanks for the time and effort. I really enjoy the 4ways series.

[@mikedoyle5362]

Very nice little bowl. Thanks Richard for sharing.

[@LewisKauffman]

Thanks! Really look forward to these each month!

[@lynnwalker6818]

The entire process is fascinating to watch. Thank you!

[@stevewilkins5418]

Beautiful piece. Beautiful wood.

[@patdavis1468]

Now that’s is a very nice bowl 👍🏻❤️

[@jorisdemoel3821]

Very interesting to see how different these turn out from the fout of you. A very interesting looking bowl, I rather like the unevenness. The grain and colour are lovely, and some excellent tips as always. Many thanks!

[@randycosgrove3608]

As usual I find your videos not only entertaining but a great way to learn more about turning. In this case I particularly enjoyed hearing you talk us through the design process involved in this project. And I do really like the way that bowl turned out.

[@linmal2242]

Yes, his instruction is great and appreciated.

[@pjseiber2774]

Great teaching, and a beautiful product ❤

[@borisfurlan9792]

Love the entire process, as usual. From the log cutting problem resolved to the adaptive capacity to change the project on the fly. Always inspiring! I myself am quite happy to keep out of a living dangerously experience 😅

[@MrCmcag1]

It's beautiful, man.

[@Paul_Spence1964]

Fantastic work!

[@mattmiller5673]

I think it is a beautiful piece.

[@PaulO-mv6ku]

Excellent video as usual.

[@chichita9202]

lovely piece! incredible skill

[@dieiuai-malebenselbstgebau1523]

Very beautiful!

[@glenncurtis6037]

Richard, your narration is second to none. Always insightful and explaining thoroughly all the nuance. The accent is just icing on the cake! Thanks mate.

[@charleswatson7154]

Looks nice!

[@sethwarner2540]

Can't believe you just said"Oh, great! Now I'm gonna have to come in from outer space!"(24:15)! HA HA! Stunning color, this piece, BTW!! I don't even know where PISTACHIO grows; just like its icecream! One thing I noticed at the start of this: You Are Excited about This piece! One more revealing item: you said "Ok, I can tell by the sound, it is round now. Sheesh! So, @ 5430, you tap the piece to center it, but WHAT HOLDS THE PIECE ON ? Friction I suppose...How delightfully British for you to say "plaster", meaning bandaide! 56:12-no shame for artists license!

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

When the bowl is reversed on to the jam chuck there is close contact with the jam chuck all the way around, so as the bowl is tapped on some air is squashed from the space between the bowl and chuck, creating a slight vacuum that helps keep the bowl on the chuck. You don't want any force in the cut - it's essential to let the wood come to the tool.

[@Makingchips720]

Nice work

[@victoryak86]

Great job preserving the bark! That’s the challenge in these live edge bowls I can see. The grain in that wood is so unique and is that some spalting in there as well? For a guy who does do that many of these live edges, you hit it out of the park.

[@michaelmcdermott2178]

Good fun! Thanks!

[@bjames2758]

Thank you Richard. I enjoy your videos and learn something from each one. I dont know if you can answer questions here but i"ll ask any way. I have a 12x21 midi lathe. when I put a fairly large piece of wood on it to do a bark edge bowl I have trouble when i get to the inside. My lathe shakes and I cant get up enough speed to get a smooth cut. thanks for any help you can provide.

[@kd9856]

Simply put down to earth no nonsense wood turning ohh and by the way I like the can light was it Peaches or beans🙂

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

Tomatoes.

[@jayp4083]

VERY Nice!!

[@josephpotterf9459]

Thanks Richard

[@davidanderson5767]

Quite nice

[@paulplager9498]

Find yourself a mesquite burl if you want to see some amazing grain patterns. Mesquite is very hard on tools though, it retains a lot of sand from the soil it grows in.

[@henniebasson515]

Very nice little bowl. I did not like the grooves in the beginning, but it turned out very pretty. Kind regards.

[@corriebutcher]

Watching your videos has improved my tool handling immensely. Thank you for taking the time to help the wood turning community. I would like to know why you like to have the highest and lowest points of the bowl on the same axis?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

This is so a natural-edge piece looks good from any view point. To me this bowl is good from only one side.

[@kenvasko2285]

Another gem, video and bowl. Can you speak to your philosophy on the shape of the bottom of the bowl on the outside? What is the relationship between the curve of the bowl and the foot?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

That's a big topic that occupies about the first third of my book Turned Bowl Design published in 1987. The first third of the revamped version, The Art of Turned Bowls, is much the same. Basically I don't want a utilitarian bowl to fall over.

[@PerrynBecky]

I like the Saturn like feel it has. Some gourmet jelly beans in it would be perfect.

[@Audie1234]

❤very nice❤

[@kerstin4516]

What a gorgeous heartwood! I've never seen pistacchio before. Does it always show such a mix of ebony and extreme grain pattern? What a pity you lost most of it by choosing a tenon.

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

This was the first and only pistacchio I've turned so I have no idea what to expect in other trees. The wood will darken so in the long run the darker wood won't be so outstanding. Form tops grain patterns every time.

[@ИванКоксун]

ИСПОРТИЛ ТАКОЕ КРАСИВОЕ ПОЛЕНО !!!!!!!

[@cdrive5757]

I can't speak for everyone viewing this but the name Richard Raffan has been damn near sainthood in the turning community for many decades. That's why it saddens me to say those ugly grooves do absolutely nothing for me or that beautiful form. Wakodahatchee Chris

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I'm okay with the beads defining the bowl but was never happy with the out-of-kilta natural edge, or indeed the form. Within a week the bowl warped enough that I deemed it to be firewood, but it was saved by a friend who loved both the grooves and distortion. For me it was a demo piece that did it's job in getting people thinking.

[@cdrive5757]

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Beads or not, you're still my wood turning idol!

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

@@cdrive5757 Well, thank you.

[@pirhoworld]

Nice work Richard. What is that grooving tool you used? Is that custom-made or is it available online?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

It's a standard 18 tpi thread chaser

[@coryheydon]

How in the heck do you get the piece to stick on the block (in the chuck) with the "shoulder", secure enough to use the scraper on the other side? Magic?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I have faith in my excellent chucks and minimal tool pressure against the wood. The latter is the real key to turning.

[@coryheydon]

I still don't understand how the piece just "sticks" to the chuck butt....w/ no adhesive, and not vice grips.@@RichardRaffanwoodturning

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

@@coryheydon i didn't realize you're asking about the jam chuck at the end....I had to go through the video.... You might find the Jam Chuck video helpful kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXzEi2aDiJmGjJI

[@GavinM161]

Wood turners do seem to like living dangerously!

[@jedtaylor3551]

Nice to know that the God's of the turning world live in the same general reality Greg Lucas always leaves me depressed

[@Cancun771]

Do you put CA glue on the bark or anything like that?

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I don't use CA glue for anything longterm as it tends to give way after five or six years. I use 10 miknute epoxy when I do fill gaps. Felling trees in winter is the best approach to keeping bark on a log but retaining the bark is never guaranteed.

[@doug779]

Lovely little bowl, but I liked it better without the grooves up the outside.

[@zaferaksoy5359]

👏👏👏👍😀

[@RickRoman-f8v]

How do I purchase your poo products in

[@RichardRaffanwoodturning]

I don't understand which products......

[@robinbest4786]

Solar Topee . . .