Richard Raffan is a professional woodturner known internationally since the mid-1970s, first as a turner, and since 1985 for his woodturning books, videos, magazine articles, demonstrations, and hands-on workshops.
On this KZread channel you’ll see the tools and techniques I've refined over 53 years. There’s very little speeded up video and nothing is scripted…. you’ll watch live demos similar to those I used to do at clubs and symposiums - glitches and all. You'll see solutions to common woodturning problems.
To learn more about my life as a production turner and what I've made, and about my workshops and exhibitions, please go to www.richardraffan.com.au. There you'll also find listed my books and videos which explain my turning techniques in greater detail than these KZread videos.
Many thanks to Dave Segal who shot and edited the early videos plus a few of the later ones, and who encouraged me to get these videos online.
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Thanks, Richard!
That gidgee really is rock hard, good result !
I had to pause to look up Gidgee. I find the wood species from other continents really fascinating. It appears that Gidgee isn’t the most cooperative wood to turn, but the results were worth it. Thanks for naming the wood for us.
I love your videos and have learned quite a bit from watching them. I have been given some wood that I never used but I didn’t make a video and run it down. Thanks for sharing.
Excellently instructive. Thanks!
I was just thinking to myself how does he hollow out without getting any skips and then you got one .If I could get to the stage when I only got 1 skip that would be a great achievement for me thanks for the info ,you always have such great information in your videos.
Cynthia Brackin
In my opinion Richard Raffan is an inspiration and an amazing turner of all types of timber. Someone on one of his various videos said that he was tight as in money 💰 to me it's very professional to make the most of all types of timber
I don't like to squander any resources and see no point in buying tools I don't need, especially when I can't justify the expense.
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
Great lesson video, thank you for sharing. I am subscribed now as well, cheers 😊
You have to mention this is wet wood All very good explained for beginners, cheers ans respects
splendid
I thought it was quite interesting, not a boring tool at all.
Very nice another great video. Thanks.
Who never make mistakes…step out 😊😊😊😊 great idea for the chuck (norris) cheers from Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Europe
Love it, the sniffer confirmation of species was great. The nose always knows!
Likewise your thoughts on when to use inertia sander versus power
What are your thoughts on mesh sandpaper versus conventional on your power sander?
Very nice. Look forward to seeing it in use on a tall tube-form. Sock and Sock, the next generation as always performed splendidly. Queensland Rosewood, I know it is used in furniture and building, but I thought that the zig-zag grain made it hard to turn? Or is that a different wood? (And I only know this from hearsay.) Thanks for another excellent, entertaining and educational video.
At first I thought you were making a French/Continental Bedan!
That's a beautiful refurb of an old tool. Makes me want to get a longer bed lathe, since I'm limited to 18".
A bed extension makes tool handles possible. A dead accurate talicentre isn't essential for handles, so you could always construct a timber extension if you can't buy one.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Well, I could buy one, but I'm more focused on upgrading the lathe. I've seen some folks make timber extensions, which may be just the thing I should do. Thank you!
@@timofeyzhukov-khovanskiy9173 These things usually come to to budget or space.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning sorta related question... Do you think it would be possible to use a steady rest at the end of a 20" lathe with the tailstock removed to turn something longer than 20"? Just curious if it's possible, and I imagine you have seen it all when it comes to lathe work.
@@naturaIIydifferent I think your main problem would be rigging up a tool rest for turning the portion of the blank projecting beyond the steady rest and end of the lathe bed. Might as well construct a bed extension....
Hi Richard, another great video thanks! Please keep the content flowing, there's so much we can learn for a master turner such as you. Also, would it be possible for you to do a video or two on the sharpening tools you use and why: CBN wheels versus stone wheels, the sorts of grits you sharpen to, grinding machines versus whetstone Tormek machines, and the best types of sharpening jigs etc for novice turners? Much appreciated. Cheers
All the tools I use are HSS and used straight off an 80-grit CBN wheel. I don't use jigs because I never found one that enables me to produce the combination of bevel and edge I want but can achieve sharpening freehand. I keep my Tormek for sharpening knives, plane blades, and joinery chisels. There are a few sharpening videos in the Tools and Sharpening Playlist kzread.info/head/PLBAvwOB0lJTS-QyorpwWhSowzY9XZR5u_
I have only turned slimline pens. I can't turn anything now due to brain cancer. Everything that Richard Raffan turns is to me magical
My deep respects, also for showing your little failures, regards from Luxembourg 🇱🇺 europe, 63 young beginner
I first watched you demonstrate handle making in your 70's-80's video tapes & I have followed you method ever since. Sets of chisels have identical handles which get muddled in shavings. Good old Ashley Iles still sell tools without handles, along with ferrules. Thank you.
Question time. Why can't I find hss chisels at garage sales?
