You sharing the little details of "why" things do what they do (like the little skip back) is so helpful. Most don't take the time to explain the why. Thank you Richard.

Very nice A beautiful grain.

A wonderful plate for thingamabobs and odds and ends. Thanks for sharing your experience in another instructive and entertaining video.

I have only turned slimline pens. Now with brain cancer I can't even do that. I watch Richard Raffan videos instead. I still learn a lot to watch his videos

What a beautiful square plate. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, experience, and design ideas.

Beautiful square plate Richard.

❤All ways a pleasure to watch your skills with the Scrapers and spindle gauges, well done keep the Videos coming 👍

@Svendus

20 күн бұрын

@30:42 I Think an air compressor are a must have in the workshop

@Penqueen2010

8 күн бұрын

How do you know that it isn't there?

@Svendus

8 күн бұрын

@@Penqueen2010 Klick the link in my answer 😉

Thanks Richard ..That's a really nice burl.

If only I could give more than one thumbs up 👍👍. Lovely

A beautiful piece Richard. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

Nice lump of burl..beautifully finished..

Beautiful

splendid

Stunning!!!

Very nice plate ,Thank You

Wow, I love the way different woods have such grain patterns in them, not many people can say they have a bowl that many years later. Do you sell your art?

@RichardRaffanwoodturning

21 күн бұрын

I've been a professional woodturner since January 1970, making a living fulfilling orders mainly for bowls, boxes, scoops, and then anything else anyone wanted me to turn. I ceased full-time production around 2009. This is an overview of my career: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hmaeqKZxhbexmto.html

That bowl at the end is my age 😊 And lovely bowl it is. Not to mention this plate. Is it very nice piece. Thank you, mr. Raffan.

Thank you for sharing this one. An inspiration as always. As we share a birth year I was wondering how close our birthdays are. Mine is the 28th just over a week away.

@RichardRaffanwoodturning

21 күн бұрын

Three weeks later

Love it. I could definitely see this bowl being used everyday. Would you ever consider putting a bead or two on the inside? The burl is beautiful so maybe the bead(s) would detract from the burl?

@RichardRaffanwoodturning

21 күн бұрын

I don't think square plates need beads or grooves on the top and workign side. Apart from that, my plates are never exactly square so any turned detail would draw attention to that fact.

Thank you! May I ask: What is the speed of the angle drill/ grinder you are using? Is boiled linseed food-safe? PS I hope you don't "get a catch" from giving your birth date to a stranger!

@RichardRaffanwoodturning

20 күн бұрын

My 25-year-old angle drills run up to about 1300rpm. I"m reliably informed that there aren't enough toxins in boiled linseed oil for there to ba a health problem - apart from which when bowl is washed as per my advice lable on the bottom of each bowl, the finish is washed off after which a patina develops with use. And finally I deliberately did not mention my birth date.

What size drill is your depth drill?

@RichardRaffanwoodturning

20 күн бұрын

I have several depth drills some ¼" / 6mm diameter, some ⅜" / 10mm diameter. I find the smaller easier to use and less grabby.

@STMwoodturning

20 күн бұрын

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thank you and one more query: how far apart are the reference marks you put on it? Sorry for all the questions but I'm thinking about making one fod myself. Cheers, Stuart

@RichardRaffanwoodturning

20 күн бұрын

@@STMwoodturning Random, by eye, as is the drilling.

Quite lovely Richard. Beautiful piece of Ozzie eucalyptus burl, could be brown mallee perhaps. Great instructional video. Thanks for sharing. One thought , boiled linseed oil finish is not recommended as food safe. Yes quicker drying than raw though. Why didn’t you use bees wax and raw linseed oil

@RichardRaffanwoodturning

21 күн бұрын

The burl is definitely a eucalypt burl from Southern Tasmania, purchased in Tasmania by a Tasmanian. I'm advised by an expert that the quantity of toxins in boiled linseed oil are so small that they are unlikely to harm anyone. I never use beeswax on burl because the holes and fissures trap the wax and that's unsightly.