Nice video as always , much appreciated Richard
Nice tool Richard. Well done. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
I like that you have different chucks with different jaws. There's less time spent changing jaws.
Turning for a living I never wanted to waste time changing chuck jaws. In retirement I don't want to waste the ever-dwindling time remaining.
Thanks again Richard. That tool looks just like a 3/8" bedan that I bought when I was a VERY new turner. Thought I needed it but never have really found a use for it. Is there any reason that I'm not thinking about that would prevent me from using my bedan as a deep box tool? It's quite a bit longer than the 3/4" square end scraper I use for small cross grain boxes.
The bedan is my preferred tool for hollowing cylinders. Used narrow side down, the left corner is very slightly sharper than on a standard scraper and you don't have to be quite so precise positioning the rest height. With standard scrapers the rest needs to be on, or only a fraction below, centre height, so only the top left side of the tool can contact the wood.
I’m looking forward to seeing you use this tool. I have a 3/8 inch square parting tool that I sometimes use like a bedan tool. Very useful.
Great job on recycling an old tool. I made something similar recently with 3/8" steel and it's a box making machine! I bet yours will work great for those tall tubes you make! Thanks for all you do 👍
Tall tubes is what I have in mind.....
Wow beautiful handle and a good job all way around thanks as always.
Thank You for sharing ,I don't feel so bad now that I know i am not the only one in this trade that that my fire wood bin is growing .
Hmm, on the butt end, a 3/8 hole might be useful for secure registration on a peg of a wall rack. By the way, it's not a safe practice to wrap a cloth rag around one's fingers as well as a workpiece. Generally, I don't use cloths long enough to wrap around my finger or the workpiece.
Lame method of tool storage....and unsafe, LOL
I've never seen turners hang tools like that, and I'm pretty sure Richard is fully aware of any dangers involving the lathe. The guy has probably forgotten more about turning than any of us will ever know.. just kinda weird to be giving useless pointers to a woodturning legend. It's like telling Jimi Hendrix that he's using the wrong strings.
Perhaps if you look closer you will see the sock is gripped in both hands but not actually wrapped 'around' any fingers or thumbs. Thus it would just pull or jerk the cloth out of his hand. In any case this gentleman has made his life's work for 50 years doing this and to your amazement I'm sure, you will notice he still has five digits on each hand. Hello from Texas and have a good day!
Correcting a legend is poor manners.
@@Ethan-pb3jq Agree!
Thank you for sharing your expertise, your knowledge, and your Oops moments. I always feel like I learn so much from you. Thank you!
Richard, this was a wonderful video demonstrating your problem solving skills which can teach us all, even though the outcome was unexpected. I've been saying that alot lately, "its only wood". I look forward to watching your instuctional videos. Your deliberate attention to detail & good camera work are very much appreciated. You, sir, are a master teacher.
Wow! Seeing you get nailed by a bowl makes me feel not so bad now😅 beautiful bowl though, I stopped scrolling as soon as I saw it. Great work, I love how you leave your catches and other Oops in your footage, it's a good reminder that we're all human and mishaps can happen to anyone and everyone.
Thanks for the video. A pair of bowls would have been nice, but it’s just a bit of wood. Himalayan cedar is a beautiful timber, pity to lose one bowl of this timber..
Thank you for reply.
Beutifull ❤bowl i think turning wood are the best way to develop ones sense and feel for form and design 👍
Very nice. Does the sanding paste oil fill any of the imperfections?
I aim to turn away all splits and other defect on my bowls, so I'm not sure which imperfections you're referring to. The paste and oil probably fill the open pores on some timbers, but those are not imperfections.
Perfect job, thank you so much for great video
Beautiful bowl Richard.
Beautiful 😊
That is some very pretty wood and, while it's a shame the first bowl didn't survive, it's comforting to know that even a fine turner can have a 'dammit' moment. Been there, done that, too. Thanks for sharing, Richard.
A pity about the first bowl, it looked like it had some lovely figure. Not enough left to make a small bowl or dish? The second one looks very good too. And as always a great many tips, not the least of which is to persever in the face of turning disaster. The sock can now stand on its own.
I was so exasperated I didn't think of something small from the remainder. I think that's already gone up in smoke.
Epic work!
It's always a good day when one of your videos comes out. Sometimes it is equally instructive seeing when things don't go according to plan as when they work out as planned. In this case, it was a shame to see that first piece come apart but quite helpful seeing how you dealt with it and the calm manner in which you did so -- that's a reaction we all should strive to achieve. That Himalayan Cedar looks quite interesting and definitely appears to be a very oily wood.
Sanding with oil has the added advantage of keeping your hands soft and young looking. Whenever I leave a finished and unfinished line on the bottom like you had, I have trouble blending the finish colors. I can always see the line. My wife says don't worry about it, nobody sees it but me.
I find time usually takes care of that.